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ISEF · 2016
Only 14-26% of the energy from the fuel you put in your tank gets used to run your car. The rest of the energy is lost to engine and drive-line inefficiencies or used to power accessories. T…
ISEF · 2016
A newly discovered steroid called lanosterol has been found to be a potential topical treatment for cataracts. The properties of lanosterol and the reasoning as to why it is so effective hav…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
There is a need to develop and improve high throughput automated methods to screen potential cancer drugs. This study used innovative patch clamp technology and the AGS gastric cancer cell l…
ISEF · 2016
While research and experimentation on the viral invasion of the human cell exists, there are few working models of the process itself. This study sought to model and analyze a system of feed…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Type 1 Diabetes is a serious disease and characterized by the lack of the hormone, insulin, in the bloodstream, which causes the glucose concentration level to become instable. Insulin is a…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this experiment was to test the inhibitory effect of fibroin protein on gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. It was hypothesized that the application of 5% fibroin soluti…
ISEF · 2016
The project studies the forces of a breaststroke swimmer. This includes the force that the swimmer generates, the resultant force and the drag. Because water has a bigger density than air th…
ISEF · 2016
While malaria has been eradicated in the United States since 1951, it affects almost 200 million worldwide, killing half a million a year in developing regions of the world. The disease occu…
ISEF · 2016
This project in its present form tests the effects of different sizes of gold nanoparticles on the inhibition of bacterial growth. Scientists have conducted no research involving gold nanopa…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
Stepper motors are used in printers, copiers, and industrial machinery because of their low cost, durability, and high positioning and holding performance. However, they have high power cons…
ISEF · 2016
Through prior experimentation conducted in Year 1 and Year 2 of the student research, it was determined that as the temperature of a solar panel decreases, the power output increases. It was…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Due to lack of oxygen, the Hypoxia Inducible Factor pathway triggers the overexpression of the human Carbonic Anhydrase (CA) IX isozyme in many hypoxic tumors such as colon, brain, cervix, b…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Neurodegenerative diseases and central nervous system (CNS) injuries are characterized by cerebral atrophy and neuronal circuitry abnormalities. Neural stem cell (NSC) transplantation is of…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Heavy metal contamination of water is a problem that greatly affects millions of people around the world. Although heavy metal contamination is more prevalent in developing areas and Souther…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
More than 700,000 people worldwide die annually from infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria (CDC). One major contributor to antibiotic resistance is the overuse of antibiotics in agric…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of the experiment was to develop a small, light, and affordable battery operated or outlet operable device requiring little maintenance and capable of effectively eliminating air…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
The novel haptic robotic surgical controller developed in this research is the only robotic gripper prototype to offer a surgeon the intuitive ability to remotely grasp an object, and to acc…
ISEF · 2016
With 400 million diabetic patients in the world, diabetes is a global epidemic that can lower life expectancy by a decade, quadruple the risk of heart disease, and cause kidney failure or ad…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
PCSK9 inhibitors are a new class of cholesterol-lowering drugs that are complicated to take: patients have to inject themselves every 2 weeks and store the medicine in the refrigerator betwe…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
Chloroquine (CQ) is a drug used to treat malaria, auto-immune disorders, and most recently, cancer. In ongoing clinical trials in cancer, CQ is used as an autophagy inhibitor. However, the u…
ISEF · 2016
Twelve people are killed daily because of unexploded landmines and other ordnance left behind by the war. Tens of millions of square kilometers of land are inaccessible for economic use beca…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Arteriosclerosis, which is the stiffening and thickening of an artery, is the leading cause of death globally. By the time symptoms of this disease appear, the condition has already reached…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Vehicle exhaust is one of the major pollution sources. An efficient method of emission control is to convert exhaust pollutants to less harmful substances by the catalyst placed in the exhau…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
The number of wearable and implantable devices (WIDs) used is projected to reach 515 million by 2017. A major limitation with many WIDs is the need for expensive and cumbersome battery repla…
ISEF · 2016
Metallosis is a prevalent condition that is an immune response secondary to metal particulate buildup in the body. Cobalt is a primary component in artificial metal joints, and concentration…
ISEF · 2016
The development of drug resistance and tumor metastasis in cancer cells severely limits chemotherapy effectiveness. This study used a novel approach of combining gene therapy with nanotechno…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
The ability to predict protein structure is a major challenge in computational biology, with wide-ranging applications from understanding disease mechanisms to designing targeted therapies f…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common auto immune disorder of the central nervous system with a wide range of signs and symptoms. Demyelination of myelin sheath over the axon occurs, wh…
ISEF · 2016
Waste lubricant oils are considered toxic residues that require strict management or are better innovatively recycled. This work investigated and proposed a novel process to recover used hyd…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Pollution control is currently viewed as a cost, something to be avoided and ideally passed down to the next generations. This study focuses on converting nutrient pollution into a product o…