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ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
Cancer's molecular heterogeneity and complexity pose significant treatment challenges. Drug combinations have recently been employed to enhance cancer therapy due to their synergistic effect…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences
Plants have evolved diverse and complex defense systems in response to insect herbivory. Insect herbivory initiates signal transduction pathways in plants, leading to the creation of defense…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
The ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance) indicators emphasize reducing product-induced pollution. Nitrogen fertilizers harm the environment and human health. This study used tardigrade M…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cancer cell migration is an important part of the growth of secondary tumors as they invade local tissue, thus finding safe interventions to cancer cell migration can be an important tool to…
ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Throughout the country, school shootings have disrupted harmony and injected fear into the lives of students and the community. The trait Psychopathy has been clearly linked to gun violence…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Proper cellular morphology and plasma membrane structure during interphase are integral for proper mitosis and homeostasis. Tumor suppressor PTEN (Phosphatase and TENsin homologue deleted on…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
My project explores a novel tri-copter design that uses a combination of a tilt-rotor mechanism, airfoil-shaped drone arms, and the yaw motion of the drone to generate a more energy-efficien…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
Current research is focused on identifying drugs that can mitigate chemotherapy-induced injury to normal tissues, while being cytotoxic to cancer cells. This study was designed to evaluate t…
ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this experiment is to see how a pupil reacts to emotional stimulation. I hypothesized that a pupil reacts by dilation to nonverbal emotional stimuli. The participants sat in f…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Third Award
Air pollution, especially PM 2.5, affects the health of millions of people globally, causing premature death. Outdoor air pollutants can leak indoors, leading to pollution concentrations 2-5…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
Ambient air pollution contributes to a 7-million annual mortality rate, with gas-powered vehicles among the leading contributors. The current technology being used within gas-powered vehicle…
ISEF · 2023
Materials Science
Currently, air pollution with organic and biological harmful substances, which cause the increase of various respiratory diseases and severe forms of allergies, is a serious concern. The COV…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology
A class of type II diabetes medication interacts with a nuclear receptor known as PPAR?. While these drugs are effective at managing type II diabetes, however, they have dangerous side effec…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
In Vietnam, landslides occur frequently and cause great damage to traffic infrastructures and human lives. Follow-up search and rescue campaigns risk the lives of rescue personnel and civili…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology Second Award
As mRNA-based therapeutics like COVID-19 vaccines rapidly evolve, degradation remains a key limiter of efficacy and distribution. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) possess a closed-loop structure, co…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences Second Award
`Macrophomina phaseolina (M. phaseolina) is a soil-borne fungus that impacts many crops and can cause diseases, such as charcoal rot. Therefore, it is necessary to find a successful way to r…
ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
The current ways to diagnose depression are heavily dependent on patients self-reporting their symptoms which is closely related to its high rate of misdiagnoses. The purpose of this investi…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy
The use of artificial light at night has increased rapidly in the last century, elevating artificial skyglow levels due to unwanted light scattering. The consequences are many and range from…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
Understanding species distribution and abundance is critical to managing and conserving planetary biodiversity. Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) are keystone species of cultural, economic,…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy
This project proposes and demonstrates two new quantum computing algorithms which solve the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP). The TSP asks for the shortest continuous path in a graph of node…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Since the groundwork published by Torres-Vega and Frederick, the Quantum Phase Space Representation (QPSR) has been explored as a method for solving a multitude of physical systems and descr…
ISEF · 2023
Systems Software
Our service allows simplification of sightseeing for independent travelers and visitors to exhibitions, museums, shopping centers and open-air panoramic points, as well as speeding up and re…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Second Award
Cells have evolved the process of translational regulation to rapidly fine-tune protein expression to suit intracellular needs. Ribosome velocity during translation elongation is a key contr…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry Third Award
As global carbon dioxide emissions increase worldwide, the research on carbon capture and utilization technologies has become increasingly important. The Sabatier reaction, which converts ca…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Second Award
Heart disease is the #1 global killer. Left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) analysis via echocardiography is crucial for heart failure detection. However, traditional EF calculation is a…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Despite vigorous recycling efforts, nearly 350 million tons of polyethylene terephthalate (PET)—plastic commonly used to package foods and beverages—accumulate annually, posing a serious thr…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
Excessive traumatic hemorrhage is the leading cause of mortality for civilians and military personnel under 50 years of age. The current treatment of donor derived platelet transfusions is r…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Our project is heavily inspired by the utilization of drones in the current ongoing conflict in Ukraine. We focused mainly on 2 ideas. The first one being human detection for search & rescue…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
Each year, 76% of plastic waste is sent to the landfill, 16% incinerated polluting our airways, and 7% lost to pollute the environment. I wanted to find a way to recycle plastic water bottle…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This project demonstrates how carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is contributing to ocean acidification and coral bleaching. Through the course of a 4 year continuation on this project, this y…