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ISEF · 2025
Microbiology
C1 compounds—methanol, formaldehyde, and formate—are toxic environmental pollutants associated with hazardous spills, water contamination, and severe health effects, including blindness, can…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Quadrotors, or drones, have the distinct potential to streamline wildlife observation research efforts, which, in turn, focus on improving the biodiversity and carbon sequestration of ecosys…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Increasing prevalence of remotely operated and autonomous underwater vehicles necessitates engineering propulsion systems that maximize thrust while aiming to limit anthropogenic-sourced noi…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disease. Early diagnosis and efficient rehabilitation are critical, while current methods of in person clinical consul…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the most prevalent type of parkinsonism, characterized by tremor, bradykinesia, postural instability, and muscle rigidity, along with various other motor and non-…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
Remarkable declines in migratory songbird populations necessitate the investigation of persistent gaps in the study of migration ecology. As songbirds in active migratory passage have proven…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science
Radiation therapy stands as a cornerstone in cancer treatment, serving over 10 million new patients annually and requiring precise dose delivery. Custom boluses, which are tissue-like materi…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Nerve degeneration, due to acute injury and chronic neurodegenerative disease, causes devastating symptoms for millions of patients worldwide. No therapeutics to regenerate neurons exist, me…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
PawPath is a non-invasive, risk-free gait monitoring device that assesses orthopedic and neurodegenerative diseases in canines. Gait abnormalities, which often signal conditions like arthrit…
ISEF · 2025
Microbiology
The Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) is a highly infectious and contagious pathogen with a significant impact on the global swine industry, causing reproductive an…
ISEF · 2025
Microbiology
The dengue virus infects over 400 million people each year and can lead to organ failure and death. Until 2024, there was only one current vaccine option for dengue; however, studies have sh…
ISEF · 2025
Biochemistry
Biochemical signaling plays a key role in molecular pathways in various disease processes of women’s reproductive health. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) affects 66 million reproductive-a…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical Engineering
Usher Syndrome is a congenital condition that causes severe hearing and vision loss. Despite 140 million deafblind individuals worldwide, research and support remain insufficient. Existing a…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical Engineering
Diabetic wounds pose a significant health challenge from the resilience of biofilms and the inflammation of the wound environment. Current antibiotics often lack targeted and adaptive respon…
ISEF · 2025
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Mental health disease is a global public-health epidemic affecting 1.88 billion people worldwide. Nature deprivation (ND) exacerbates this issue by increasing anxiety by 38%, depression by 3…
ISEF · 2025
Biochemistry
Cancer patients have access to advanced drugs like biosimilars of trastuzumab, pertuzumab, and trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1). However, continuous devleopment of new drugs is required to trea…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Over the years, around 20% to 40% of global crop production has been lost because of pests and bioactivity. Equally important, Commercial weed barriers have caused soil to be unsuitable for…
ISEF · 2025
Microbiology
Biofilms are dangerously formed by bacteria in threatening environments and are challenging to treat when a person is infected. Biofilms form due to stressors on the bacteria, and on the Int…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Creation of a compact radar system enhanced with AI-assisted ESRGAN imaging is proposed for advanced target detection and high-resolution situational awareness. The system integrates a phase…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
PhoenixH2 is dedicated to enhancing the feasibility of clean aviation by developing and flight-testing a small-scale aircraft powered by onboard hydrogen production. With aviation responsibl…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science
Due to the lack of minimally invasive and selective treatments for melanoma, the effectiveness of photodynamic therapy (PDT) based on boron nitride nanotubes (BNNT) loaded with Protoporphyri…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Due to the global demand for CO2 removal mechanisms, solutions such as direct air carbon capture are being used to filter atmospheric CO2. However, these methods often contribute to environm…
ISEF · 2025
Chemistry
Smart materials that adapt to external stimuli hold great potential for applications in biomedical coatings, responsive packaging, and optical sensors. This study presents a novel photo-resp…
ISEF · 2025
Microbiology
Cryptococcus neoformans—a pathogenic yeast—poses a severe risk to immunocompromised individuals. Its polysaccharide capsule, primarily glucuronoxylomannan, is its chief virulence factor. Cal…
ISEF · 2025
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations experience a high incidence of kidney disease, with 921 cases per million annually (Xiang et al., 2020). A key contributing factor is the hea…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Chronic neuroinflammation and macrophage migration to the blood-brain barrier BBB are key features of neurological diseases, with adhesion driving pro-inflammatory responses. However, prolon…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Purpose: This study investigates the phytochemical composition, antioxidant potential, and antimicrobial activity of Chamaenerion latifolium, a medicinal plant known for its traditional appl…
ISEF · 2025
Environmental Engineering
Significant ultrafine particle (UFP) exposure can cause serious health problems for individuals driving on-road. Despite this, internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs), which account for…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
Anthropogenic noise masks avian acoustic communication, leading to decreased reproductive success and delayed territorial defense behaviors. To compensate for acoustic masking, birds can adj…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
The purpose is to investigate the effects of gravitational force on the germination and growth of plants. 1. Build the arduino clinostat and input the code. 2. Prepare the petri dishes using…