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ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
Nowadays, fossil fuel remains the main source of energy, which yields high CO2 emissions thereby contributing to global warming. Recently, ammonia fuel has shown potential as an alternative…
ISEF · 2020
Biochemistry
The purpose of this project was to create a better transfection rate and produce better efficiency and yield so more cells can be studied through the transfection. Six 2mm dishes were treate…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
Global population growth has dramatically increased in the last century. Recent studies state that food production must be doubled to meet the global demand. Nanomaterials (NMs) are used in…
ISEF · 2020
Physics and Astronomy
This study aims to prove, using theoretical and experimental methods, that target wireless power transfer (WPT) efficiency can be ensured by utilizing the coupling coefficient among various…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Common chloride-based road salts pollute the environment, including vegetation and infrastructure; an eco-friendly compound able to melt ice is critical. I tested thirteen different substanc…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Bioethanol production currently utilizes sugars derived from food crops, which causes challenges in the fight against world hunger. Alternative sources of sugars must be investigated. A pote…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this project was trying to start to advocate that Abandoned Uranium Mines on the Navajo Nation needs to be taken seriously and mentioned to the residents living on the Navajo…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The investigation aimed to determine how introducing micro-plastics into the habitat of brine shrimp affected their life processes. The hypothesis was that the brine shrimp would confuse mic…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Gram-negative bacteria are associated with hospital-acquired infections. The infection control literature has identified that hospital sink drains can be a potential source of these hospital…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Tar Creek superfund site is an abandoned lead mine in northeastern Oklahoma that was declared in 1983 and is located in the cities of Picher and Cardin. From 1900 to the 1960’s, lead min…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of this project was to see what specific influence exosomes have on MDA-MB-231 triple negative breast cancer cell characteristics of proliferation, migration and invasion. Exosom…
ISEF · 2020
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The Yes-associated protein (YAP) is a transcriptional regulator that has been linked to various cellular processes such as tissue regeneration and metabolism. Typically, the Hippo pathway re…
ISEF · 2020
Biochemistry
The chemotherapeutic, hydroxyurea (HU), is an antimetabolite drug generally used to treat chronic myelocytic leukemia as well as HIV and sickle cell anemia. Although initial hydroxyurea ther…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
Three years of preliminary research suggested that Southwestern Native medicines may possess antibacterial properties against Streptococcus pyogenes ATCC 19615 (S. pyogenes), the bacteria re…
ISEF · 2020
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Breast cancer is characterized by an aggressive, malignant tumor that can metastasize to distant places of the body. Research stems from treatment with palbociclib, an innovative drug, again…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of this project was to build an exoskeleton (MK-I, MK-II) that can augment human strength whilst lifting heavy/large objects for an extended amount of time. Design goals for the…
ISEF · 2020
Biochemistry
Excessive glutamate release in the brain leads to neuronal death in severe neurological diseases of ischemic stroke, while glutamate levels in cerebrospinal fluid are more favorable for refl…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
As a result of rising temperatures and sea levels, our available land space, freshwater, and food supplies are shrinking, just when they are most needed to support a growing population. Comm…
ISEF · 2020
Materials Science
Plastic pollution is one of the leading issues facing the environment today. Americans utilize 33.6 million tons of plastic annually, but only recycle about 10% of this. What if there was a…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Although the number of US vaping related deaths is rising, the cause of death remains unidentified. Knowing the long term effects of non-nicotine vape aerosol components, vegetable glycerin…
ISEF · 2020
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Lung cancer is the second most prominent type of cancer and accounts for the most cancer-related deaths each year. Small cell lung cancer, a major subtype of lung cancer, has a 5-year surviv…
ISEF · 2020
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a debilitating illness, and antidepressant treatment often yields inadequate response rates. It is not currently understood why antidepressant response rat…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
The role of cannabidiol in a Caenorhabditis elegans epilepsy model was analyzed using adenosine and tumor necrosis factor alpha antagonists to further elucidate the protective effects of can…
ISEF · 2020
Physics and Astronomy
Green Peas are a unique set of galaxies characterized by low mass, low density, and high star formation rate. These properties are shared with Lyman alpha emitters, one of the first types of…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Honeybees rely heavily on their circadian clock to achieve the orientation based on the solar compass and the "time memory", which allows them to locate food resources and return to the hive…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Angiogenesis is responsible for the development of new blood vessels from previously existing vasculature. Anomalies of the growth and differentiation of these vessels result in vascular mal…
ISEF · 2020
Physics and Astronomy
When analyzing the search pipeline for pulsars, many sub-optimal and inefficient procedures are implemented due to the need for manual data analysis and the presence of physical interference…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
Conservational tillage practices can reduce negative impacts on soil and water while increasing yield through less surface disturbance and more crop residues. There has been a high demand fo…
ISEF · 2020
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Individuals with hearing loss have difficulty communicating effectively through sign language when the majority of the world’s population communicates verbally. Still, over 70 million people…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
Each year, 100 million people visit one of Australia’s 12,000 beaches. These beaches are patrolled by 314 affiliated surf lifesaving clubs and their principal rescue device is their inflatab…