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ISEF · 2022
Cellular and Molecular Biology Second Award
A growing area of research is focused on identifying drugs that have differential cytotoxic effects on normal and cancer cells. Pomegranate polyphenols are potent antioxidants and has antica…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences First Award
Suicide is the second leading cause of death for teenagers. Depressed teens feel obligated to deal with these serious issues by themselves to avoid burdening those around them and keep quiet…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Inspection of a myriad number of thermometers for commercial sale reveals many discrepancies with the reading. More specifically, things like tympanic and temporal readings are greater than…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this experiment is to see if there are statistical trends that exist with student’s GPAs before and after COVID-19. Deidentified data was collected from the Monte Vista School…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The notable increase in workplace injuries in industrial workshops and factories in Palestine, and the growing percentage of human lives that are lost in such environments due to non-commitm…
ISEF · 2022
Plant Sciences Second Award
Global warming and the rapidly growing world population are among the most serious issues that threaten global food security. A new approach to support plant productivity is through exploiti…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Acylation of biphenyl with acetyl chloride is a commonly used Friedel-Crafts reaction. Side products observed between the reactant and the acetylating agent are often due to incorrect stoich…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Does quantum mechanics embed the possibility to be a true theory that corresponds to the principle of nature? If locality and reality, common assumptions of physics, are valid, quantum mecha…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
In the world today many children with autism or Asperger struggle with atypical eating that will follow them into their adult lives. It is hypothesized that being able to taste Phenylthiocar…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In this experiment we tested the purity of several different sources of water including spring water from Cress Creek, water from the Snake River, water directly from a glacier lake located…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Wildfires have caused devastation across the American-West during summer months, eradicating entire belts of natural plant growth and resulting in immense loss of life and property. Furtherm…
ISEF · 2022
Embedded Systems Third Award
Globally, 250 million people have visual impairment, and many are unable to move around safely without human assistance due to the complexity of finding pathways, avoiding obstacles, risk of…
ISEF · 2022
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Diabetes is a growing and deadly epidemic around the world and particularly in the United States. Complications associated with diabetes arise from prolonged high blood glucose concentration…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Visual tracking is an important skill to have to be successful in any sport. However, in baseball, the eyes play a vital role in the success of players. A fastball thrown by a pitcher will r…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology
Digitate silica sinter found in the outflow apron of terrestrial hot springs have been found to contain biosignatures of microbial communities, including into the ancient past. In 2007, the…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry
Dairy farmers get paid on components such as protein and fat in the milk. Therefore, knowing what stage in a cow's lactation they will produce milk with the highest percent of components can…
ISEF · 2022
Embedded Systems
Landfills are the 3rd largest sources of anthropogenic methane emissions in US. As methane is measured monthly, inadvertent fugitive emissions are undetected, and problems are realized late.…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Accurate and robust autonomous landing of fixed-wing aircraft will revolutionize economic, industrial, and military missions that are generally dangerous or suboptimal for humans to perform.…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In the last two years, COVID 19 has drastically increased the use of household disinfectants across the world. Is the increase of chemicals negatively affecting our environment more than we…
ISEF · 2022
Mathematics
My novel method of machine learning that I utilized with cluster analysis can be done on any computer and is fast and easy to learn. My novel method investigated a genome-wide association st…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
In the formation of the solar system, frequent collisions on terrestrial bodies left behind populations of impact craters scattered on planetary and satellite surfaces. This study focuses on…
ISEF · 2022
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
As the Coronavirus continues to spread globally, different mutations arise. These variants often take long periods of time until being discovered, resulting in large spikes of infection. Thi…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Just recently discovered, branched flow of light (bfol) describes light beams propagating in intricate and random treetop-like patterns instead of rectilinearly. Building up on current publi…
ISEF · 2022
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common extracranial cancer diagnosed in children, accounting for 6% of all pediatric cancer cases and 15% of childhood cancer deaths. The disproportionate NB m…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences Third Award
In this study the N-Methyl D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor was perturbed, and the resulting phenotypic effects were studied. It was hypothesized that the role of the NMDAR in neurodevelopmental…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Existing pediatric prosthetic legs become obsolete after several months due to a child's rapid growth. The purpose of the 3D printed modular prosthetic leg, consisting of interchangeable foo…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Due to its toxic effects, such as heart, neurological, and skin diseases, elevated arsenic in water/soil is the 6th leading cause of nonaccidental death globally. While arsenic filtration te…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Walking robots are an important part of the future. Agile, adaptive, and able to walk almost anywhere. They have advantages in hazardous terrain exploration, search and rescue, domestic assi…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry
Quorum sensing (QS) is a density-dependent mechanism of gene regulation and bacterial communication, allowing bacterial communities to benefit from cooperative group behavior and is commonly…
ISEF · 2022
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Many actions in everyday life are becoming more automated, but critical tasks continue to require human oversight. Automatic driving systems automate repetitive functions through the use of…