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ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
Neonicotinoids are a family of insecticides that have gained worldwide popularity. By 2009, the global Neonicotinoid market was worth $2.63 billion. Recently, their usage has come under ques…
ISEF · 2020
Physics and Astronomy
It was previously thought that the bizarre phenomena (e.g. quantum superposition and entanglement) observed at the quantum level were specific to only a scale of about 10-9meters or less(1).…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
Iron is extremely important when it comes to how our bodies function. Although it is considered a trace mineral, a lack of iron can lead to severe cases of anemia, which is the most common b…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Chronic Inflammatory diseases affect approximately 45 million people just in the United States. Specifically, inflammatory bowel disease ( Crohn's disease) affects over 15 million people eve…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Polymer waste processing is a pressing issue because disposal requires much energy and the garbage must first be sorted –adding labor costs. Scientific and engineering literature showed that…
ISEF · 2020
Mathematics
In recent years social media has evolved from something that helps you keep in touch with relatives or friends to a driving influencer of all parts of life, politics included. Since its firs…
ISEF · 2020
Physics and Astronomy
The basic facts and equations of physics are impossible to prove using a direct method; they can only be proven by showing that in a wide range of scenarios they are correct. One such equati…
ISEF · 2020
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The daf-2 and daf-16 genes have been highlighted for their reciprocal activity in altering longevity in the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans. Both daf-2 and daf-16 present orthologs in…
ISEF · 2020
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The purpose of the project was to create a brain-computer interface headset prototype capable of allowing patients with motor impairments and paralysis to regain a range of mobility utilizin…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Globally, prematurity is the leading cause of death for newborns; approximately one million children die each year due to complications of preterm birth. This project develops a novel method…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Acatalasemia, better known as the lack of the necessary amount of active catalase enzymes in the body, has been linked to diseases such as type 2 diabetes and colorectal cancer. This disease…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose is to understand mechanisms associated with obesity and utilize natural or pharmaceutical anti-obesity medications on growth of nematodes. The hypothesis is anti-obesity medicati…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
By the year 2050, the global population is projected to reach nine billion people. This means that the global food supply will need to double to keep up with the demand. Unfortunately, even…
ISEF · 2020
Biochemistry
Protein crystallography is a scientific process that typically involves solving the structure of the protein as a 3D model. The goal is to determine the structure of the tRNA (guanine-N(1)-)…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
Citrus greening disease (HLB), first identified in 2005 in Miami-Dade, is caused by a fastidious, phloem-specific bacteria known as Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas), occurring in mos…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
The primary focus of this research was to identify tuberculosis proteins recognized by guinea pig antibodies and their origin within the tuberculosis bacterium. Tuberculosis is one of the to…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical Engineering
Radiomics is a method for mining quantitative features from medical images. These texture features can be used to identify disease characteristics with better accuracy and efficiency than tr…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) are lymph node-like structures that form at sites of inflammation, and their presence in cancer patients is predictive of a better clinical outcome. One si…
ISEF · 2020
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The site of overflowing charity clothing bins has been a daily concern to me. As well as being an eye sore. These once-loved donated items are being left to be damaged by the elements. Throu…
ISEF · 2020
Systems Software
Due to Descartes’s coordinate system, the human could have shared the exact positioning information with each other. But in Personal communication or in the classroom it’s not easy to share…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
Currently, rocket nozzles are designed in a bell shape and the key to the performance of the nozzle is its width. Under expanded nozzles prove optimal performance at low pressure (high altit…
ISEF · 2020
Biochemistry
Vitamins have long been said to aid the body in fighting the worst of infections; by measuring agglutination patterns, the efficacy of vitamins can be observed and quantified. Using Salmonel…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Water is one of our earth’s greatest and most abundant resources. Since the 1800s scientists have been taking water samples and analyzing them to learn about the health of the water. More re…
ISEF · 2020
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women globally, causing an estimated 626,700 deaths in 2018. As the late detection of breast cancer recurrence leads to a 1-1.5% curability rate, m…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
In this study, the question, “What lifestyle, demographic, and genetic factors increase the risk of contracting the common cold?” was researched. Studies suggest that susceptibility to the c…
ISEF · 2020
Behavioral and Social Sciences
"Multi-tasking ruins productivity, causes mistakes, and impedes creative thought," says Earl Miller, neuroscientist at MIT. Auditory distractions are one form of multi-tasking that may hinde…
ISEF · 2020
Mathematics
The purpose of this project was to calculate how often each "space” is landed on while playing Monopoly. This would allow me to better my chances of winning each game. The project had three…
ISEF · 2020
Materials Science
Microplastics found throughout our environment have caused increased health concerns. Recent research showed that plastic, pyramid-shaped tea bags were a significant source of microplastics.…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
BACKGROUND: According to the International Diabetes Foundation, there are over 415 million people worldwide diagnosed with diabetes [1]. In the United States alone, there are 29.1 million pe…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
Question: "How can a traditional wing be simplified to benefit stealth?" To create the hypothesis, Bernoulli’s principle, aerodynamics, and wing control were used to design a flapless/slatle…