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ISEF · 2020
Physics and Astronomy
The Earth’s geological, evolutionary and biological history has been shaped by the collisions with celestial bodies such as asteroids and comets. Their contributions can also cause destructi…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
Glyphosate is one of the world’s most widely used broad-spectrum herbicides, accounting for roughly 25 % of the world herbicide market. Glyphosate herbicide is widely utilized in agriculture…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Recently, microscopic silver particles called nanosilver were discovered in bodies of fresh water such as lakes, rivers, and streams. Nanosilver can be found in many man-made consumer produc…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are one of the most common issues found in the emergency room setting, with over 69 million people sustaining some form of TBI every year. Despite the million…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose behind this research was to investigate whether different permeable pavements can change the composition of the stormwater that flows through it, through exposure to zebrafish em…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this study is to evaluate a novel combination of Pseudomonas fluorescens, Piriformispora indica, and Laccaria bicolor on the yield and growth of Gossypium hirsutum. It was hyp…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
Quercetin, a flavonoid found in many fruits and vegetables, belongs to an extensive class of polyphenolic compounds. Previous studies reported that Quercetin inhibits the proliferation of va…
ISEF · 2020
Behavioral and Social Sciences
In the United States there are over 15 million people who struggle with alcohol addiction. This issue has become increasingly large over the years in the United States, especially in Florida…
ISEF · 2020
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The effect of social media on mental health (depression, anxiety, loneliness, eating disorders) and academic performance will be determined. Additionally, the differences between male and fe…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cerebral brain ischemia is the third most common cause of death in developed countries. The neuronal death is the main cause of disruption of brain functions. Nowadays, it is impossible to t…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
The Effect of the Decay of Organic Matter on the Energy Output of a Renewable, Solar Energy Storage System. This experiment was conducted to determine if placing organic matter inside an air…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this project was to find a cost-effective solution that reduces detrimental health problems by inhibiting indoor mold growth utilizing Hedera helix plants, known to contain me…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if mass loss would occur in household plastic products due to photodegradation aided by non-modified titanium dioxide in the presence of ultra…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of this investigation is to improve the performance of iron-ion batteries (FIBs) by improving cyclability through composite V2O5 and TiO2 cathodes. FIBs offer a higher specific c…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Solar energy is non-polluting, renewable, and consistently less expensive over time than other forms of energy. It was hypothesized that different panel designs, in combination with differen…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
As there are more than a million cases in the United States annually and over 500,000 Americans die each year, cancer can be characterized as the continual unregulated rapid increase in the…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
The purpose of this experiment is to determine whether the selected cyanobacteria: Anabaena, Eucapsis, Fischerella, Tolypothrix, Merismopedia, Nostoc, and Spirulina, would prosper in a Mars…
ISEF · 2020
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The average human spends approximately four to 11 hours viewing electronic screens daily, which may have severe impacts on the human body. This research observed the impact of blue light on…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
Stomata account for 95% of the terrestrial movement of water vapor and CO2 and are, therefore, essential aspects to the survival of plants and all organisms that depend on them. The climate…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Groundwater surrounding the nation’s largest coal fired power plant, Plant Scherer, has been reported to contain heavy metals and other contaminants exceeding the EPA’s Groundwater Protectio…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
This project focuses on the comparative gene expression in the nematode Caenorhabditis Elegan (C. Elegan) in nine specific target genes found by Selch et al. in 2008. Due to expanding space…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
The overdependence of pesticides poses a major risk to the environment, one recent example being the use of cypermethrin to combat Spodoptera frugiperda in the Philippines. In this mesocosm…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
Imagine living in a world where nothing is ever truly clean. A world where diseases and pathogens are basically immortal. Endospores are a bacterial defense mechanism where “stressed '' bact…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
With the rise of wireless technology in the 21st century, the presence of unseen electromagnetic radiation (EMR) across the globe has proliferated. While much has been done to develop these…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of the experiment is to test the effects Sulforaphane has on bacterial growth. If Sulforaphane causes ring of inhibition on a bacterial plate, then Sulforaphane does have an effe…
ISEF · 2020
Systems Software
Coconuts are economical crops that make lots of income for coconut farmers. Thai people like to use coconut meat which is the white flesh in a coconut to cook both savory and sweet recipes.…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In this study, we extracted the chitosan from shrimp shell, and we tested its environmental applications. First, the dry shrimp shell treated CaCO3, HCl and then with NaOH to get the chitosa…
ISEF · 2020
Biochemistry
The extraction and evaluation of the bromelain and phenolic compounds from pineapple peel through ultrasound radiation. The pineapple peel contains components such as polyphenols and bromela…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Immunotherapy has shown promise as a treatment approach for patients with hematologic malignancies by engineering one’s immune system to better target a particular antigen. Treatment for hem…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Procedure: Bananas of the same color index were chosen. (greenish yellow bananas were used). Banana peels were removed using a stainless steel knife. A 0.1M sodium metabisulphite solution wa…