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ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Purpose. Osteosarcoma (OS) is an especially aggressive bone cancer disproportionately affecting children. Current treatments like surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation suffer from high recurr…
ISEF · 2026
Materials Science
The main goal of my project is to 3D print flexible objects with designed magnetisation. Such structures are capable of shifting geometry when the external magnetic field is applied and retu…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
Cosmological simulations expect that dark matter halos are triaxial and undergo figure rotation. However, values for its triaxiality remain disputed, and its tumbling, though fundamental to…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Although Corals offer us plenty of services, they are constantly threatened by chemicals in the sunscreen that can induce coral bleaching. Approximately 14,000 tons of sunscreen enter the oc…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Pollution is a concern throughout the world, particularly in oceans. Recent concerns have arisen about the impacts of microplastics. Sea urchins are commonly used for developmental studies,…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
Drug discovery requires an understanding of protein conformations and ligand binding poses. Classical molecular dynamics (MD) can provide this understanding, but it is too slow to sample ess…
ISEF · 2026
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Smartphones are deeply integrated into students' daily lives, and frequent notifications may interrupt sustained attention during academic tasks. This study examined whether realistic phone…
ISEF · 2026
Biochemistry
Dry skin is an issue that affects millions of individuals, yet moisturizers have varying degrees of effectiveness due to the many different formulas. Most common ingredients in dry skin spec…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is projected to affect 150 million people by 2050 and is characterized by the accumulation of neurotoxic beta-amyloid (Aß) plaques in the brain, leading to severe me…
ISEF · 2026
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF-2) is a regulatory peptide involved in neuroplasticity, memory consolidation, and neuroprotection in the CNS. Despite the well-documented association betwee…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
Over 2 million Americans and countless others around the world suffer from type 1 diabetes which is an incurable health condition where the pancreas stops making essential hormones called in…
ISEF · 2026
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Isoflurane is an FDA-approved volatile anesthetic used to induce and maintain general anesthesia. Isoflurane hyperpolarizes membrane potential by selectively enhancing K+ channels and inhibi…
ISEF · 2026
Biochemistry
Traditionally used Asian and European medicinal plants are often analysed to create western medicines. North American Aquilegia roots show medicinal potential in its historical use as a pain…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The state of the vegetation on earth is an important indicator of our planet’s well-being. In this project, we tested the hypothesis that the prevalence of smartphones and other cameras coul…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
(This project was implemented in the city of Duhok, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, to solve the health problems caused by wastewater. It aims to treat the polluted water, recycle it, and m…
ISEF · 2026
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Over 47 million non-native English speakers navigate American institutions, facing an invisible barrier beyond legislation: unconscious, neurologically-driven accent bias. Listener judgments…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Terana caerulea is a rare basidiomycete fungus distinguished by its striking deep blue pigmentation, produced by unique natural compounds known as corticine pigments. In February 2025, the s…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
The diaza-18-crown-6 macrocyclic ligand (D18CJ) used in our studies has never been studied from a coordination chemistry perspective. Characterized as a pincer ligand, D18CJ has biological v…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
This project involved designing and testing a lower-limb exoskeleton integrated with a brain-computer interface (BCI). Its objective was to address the physiological, psychological, and soci…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
The purpose is to eliminate microplastic (MPs) from cattle feed by improving the extraction device from last year to remove MPs from cattle (bovine) feed using dry removal. It was hypothesiz…
ISEF · 2026
Software Design
This project addressed a critical gap in adolescent mental health support by expanding TheraBee, an artificial intelligence-powered screening and support-routing application for teenagers. T…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor dysfunction and neuron loss, with limited current treatments, revealing a critical gap. Heat shock…
ISEF · 2026
Mathematics
This project focuses on the Repelling Propellers Problem, an unsolved problem proposed by Professor James Propp. The question investigates how same-sign, equally charged/spaced points behave…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
Globally, a limb is amputated every 20 seconds due to complications from diabetes. Over 18 million people suffer from chronic diabetic wounds, caused by impaired circulation and reduced woun…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
The objective of this research was to develop a dual-methodology framework for the autonomous identification and physical characterization of lunar lava flows using multi-modal orbital data.…
ISEF · 2026
Materials Science
In early January 2025, a series of wildfires spread across Los Angeles, devastating houses and forcing multiple families to evacuate their homes. These fires included the Sunset Fire, Palisa…
ISEF · 2026
Materials Science
Vanadium dioxide (VO2) thin films display an intriguing insulator-to-metal phase transition, which results in a distinct change in infrared (IR) transmittance across the solar spectrum. This…
ISEF · 2026
Animal Sciences
Tissue organs of amphibians such as the liver possess perfect regenerative capacity, whereas human limb amputation cannot regenerate, and the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Numerous s…
ISEF · 2026
Biochemistry
Endostatin, a fragment of collagen XVIII, is a potent anti-angiogenic factor with strong therapeutic potential in liver cancer by inhibiting tumor blood vessel formation. However, its clinic…
ISEF · 2026
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
A notable problem that needs to be solved is even to this day is searching for survivors in collapsed buildings. Building collapses often lead to unstable piles of rubble that could collapse…