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ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Coastal forests are among the world’s most important carbon (C) stores, sequestering C faster than terrestrial forests per unit area. However, these essential C sinks are increasingly threat…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
The abundance of M-dwarfs, combined with the relative ease of detecting Earth-sized planets around them, has made them prime targets for finding and characterizing planets in their ‘habitabl…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
The seasonal cycling of volatile nitrogen, methane, and carbon monoxide ices from pole to pole causes significant changes in Triton's atmospheric pressure. The ability to model these changes…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
Different types of surfboards, with different parts that affect the "behavior" of these when riding them. Each part has a variety of modifications that are used for a specific type of person…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry Second Award
Silica capillaries have been an integral part of the instrumentation used in many areas of analytical chemistry for decades, especially in analytical separations. In most cases, they are use…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Two major induction motor designs exist, the first being the squirrel cage induction motor with high efficiency and a poor starting torque, and the second being the slip-ring motor with a gr…
ISEF · 2022
Mathematics First Award
The abc-conjecture (Masser and Oesterlé) is an active problem that has remained open for several decades. The conjecture would imply a direct proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem and also shine ne…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) affect about 1.7 billion people worldwide. As most MSD cases are associated with abnormal motion of joints, motion assessment of joints provides a powerful t…
ISEF · 2022
Plant Sciences
Trifolium fragiferum (strawberry clover) is a wild legume species found rarely in Northern European seaside areas and is genetically close to domesticated clover species. Seven micro-populat…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Honeybees are an essential part of both natural ecology and human agriculture. Monitoring beehive health is an essential component of beekeeping. Proper monitoring is needed to prevent Colon…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology Third Award
Although the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is researchers’ primary target, more conserved non-structural proteins (NSPs) of SARS-CoV-2 can be better targets if sufficiently immunogenic. The hypot…
ISEF · 2022
Materials Science
The colonization of space will be important to the future of mankind. Our nearest celestial body is the moon, and creating a suitable building material using lunar resources will be critical…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Climate change caused by global warming formed an environment that is advantageous for vectors and pathogens. Moreover, Incheon, Korea is border on ports and airports, so the possibility for…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
While the original goal of the project seemed rather simple I soon learned that making a machine that carries perpetual motion, forever, would be a long and tiring process. The amount of sma…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Second Award
Oral cancer is highly treatable when diagnosed at an early stage. In rural India, however, 60% of oral cancer cases are diagnosed with advanced stages. Mass screening requires experienced do…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Desertification (vegetation reduction) is a form of land degradation in drylands, which is a term that encompasses sub-humid areas. According to National Geographic, desertification is a sev…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating neurological disease affecting the central nervous system and significantly impacting patients’ quality of life. The disease involves inflammation,…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Varroa destructor mites have led to a worldwide decline in honeybee populations through the introduction of viruses to bee colonies, including Varroa destructor virus, Lake Sinai Virus, and…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This project aims to expose a widespread inaccuracy in the work of academic researchers regarding how music affects human emotion. A centuries-old musical phenomenon known as the “major-mino…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a cognitive disorder in which a child's brain cannot send direct messages to a body's muscles, resulting in impaired motor functions. It is a common childhood disabili…
ISEF · 2022
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
Missense mutations are a form of genetic variant that result in substitutions of amino acids in protein sequences. These mutations account for approximately half of human inherited diseases…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
The phenomenon in which a single drop breaks up into smaller drops after deforming into a ring was first observed about 100 years ago. However, it was just recently that the breakup mechanis…
ISEF · 2022
Materials Science
MXenes are a 2D nanomaterial typically synthesized using hydrofluoric acid (HF) etching, a process that is time-consuming, unsafe for workers, and environmentally detrimental. A method devel…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
Neurodegenerative diseases are among the top five causes of death worldwide, with one major cause of these diseases being high levels of oxidative stress. Nano-antioxidants are emerging nano…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Aortic aneurysms have increased in the past two decades because of the aging population and the rise in the number of smokers. Aortic aneurysms affect about 2.9 million people and is the 13t…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
One may be surprised to learn that the same ingredient, luteolin, is in a huge scope of supplements. Luteolin is the primary ingredient in therapeutic, neuroprotective, anti-inflammatory, an…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry
Termite infestations pose a threat to infrastructure and crops throughout the world. Many current termiticides contain toxic carbamates, organophosphates, pyrethroids, and chlorinated hydroc…
ISEF · 2022
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of the project is to help people worldwide that are affected by street violence to be able to defend themselves. Women safety is a big issue worldwide and there are self defense…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
Dementia-related Cognitive Impairment (CI) is a neurodegenerative disorder, affecting over 55 million people worldwide and growing rapidly at the rate of one new case every three seconds. Th…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Neural networks have improved deep learning, but at times, they can be inefficient. Current networks perform extensive computations on all input data to improve accuracy. However, not all in…