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ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
Polybia-MP1 is a well-known antimicrobial peptide isolated from the venom of a Brazilian wasp named Polybia Paulista. Recent studies suggested that it can inhibit the growth of multidrug-res…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
Telescopes and astrophotography are effective tools to explore the sky. However, amateur astrophotography is a great challenge due to air pollution, artificial lights, and telescope equipmen…
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Reinforcement learning (RL) has produced exceptional results in various game environments and several real-world situations, including traffic light control and autonomous driving. However,…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Energy-dense algae are more suitable feedstocks for biodiesel and circumvent many of the problems posed by current biodiesel feedstocks, such as the requirement for arable land. Nannochlorop…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Existing experimental evidence has linked increased brainwave activity to enhanced working memory capacity. One of the renowned non-invasive methods for manipulating brain waves is binaural…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering
Malfunctions in the heart, known as Arrhythmia, are generally diagnosed with event monitors like the Holter monitor. However, the Holter diagnostics process has some inefficiencies that are…
ISEF · 2021
Systems Software
The purpose of this project was to create a more ergonomic keyboard layout using genetic algorithms. This could help to prevent repetitive strain injuries and improve typing speed in users.…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
In recent years Iowa has seen a rise in organic farming, with that many farmers have begun using organic Helianthus Annuus (black oil sunflowers) as cover crops for organic soybeans. Cover c…
ISEF · 2021
Mathematics
Both knot theory and origami have many relations to mathematics and the overall broader scientific world. The main problem in mathematical knot theory is identifying knot equivalence. In thi…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Second Award
More than 95% of the approximately 7000 orphan diseases in the world do not have effective treatments, and since orphan diseases are conditions that affect a limited population, there is lit…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The search and implementation of less polluting alternatives of energy production has been more demanding, as the long-term impact of human beings on our environment becomes more visible. Th…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering
The World Health Organization states that cancer is the second leading cause of death in the world. In 2018, an estimated 9.5 million people died because of that disease. The Oxilium Device…
ISEF · 2021
Systems Software
In 2018, there were 33 trillion Gigabytes of data in the world. Compression algorithms are used to store this data more efficiently. We developed and tested a new lossless compression algori…
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
The early diagnostic rate of pancreatic cancer (PC) is currently at just 9% as screening methods are unattainable, making it the fourth leading cause of cancer death. Many studies have achie…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science Second Award
PANDwriting is a novel system for diagnostic assessment of neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) using handwriting kinematic analysis, particularly targeted to increase Alzheimer's Disease (AD) a…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects 10 million people worldwide. Current diagnostic measures consist of ambiguous surveys or are extremely invasive, and inc…
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
As people continue to streamline everyday life with technology, the use of speech recognition has been made available in smartphones, speakers, cars, and more. The process of converting audi…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is an ocean circulation system that plays a crucial role in regulating the global climate and its response to anthropogenic forcing. Th…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
In order to combat climate change and achieve global sustainability, recycling waste and reducing our use of fossil fuels is crucial as we continue moving forward. Hydrothermal carbonization…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology
This research examined the potential of thermophilic bacteria found in the Utah-Idaho portion of the Great Basin Region and their respective DNA polymerases’ potential for application in PCR…
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
While the widespread use of mobile devices has brought convenience in many aspects, it has also caused an increase in the number of traffic accidents due to pedestrians preoccupied with thei…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The problem addressed was does per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) affect the amount of Chlorophyll in lettuce. If 15mLof PFAS is added to plant, the plant will have a lower percent a…
ISEF · 2021
Mathematics
The contents of the partial fractions contained in high school textbooks are presented in the form of formulas, and there is no explanation of the meaning. When we learn mathematics, formula…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
Computer simulations play a fundamental role in the field of science. However, the necessary calculations require serious computing power, a facility which is often confined to well-funded i…
ISEF · 2021
Mathematics
Li-Yorke theorem shows for a continuous self-mapping in interval, if it has a period-3 point, it will have period-n point with any positive integer n. Therefore, period-3 point is worth expl…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Binary supermassive black holes are expected to be common at the centers of galaxies. No observational technique has the resolution to directly image them. One indirect way to confirm their…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering
Wound treatment and management are major healthcare problems affecting more than 7 million people in the United States and costing more than $50 billion annually. Although skin grafting and…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Alzheimer's Disease (AD), the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, is estimated to affect 13.8 million American seniors by 2050 (alz.org). A growing body of evidence indicates…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry Third Award
The recent characterization of a new class of prenylated acylphloroglucinol heterodimers (Lindbergins) with leishmanicidal activity by Socolsky et al. presents a promising alternative to tra…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Macroinvertebrates have been extensively utilized to evaluate the water quality of aquatic ecosystems (Urakawa and Bernhard, 2017; Singh and Sharma, 2020). Caddy flies (Trichoptera) are poll…