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ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
In United States, six million people suffer from bone fractures every year and require an orthopedic cast during their recovery. The demand for orthopedic casts is expected to surge due to t…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
Larrea tridentata and Juniperus osteosperma are two plants used by Native Americans for a variety of medicinal purposes. In this study, the leaves of Larrea tridentata and the "berries" (con…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Physical
The purpose of my research was to find the optimal medium for heating pipes to collect solar energy from the lake or any other water reservoir in a substance of thermal energy. It turned out…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Malignant melanoma is characterized by its ability to metastasize, and is responsible for 90% of skin cancer mortality. Metastasis requires cell migration from a primary tumor to blood and l…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that causes devastating memory loss and cognitive decline in humans. There is no current cure for AD. Research studies sho…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this project was to enhance the fluorescence of GFP (green fluorescent protein) using metal nitrates. A one molar solution of the following metal nitrates were made: aluminum…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences First Award
Methylmercury has become a prevalent issue in our environment as a result of chemical runoff. People around the world, primarily in developing coastal regions, are exposed to mercury by eati…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
Metformin is the most commonly prescribed antidiabetic drug in the world, being a valuable drug for not only treating diabetes, but also metabolic syndrome, pre-diabetes, obesity, and perhap…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science Second Award
The goals of this study were to develop a Drosophila melanogaster model of traumatic brain injury (TBI) using the “High Impact Trauma” (HIT) device to inflict injury and induce vacuolar lesi…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
The purpose of this experiment was to develop a more concise understanding of what organisms inhabit the surfaces within a school. When students come into contact with school surfaces, they…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This project is an engineering/botany project. Everything is hand-constructed in the biome. There are integrated systems to regulate water chemistry for optimum fish and plant health. The sy…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Cancer is one of the most common diseases that has difficulties in diagnosis and treatment field. The number of cancer patients and their mortality rates are increasing day by day. Metastasi…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
This project focuses on a potential treatment delivery method for the bacterial disease, Huanglongbing, or citrus greening, that has devastated Florida’s 9-billion-dollar citrus industry. HL…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Microplastics are small plastic particles that are generally less than 5 mm in diameter and can come from cosmetics, clothing, weathered and degraded plastic, and more. There has been growin…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Microplastics are an increasingly problematic aspect of plastic pollution with an estimated 83% presence in tap water worldwide. Microplastics are under 5 mm in size and circulate oceans, ha…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics
The main part of my engine is the metal element shaped like a truncated cone. This part resembles a closed metal can and is named a resonant cavity. Inside that cavity I use an antenna to ex…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Migraine is one of the most common ills among men and women but are more prevalent among women. Migraine is a sever half headache that lasts for several hours or days, it begins with strong…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
This project sought to determine if the similarities in transduction of mammalian and plant action potentials through ion channels could allow use of a unique plant indicator, the Mimosa pud…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
The plant kingdom is an implicit gold mine which continues to play an important role in the discovery of new treatment and preventive therapies. Ethnobotanical plants have been used for cent…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software Fourth Award
Virtualization is a technology widely adopted across IT industry. It is being used by a growing number of companies to enhance server security and enable scalability. The vast majority of vi…
ISEF · 2018
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics First Award
Chronic disease is the leading cause of death in the world. Next generation therapeutics are needed to combat the growing global health crisis of chronic diseases, such as cancers and heart…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Phenytoin is a commonly used antiepileptic drug. Its effect on causing gingival overgrowth with a prevalence of 50%. This problem caries both hygiene and cosmetic impact on patients. The aim…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs) are an abundant heavy metal stressor frequently discharged as industrial effluent. There has been little research on the effect of TiO2 NPs on aquat…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Summary of the Project We found that in Palestine the percentage of blind people are 14.6% ,in the world there are about 45 million people and in the Educational institutions there is about…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences
The American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, was hunted extensively until a management program was started in 1967. This management program, which is still used today, consists of hun…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
Near-Earth asteroids can pose serious dangers to life on Earth. The location of near-Earth asteroid 2003 QB90 (242211) was measured over a four week period (July 9, 2017-August 5, 2017) usin…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
After a binary or triple stellar system is formed, its components follow elliptical trajectories. Due to interaction, their trajectories gradually change with characteristic time intervals r…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Due to increase in transport workload in the water area, cases when oily substances get into the sea have become more frequent. Since the problem of spills is actual these days and it is of…
ISEF · 2018
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Empirical evidence demonstrates that an organism’s phenotypes are often based on multiple interdependent genes, rather than a single gene. When the expression of a phenotype is predicated on…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
The overall goal is to identify a non-destructive real-time PCR-based method allowing for rapid genotypic selection in Lactuca sativa (lettuce) seedlings at an early stage of development. Th…