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ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Humanity produces around 1.3 billion metric tons of waste a year, and most of them ends up in landfills. To make things worse, even much of recyclable garbage is eventually wasted. The main…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Water scarcity affects upwards of a billion people worldwide. Big cities like Cape Town, Mexico City, Melbourne, and Jakarta are threatened by the water crisis today. Ironically, these very…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a lung disease that results in scarring (fibrosis) of the lungs with no known cause. Over time, the scarring becomes so severe that breathing becomes i…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences
We developed a calorimetrical method for calculating the energetical value of the pre-made food. We propounded the results to the restaurants in Tbilisi and other regions of Georgia and sugg…
ISEF · 2019
Mathematics
*Introduction Mersenne Primes:- A number of the form 2^n – 1 where n is a natural number is a Mersenne number. If its value is prime then it is known as a Mersenne Prime. Mersenne primes are…
ISEF · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Craniosynostosis, a congenital disease that affects 1 in 2000-2500 people, shares genetic mutations implicated in cancer progression, yet has not been studied as a potential predictive marke…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
Diabetes is a metabolic disease impacting more than 400 million adults worldwide. Most of the major complications associated with diabetes are caused by hyperglycemia. Under hyperglycemic co…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Downstream riverside communities in the Four Corners Region face a potential threat from metals and metalloids from abandoned mines located in southwestern Colorado. In 2015, the Gold King M…
ISEF · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Annually, the environmental bacteria cause food-borne illnesses that affect over 50 million persons worldwide. Over half the pharmaceuticals utilize bacterial products. Less than 1% of the e…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease has become a prevalent issue and today, over 80 million people in the U.S. are affected. NAFLD starts with the accumulation of lipids droplets in the liver…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most malignant cancers worldwide. However, the current treatments fail to control its progression. PDAC cells utilize glutamine as the m…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Carcinogenic acrylamide naturally forms in common foods and drinks containing asparagines and reducing sugars when processed at temperatures above 120°C. Recent worldwide concern for consume…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Physical
High-efficiency GaAs solar cells are good candidates for roof-top photovoltaics for automobiles but, they are very expensive and inflexible. If GaAs photovoltaics can be made as microcells a…
ISEF · 2019
Embedded Systems
Wearable technology relies on the use of sensors to monitor bodily movement. Soft, flexible, and durable sensors are needed in devices for everyday use. Here, I present a novel method for cr…
ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
A quarter of the soil in the world is eroding as the result of deforestation, agricultural overexploitation, soil contamination, forest fires, etc. All of these cause loss of cultivable land…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
The innovative proposal of this research focused on the evaluation of eggshell as an alternative source for obtaining calcium carbonate (CaCO3), in order to be used in the paper sheet manufa…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
In order to develop advanced and cost-effective underwater exploration tools for exploring and utilizing marine resources, this project analyzes the system architecture and core functions of…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Mirror manufacturing costs less than solar panels, and when a mirror reflects light rays onto a panel, power increases, so utilizing mirrors can develop more efficient and affordable solar e…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This research explores the use of naturally sourced sediments as a base for flocculants to mitigate Florida red tide (Karenia brevis) blooms. Flocculation is the process of removing Karenia…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Galactic Cosmic Rays are primarily composed of protons (85%), helium (14%), and (~1%) high charge-high energy ions (HZE) such as 56Fe, 28Si, and 16O. Humans are normally not exposed to HZE i…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, with up to a third of all deaths each year attributable to the disease. Early detection allows for more reliable tr…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
Currently, the most commonly used mobile keyboard layout is QWERTY which was designed for ten fingers in the 1870s. The biggest flaws of QWERTY in the mobile environment are its small key si…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
MOBILE WEATHER STATION AND DATABANK Berk BEKTEMUR, Asli DOGU Private Anabilim Anatolian High School, Istanbul, Turkey PURPOSE In order to produce more accurate data for climate and weather,…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
The center of gravity of a rocket is imperative to the stability of the rocket during its flight. To remain stable over the course of a flight or a burn, the center of gravity of a mid-scale…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Current research suggests that toxic tau aggregates propagate from neuron to neuron in a prion-like manner. However, no dynamic proof exists to trace tau’s transmission and traffic in neurod…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
Despite pronounced negative side effects on developing babies, 10.7% of women smoke regularly during pregnancy. In hopes of reducing smoking during pregnancy, nicotine patches, vaping, and o…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
Invasive species are a growing threat to biodiversity. Crocodilians have been impacted by many invasive species including pythons and cane toads, and the effects on these apex predators and…
ISEF · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Genetic disorders are very common in the general population. These disorders are caused by abnormalities in one’s genome (DNA), which in turn encodes the proteins that are expressed in one’s…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
Black holes exhibit extraordinary behavior unparalleled in the known universe, providing the opportunity for experimental insight into determinism, extra dimensions, and the intersection of…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Nowadays, plastic bag is used widely due to its low cost and lightweight, even though it isn’t environmental friendly. So, there are campaigns to replace a plastic bag with biomaterial packa…