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ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Purpose: Vessels, lined by endothelial cells (ECs), supply oxygen (O2) to our bodies. When tissues are devoid of enough O2, Hypoxia Inducible Factor (HIF) is stimulated to induce >200 genes…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
Purpose: Green algae can be used to combat increasing carbon emissions, since they reproduce and photosynthesize rapidly. An alteration in temperature can be stimulated to examine its effect…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Stroke is a very important medical and social problem. An important factor in the quality of life of a person who has suffered a stroke is the preservation hand's fine motor skills. The most…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Purpose: Lung Cancer is the leading cause of cancer related death among men and women. M2 macrophages are known suppressors of host anti-tumor immune functions and promote primary growth and…
ISEF · 2018
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
Stroke is the leading cause of severe disabilities in the developed world, often leaving people physically shut out from society despite their functional minds. Current solutions for rehabil…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems
The purpose of this project is to create a natural and universal interface between humans and computers, by studying the movement of upper limbs. The study is based on a physical prototype r…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
The Moon is cratered with thousands of well-preserved impact basins. Shared geologic history with Earth makes lunar basins a good proxy for the processes affecting early Earth. Porosity, the…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology First Award
Though cell cycle regulation plays a key role in numerous developmental processes, including morphogenesis and differentiation, the regulatory systems that control the cell cycle remain poor…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
Exposure to UV radiation may cause radiation poisoning as well as skin cancer to astronauts. Will vinyl (new idea) have better UV protective capabilities on the outer layer of astronaut suit…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn) and members of the family Lumbricidae (earthworms) are two invasive species to Minnesota that negatively affect native plant growth and contribute to ov…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
The floatation and rapid propagation of algal cells in eutrophic water are the key factors of cyanobacterial blooms. The buoyancy regulation of cyanobacteria is particularly important, becau…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
Pseudogymnoascus Destructans, the fungus that causes White nose syndrome, has killed more than 6.7 million bats in the US since 2006. Local extinction of multiple bat species in the Northern…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology
This research broadens the understanding of the murine immune system in inflammatory bowel disease simulations, highlighting the presence of a newly classified cell group, Myeloid Derived Su…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics
We successfully extended Soddy’s theorem for the original Soddy’s hexlet to derive the number of spheres of what we refer to as the n-th generation hexlet: 6^n. The number of spheres composi…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Because most government regulation is based on arguments about “externalities” (effects on third parties), understanding how externality arguments affect public opinion and support for regul…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Slaughtering of huge amounts of farmed chicken worldwide results in huge amounts of feathers. Unless they are properly dispensed and/or adequately utilized, accumulations of the chicken feat…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics
The present work is used to set a mathematical problem to discover absolute barycentric coordinates of locus $P^n_{min}$ in the triangle plane, featured with the $n^{\text{th}}$ powers of di…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems First Award
The goal of this engineering project was to investigate and design an affordable system capable of controlling an electric wheelchair with ocular tracking. Based on electrooculographic (EOG)…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
A novel flexible MoS2-based biosensor with patterned 10 nm single antibody size periodic line channel has been fabricated for the first time. In order to confine singular biomolecule movemen…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Cancer treatment approach applying nanotechnology has many advantages compared to conventional chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Nanoshells are optically tunable core/shell nanoparticles t…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
The electrochemical Geno-sensor is one of the most promising methods for the rapid and reliable detection of bacteria. In the present work, the Geno-sensor was used to detect Escherichia col…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences First Award
A novel diagnostic tool was developed that identified and digitized facial changes that differentiate Essential Tremor (ET) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients with 99.9% accuracy as compa…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
The Faraday’s Bicycle apparatus an engineering project based upon Faraday’s Law of electromagnetic induction which states that an rotating magnetic field generates an electric charge within…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
The goal of this project is to utilize the public database of NASA's Kepler Space Telescope and analyze the data of single-star-single-planet systems to potentially discover additional exopl…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software Third Award
Since the introduction of dockless shared bikes in 2016, there has been more than 16 million shared bikes in China, and illegal parking has become a serious social issue. However, the common…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
The neutron has opened a great sum of doors into the world of technological development by providing new forms of clean power and spectroscopy. In order to supply the required neutrons for t…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Diesel fuel is one of the leading contributors to environmental pollution and can be very costly for individual consumers. Biodiesel, which is fuel made from plant and animal oil rather than…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
The purpose of this project is to act as a preliminary study of the relationships and properties of multivariable spidron fractals as generated via a novel method. To understand the effect t…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
A new generation tilt sensor created in a totally new vision in order to accomplish the tasks where wide measurement range, high accuracy and simplicity required. By involving the most impor…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Microplastics are of much environmental concern due to its pollution of waterways and its impact on various aspects on ecosystems. While water treatment plants are effective at filtering mos…