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ISEF · 2024
Chemistry
Current chemical separation procedures are highly energy-intensive. More specifically, the gas separation industry is facing challenges with extreme pressures and temperatures, from cryogeni…
ISEF · 2024
Materials Science
Materials have rapidly become scarce and costly to produce and acquire, which has been due to several factors, including disease, deforestation, worker strikes, and more. The purpose of this…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Often covered in biofilms, right sided tumors are deadly and often identified in advanced stages, highlighting t…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
This Environmental Science project brings to light the real issues the Navajo People face from health concerns to pollution on their sacred lands in a unique and resourceful way. It investig…
ISEF · 2024
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Adolescence is a period of transition from childhood to adulthood characterized by significant socio-emotional, physical, and physiological changes, along with physiological reactivity to em…
ISEF · 2024
Biochemistry
This study explores how human body temperature fluctuations affect neurotransmitter precursor amino acids involved in dopamine and serotonin production, aiming to understand their behavior a…
ISEF · 2024
Animal Sciences
Despite the ubiquity of food preservatives in modern-day cuisine, the holistic range of their effects has yet to be adequately explored. The purpose of this experiment is to examine whether…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences
Over the course of the years, recent studies indicate a significant decline in Hawaii's native ohia lehua tree population. This is due to a fungal plant pathogen called ceratocystis lukuohia…
ISEF · 2024
Materials Science
Modern diesel engines exhibit a maximum fuel efficiency of only 50%, primarily due to inefficient combustion processes resulting in unburned hydrocarbons and. This experiment aimed to minimi…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Glyphosate, the active ingredient used in many herbicides, has seen extensive use, surpassing over 1.6 billion kilograms since 1974. With this widespread use, humans have begun to experience…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering Second Award
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, which affects nearly 200,000 patients annually in the United States, can be accompanied by joint bleeding but the effects of whole blood components a…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Levetiracetam, otherwise known as Keppra, is an anti-seizure medication. It is used to prevent seizures in people who have epilepsy. Due to the fact that Keppra is a preventative medication,…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Purpose: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a devastating neurodegenerative eye disease leading to total blindness, affects 200 million people worldwide. The project focused on identify…
ISEF · 2024
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Each year, twenty million people are diagnosed with cancer. Its prevalence is increasing at a faster pace than any other disease. Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2 (CDK2) plays a key role in regulat…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science
This experiment aimed to continue the search for a cure for celiac disease using mesenchymal stem cells by inhibiting the PD-L1/PD-1 pathway to determine whether it was a contributing factor…
ISEF · 2024
Cellular and Molecular Biology
A sharp rise in food allergies during the last century has left millions with this chronic, often life-threatening condition. In fact, nearly all known autoimmune diseases are being diagnose…
ISEF · 2024
Animal Sciences
In many parts of the world, tea has been attributed as a beneficial supplement for improving health and the longevity of life. This project aims to investigate if tea infused food will influ…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Hardikar Syndrome (HS) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by cleft lip/palate, pigmentary retinopathy, intestinal malrotation, and hepatobiliary disease. The disease is known to be cau…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Potato cultivation is a vital component of global agricultural production, and fungal diseases pose significant challenges to farmers. A vast majority of Pakistani potato growers are small-h…
ISEF · 2024
Physics and Astronomy
Quantum computers are integral to progress in computational capability but are limited by decoherence. This research investigated characteristics of qubit decoherence in systems of parallel…
ISEF · 2024
Physics and Astronomy
Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) are a class of stellar explosions that serve as tools for measuring cosmic distance. They have been hypothesized to result from the explosion of a white dwarf sta…
ISEF · 2024
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Amidst China's rapid economic expansion and escalating urbanization, the proliferation of city roads has led to increasingly severe traffic issues. The unique topography of mountain cluster…
ISEF · 2024
Behavioral and Social Sciences
With increasing food demand, alternative protein options must be considered. The purpose of this project is to compare rural American high school students' feelings towards consuming and rai…
ISEF · 2024
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Strongyloides, a group of parasites identified in ruminants, had displayed a growing resistance against commercial anthelmintic treatments which has caused economic losses in livestock and a…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences
This study addresses Indonesia's demand for healthy and nutritional food supply by improving the productivity of sweet potato plants. Beta-carotene, anthocyanin, potassium, and vitamin C are…
ISEF · 2024
Materials Science
In 2019, 455 million global occurrences of acute or chronic bone fracture symptoms and 178 million fractures were recorded. In the Philippines, hip fractures are projected to escalate to 175…
ISEF · 2024
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of my project is to engineer a type of thruster that utilizes ionic thrust. My engineering goal is to utilize this ionic propulsion most effectively. This will provide data and s…
ISEF · 2024
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Solute carriers (SLCs) are key to cellular transport of growth substances and their dysfunction is often associated with disease. Studies have focused on the solute carrier protein Slc22a17,…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The goal for this project was to engineer a device that would sense if there was a clog in a sprinkler nozzle, and notify a cellular device. Using sensors, an Arduino, and some code this ide…
ISEF · 2024
Microbiology Third Award
Phage therapy is a promising option to mitigate antibiotic resistance. Phages, a type of virus, are genetically diverse and globally plentiful. Yet only 14,500 phages have been discovered, m…