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ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences First Award
Honeybees are essential to society, performing over 80 percent of worldwide pollination. However, commercial hive populations have been decreasing at an alarming rate in the United States. R…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Radiotherapy is a cancer treatment that causes an excess of free radicals, which can induce a variety of chronic and degenerative diseases. Curcumin and piperine, potent antioxidants, exhibi…
ISEF · 2022
Plant Sciences
Banana, Musa paradisiaca spp. (Musaceae) is widely cultivated, with a production of more than 50 million tons per year worldwide. Concurrently, an approximate of 1.4 million bananas are dump…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering
Several countries rely mostly on agriculture. Extensive agriculture using pesticides and herbicides pollutes water. These countries face several problems, such as water pollution, scarcity o…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
The purpose of this project was to determine if vertical migration occurs among any of the zooplankton populations in the littoral zone of Lake Springfield. Samples were collected on five se…
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
One of the biggest factors holding intelligent robots back from becoming part of our lives is the difficulty they have navigating the complex and unstructured 3D spaces we live in. This is b…
ISEF · 2021
Systems Software
In this study, a software was created to help humans to remember as this tool utilizes human visual-spatial intelligence to form relationships between memories. VR (Virtual Reality) is commo…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Background: The effective ingredients that are added to cosmetics on the market have concentration limits, which weakens the maximum effect on anti-melanogenic activity. Finding a safer and…
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Recent research has shown that neural networks are vulnerable to errors caused by adversarial attacks; when carefully crafted, imperceptible noise is added to inputs, a neural network classi…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
The genetic contribution to the development of type 1 diabetes (T1D) remains unclear; however, certain gene variants contribute to the risk of developing this metabolic disorder. Elucidating…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Subpolar glaciers in the Gulf of Alaska and northwestern Canada are one of the important contributors to sea level rise from global warming. The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRAC…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
Diversity generating retroelements (DGRs) are genetic elements that promote hyper mutations in specific regions of the genome. The targeted mutations of DGRs allow positive traits to manifes…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Context: There are currently about 82.3 million COVID-19 cases worldwide with 24% of these cases being severe and a 2% mortality rate due to late medical attention. COVID patients have commo…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of this experiment was to derive a textile out of a symbiotic culture of bacteria (acetobacter xylinum) and yeast (SCOBY), and chlorella algae. Engineering goals for this textile…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology
Acne is an issue that every individual deals with at some point in their life. For most, high school is the time where acne is the most prominent. In addition, the Covid-19 pandemic has made…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry Second Award
Tetraponera rufonigra, also known as the bi-colored arboreal ant, is one of the most dangerous invasive ant species globally. Phospholipase from its stings lead to severe anaphylaxis in whic…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Oreodonts are a common herbivorous artiodactyl from the Oligocene epoch of Wyoming. While quite common in this area, these creatures are still somewhat understudied and not fully understood.…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology
My research examines the level of bacterial contamination of nine commonly touched, public surfaces. Nine surfaces sure to be touched several times a day by a diverse pool of people were cho…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
A major source of microplastic pollution is in the form of synthetic fabrics that emit fibers through the laundering process and enter Earth’s waterways through wastewater. Existing research…
ISEF · 2021
Plant Sciences
Our research focused on the idea of growing plants without soil, leading to our question: Do plants grown in hydroponics- using a synthetic fertilizer- or aquaponics- using fish fertilized w…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Earthquakes are a major global risk, causing the most fatalities among all natural disasters, as well as significant amount of injuries, displacements, and economic losses. While there has b…
ISEF · 2021
Embedded Systems
Cars companies today are investing millions on car safety techniques but little to none on what would happen if a car crash is inevitable. Car crashes currently cost $1 trillion per year in…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Chloroquine (CQ), a toxic agent, is an anti-malarial drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. Recently, the former Trump administration controversially promo…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Air pollution (AP) contains many toxins that collectively harm nearly every organ in the body, and is a key risk factor for many chronic diseases. Aside from its toxic actions, AP may alter…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cancer is the cause of every sixth death globally with inadequate screening attributing to 40,000 deaths in the U.S. annually. An alternative to current genetic mutation screening efforts is…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
According to the National Cancer Institute, distress is an emotional, social, spiritual, or physical pain or suffering that may cause a person to feel sad, afraid, depressed, anxious, or lon…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
This study aims to develop a network for prominent chronic illnesses and neurodegenerative diseases, factoring in preexisting conditions, lifestyle decisions, and an individual’s environment…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
Amyloid-beta is an intrinsically disordered protein involved in neurodegenerative disorders. Previously, amyloid-beta was considered “undruggable” due to its shape-shifting properties. Howev…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most widespread neurodegenerative disease, affecting over 50 million people across the world. While its progression cannot be stopped, early and accurate diag…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder characterized by death of upper and lower motor neurons and progressive paralysis of the extremities. ALS is a compl…