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ISEF · 2022
Plant Sciences
Chinese privet and nandina are aggressive invasive species that have spread throughout Hot Springs National Park. Herbicide is not environmentally friendly or able to be used in parts of the…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Beekeepers across North America lose their beehives at alarming rates to factors like pesticides. The direct exposure to neonicotinoids, fungicides, and miticides that Apis mellifera, honey…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this experiment is to determine the effects of cymatics on an artificial auditorial-impaired-hearing individuals’ ability to learn music. The experimenter hypothesized that Cy…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The aim of this research study is to evaluate the enamel erosion due to the different pH levels in chlorines typically used in swimming pools (sodium hypochlorite, lithium hypochlorite, and…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
This experiment tested whether or not dissolving polystyrene with d-limonene had an effect on the pH of seawater. It was hypothesized that if more polystyrene is dissolved in the water, then…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The Effects of E-Cigarettes on Drosophila melanogaster. Our project is about the negative effects of E-vapor. This is an important topic because people think that vaping is safe. According t…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
To better understand the manner of phytoplankton decline due to climate change, this study explored changes in phytoplankton community composition during the spring phytoplankton bloom in th…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This research applies to the role of Chlorella sp. as a second-generation biofuel which is a possible alternative to fossil fuels. Its biodiversity allows the algae to be sustainable as well…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Endothelial vascular leakage is responsible for the pathogenesis of diverse acute and chronic inflammatory diseases, such as COVID-19 and influenza, heart disease and arteriosclerosis. In pa…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology Fourth Award
In 2019, Microcystis aeruginosa, a cyanobacterium found in eutrophic environments, bloomed along the Mississippi Gulf Coast due to a sudden deluge of freshwater from the opening of the Bonne…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
An experiment was conducted to study the impact of dyes on water quality. Untreated dye wastewater causes hypoxia, and a lower living standard for populations relying on the body of water. T…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
This experiment was conducted to see the effects Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Fields would have on semen collection rates in cattle. There were three pulsing sessions completed over the course of…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering
During the pandemic, the surge in production and usage of single-use plastics known as personal protective equipment (PPE) include gloves, which are commonly manufactured with polyvinyl chlo…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
Transfer of data and information through computational systems is oftentimes unsecure. Confidential information and private knowledge from a source to a destination runs the risk of being ob…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This experiment will determine if different nitrogen:phosphorus:potassium ratios limit the growth of algae in wetland water. We hypothesized that if we test the effects of varying NPK ratios…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering
Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae is a big issue today because it is destroying the ecosystems of lakes, streams, and other waterways. As the blue-green algae grow rapidly and sp…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Martial arts performance assessment of karate practitioners was conducted using a low-cost electromyography (EMG) sensor and data acquisition system. The participants were asked to perform k…
ISEF · 2022
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) can convert visible light into electricity through cell sensitization. As they’re cheaper and more environmentally friendly to produce than silicon photovol…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Acute temperature fluctuations due to climate change pose a threat to many aquatic species, yet it remains unknown how adaptive aquatic life is to such changes. Recent studies have demonstra…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
Metastasis occurs when cancer cells successfully evade a type of cell death known as anoikis, which allows them to travel freely throughout the body. Anoikis, when occurring naturally, is ce…
ISEF · 2022
Cellular and Molecular Biology
My research was on the uses of cellulase and how it breaks down cellulose. For example, in aiding cellulose digestion. The results of my experiment agreed with my hypothesis. My results were…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
The human kidney is the most transplanted organ in the United States, numbering more than 24,000 in 2021 alone! But kidney transplantation technology faces many challenges, including a short…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Some of the most common machine learning pipelines with real-world applications in the fields of healthcare, finance and marketing involve manipulation of tabular data. In recent years multi…
ISEF · 2022
Systems Software
Hash algorithm is an algorithm that scrambles and mixes any set of input data, and outputs a highly irregular fixed length summary, it's often used in the field of information security. The…
ISEF · 2022
Plant Sciences
Decomposition is nature’s way of recycling. Organic matter breaks down over time and will turn into a black substrate containing nutrients that plants use. In this project tomatoes, bananas,…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
Amidst potential climate change conclusions and solutions, there are stellar influences on Earth’s climate called cosmic rays, which heavily impact the formation of clouds; therefore, they a…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Since 1991, the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) enacted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) aimed to provide regulation for lead (Pb) and copper (Cu) in public water systems (PWS). Durin…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology Second Award
Sounds influence on bacterial growth is a very new and unexplored research field. The field is still in its infancy and the question of whether sound and/or ultrasound is a growth inhibitor…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology
This paper is an exploration of the inhibitory effects of Tea Tree and Thieves® Essential Oils on Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm growth on Borosilicate glass and Stainless Steel washers.…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
In the project, “the Introduction of Excess Calcium in Cancer Cells” liposomes/lipofectamines were used to transport calcium chloride into cancer cells. The purpose was to see if liposomes c…