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ISEF · 2020
Mathematics
A wonderful fact called Thurston's geometrization conjecture states that there are essentially only eight three-dimensional geometries. For the last 20 years, there are lots of attempts to d…
ISEF · 2020
Materials Science
With the rapid development of science and technology, energy problems such as atmospheric pollution have also continued to occur, which has made the development and utilization of new energy…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
Children start to crawl at the age of 6 months and eventually start to walk at the age of 1. As they start to move around it starts to get difficult and stressful for parents or guardians to…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Parkour is the utilization of complex body movements -such as jumps, landings, and vaults- in an urban environment to move from one place to another as efficiently as possible. Much of the s…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
To study the functions of Brandt's voles in the grassland ecosystem, its impact on vegetations, and the optimal density, the author researched in a fenced pasture in Inner Mongolia with dist…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical Engineering
Emergency rooms are overcrowded with patients who need treatment for lacerations, the most common injury after a broken bone. Such injuries require a simple treatment, sutures or staples; ye…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
Iodine is a micronutrient that is crucial for the properproduction of thyroid hormones in the human body. To put a stop to iodine deficiency,iodine was implemented in salt in 1990. There are…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical Engineering
Skin cancer and Parkinson’s Disease are among the most serious noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in the world. Early detection and treatment allow Parkinson’s patients to mitigate complication…
ISEF · 2020
Systems Software
As an intern in the office of my State Assemblymember, I was sometimes tasked with determining the extent to which our legislative district was affected by geographic issues, such as project…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Epilepsy is a neurological disease involving spontaneous and chronic seizures. Seizure susceptibility and intensity are affected by a multitude of factors, including caffeine exposure and di…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Soft oyster leech can cause severe damage to the oyster farming industry worldwide by breaking through oyster’s robust defense mechanism effortlessly. So, what is its unique attacking method…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
A recent proposal by the EPA, if passed, will take away the Clean Water Act’s protection of headwater streams. This will reduce protection on around 9 million of America’s stream miles. With…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
Carotenoids are biologically active substances, widely used as vitamins, food dyes and pigments. Main disadvantages of industrial production of carotenoids include use of organic solvents (f…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
It has been thought that intracellular symbiosis evolved chloroplast and mitochondria, and understanding the mechanism is one of the major issues in biological science. Paramecium bursaria i…
ISEF · 2020
Materials Science
Of the current forms of renewable energy, solar energy holds the most promise for overtaking carbon-based methods. Although cost competitive, most commercial solar panels turn sunlight into…
ISEF · 2020
Physics and Astronomy
My project investigated if Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion can apply to orbits of the moons around each planet. My hypotheses were: there will be a strong correlation between published and…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical Engineering
Purpose: Cancer has been a huge problem throughout the decades, as it is very difficult to fight and permanently get rid of, so we have decided to develop an effective way of ridding bodies…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
This research project proposes the development and research of airfoil-morphing wing structures for aerodynamic efficiency improvement, lift control, and aeroelastic optimization. By increas…
ISEF · 2020
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Hypertension, a detriment linked to various risk factors, contributes to the development of renal and diabetic damage, increasing the risk for the development of cardiovascular disease, whic…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
Researchers conducting experiments on Populus trichocarpa discovered the presence of endophytic nitrogen fixing bacteria through the indicator nif h gene. This bacteria allows the plant to h…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
The failure to promote secondary succession in Guam's southern badlands creates an environmental hazard because continued erosion of the soil destroys our precious coral reefs. The overpopul…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical Engineering
Antimicrobial peptides (APs) produced by a large number of microorganisms, plants, and animals hold considerable potential as broad-spectrum alternatives to traditional antibiotics, pesticid…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
Cardiac mesenchymal stem cells (CMCs) are novel and promising stem cells that have shown significant efficacy in improving heart function in rodents after myocardial infarction (MI) and may…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this project was to determine the rate of pollen tubes fertilizing ovules in non-corresponding locules in a process termed reallocation. Determining the rate of reallocation w…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The main aim of this project is to develop green power that will be a key enabler in the movement of goods on the increased infrastructure and manufacturing units. I am using energy boosters…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Toxic metals represent a serious threat to both the environment and human health which means that regulations that affect their dispersion are critical. The question of this observational st…
ISEF · 2020
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Schwannomatosis is a rare genetic disease characterized by pain and the development of peripheral nerve sheath tumors called schwannomas. Schwannoma in patients have mutations in the NF2 gen…
ISEF · 2020
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a dangerous lung disease that reduces oxygen to the essential organs of the body. The treatment that patients with ARDS receive is a combination…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
Metastatic cancers behave in an extremely aggressive manner. They move and spread all throughout the body and are very hard to predict and treat. The process which metastatic cancer develops…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Current models of speech error monitoring, like the commonly used DIVA model, generally only account for articulation and phonology. They don’t account for semantic monitoring, or the meanin…