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ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other related neurodegenerative disorders are some of the most prevalent and debilitating conditions affecting elderly populations. Previous research has indicat…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy Second Award
For much of the history of science it has been postulated that the behavior of dynamical systems, such as atmospheric circulation via convection, can be fully predicted once the parts are co…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The LGBT+ community faces many hardships in today’s society, but one of the less talked about issues is that of internalized oppression. Internalized oppression occurs when a member of a min…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Aging is associated with metabolic changes in the body as well as adaptations to age-related changes in order to maintain functional mechanisms in the body. An example of a potential compens…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Obesity can weaken the immune system and increase the risk of contracting a plethora of life-threatening diseases. It currently affects 1 in 5 children in the U.S. This study investigated th…
ISEF · 2021
Biochemistry
Hydrogen peroxide is a harmful oxidizing agent produced as a side product of the metabolism of many organisms. Catalase is an enzyme which occurs naturally in these organisms to facilitate t…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
In the United States, epidemiological studies have highlighted a disparity in cancer incidence and outcome rates between racial groups. This disparity is attributed to numerous factors, incl…
ISEF · 2021
Biochemistry
Curcuma caesia and Curcuma longa (turmeric) have been found to have anti-cancer agents. Both turmeric species were used to determine the ability to inhibit cellular pathways targeted in Neur…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is a psychiatric illness characterized by the deliberate restriction of caloric intake, which can result in a slowed metabolic rate, hyperactivity, and dysbiosis of the…
ISEF · 2021
Biochemistry
Saccharomyces cerevisiae has a preference for consuming disaccharides and monosaccharides relative to any other carbon source. It is able to respire either aerobically or anaerobically, rele…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
Cellulosic biofuels are a potential solution to the renewable energy crisis but are currently too expensive to be actualized. Economic, eco-friendly, and efficient cellulosic biofuels from i…
ISEF · 2021
Materials Science
Case hardening heat treatment processes are used extensively in industry to improve wear-resistance and toughness of steel components, by producing a hardened layer on the outer surface of t…
ISEF · 2021
Materials Science
Current COVID-19 testing is invasive and requires certain equipment, making screening difficult without such devices. Furthermore, when testing can be expedited, it often brings with it a su…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
Overheating of the reactor in case of emergency is one of the main problems of water-cooled nuclear power plants. Passive safety systems operated by natural forces are used to improve the re…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Purpose: The world's energy consumption is increasing day by day. This increasing energy need is largely obtained from coal and petroleum by-products. Greenhouse gases and aerosols are emitt…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Snails are seemingly harmless animals in agricultural ecosystems: they are decomposers that feed off rotting vegetation and surplus soil nutrients. However, in order to move and maintain hom…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
On average, beef cattle have twins once in every 100 births or a 1% twinning rate. My family’s herd of 35 cattle had five sets of twins in the 2020 calving season, which is 14% of the herd.…
ISEF · 2021
Mathematics Third Award
Topdrops, a mapping of permutations first introduced by John Horton Conway, is examined. Topdrops has so far been under-researched compared to the similar topswops variant. A proof that the…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology Fourth Award
Plant-parasitic nematodes account for 14% crop losses globally and $157 billion lost annually. Root-knot nematodes are yield-limiting and threaten crop production. Toxic chemicals, such as o…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
The horsefly which attack causes capacity diminution among people and is extremely damaging for agriculture, holds a special place among bloodsuckers in terms of harmfulness. Horseflies comm…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Year 3 of this project tested how the filtration system can further be improved upon. A filtration system was created that runs off of only solar energy and ocean currents to filter the ocea…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology
Bacteriophages are specific viruses that are able to infect bacteria. Multiple phage varieties have been found for multiple types of bacteria. Because of the interactions between phages and…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Cognitive Bias, often referred to as “subjective reality”, is the unconscious tendency to have a preference for something based on previous experiences or knowledge. Since all people have pa…
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
As a result of isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have increasingly become depressed and lonely. This is having a significant effect on high-risk senior citizens and virtual…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of my experiment was to determine whether I can use the Equation of Continuity as a predictor for convergent nozzle design performance for subsonic exhaust flow during wind tunne…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Within this culture of choice, there is a need for a new, more helpful and descriptive model of adolescent Jewish identity formation that portrays the crucial role individual choices play in…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Parkinson’s Disease is a neurodegenerative disease manifested through tremors, which start with a limb and then gradually spreads across entire body. While this disease has no permanent cure…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
Jumping spiders, the largest family of spiders, perform body saccades -- or turning toward stimuli in a series of brief, rapid turns rather than a continuous motion -- when tracking moving o…
ISEF · 2021
Engineering Mechanics
Space debris of any size can cause irreparable damage to multimillion-dollar satellites. Satellites typically dodge space debris via an orbital maneuver drawing from their finite fuel supply…
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
During pregnancy, a genetic test or Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) is performed on the unborn child to detect potential chromosomal abnormalities. For the test, the wet lab checks whic…