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ISEF · 2016
Third Award
Bee populations are responsible for the pollination and creation of nearly 70% of agricultural products sold worldwide. Their importance in the continuity of a sustainable biosphere is immen…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Breast cancer (BC) is the second leading cause of cancer death for women. BC lethality is mainly caused by metastasis. Identification of factors controlling BC metastasis is crucial for deve…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
The tau protein is a microtubule associated protein that’s maintained mainly through phosphorylation. Phosphorylation is upheld through two enzymes; kinases and phosphatases. There can be an…
ISEF · 2016
The objective of this project was to reduce the cost of ceramic wares production by developing new clay mixture. We found that Lac could be used as efficient binder. First, we prepared diffe…
ISEF · 2016
Inspired by the pollution caused by automobile emission, this project provides a new efficient adsorption device of automobile exhaust particles. The device primarily consists of three secti…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Alzheimer’s is a disease that affects the memory of elderly individuals and dementia is a disorder that also alters the memory causing individuals to be forgetful. Music therapy is a form of…
ISEF · 2016
Currently, evolution is known to be caused by natural selection, gene flow, environmental factors, and mutations such as missense, nonsense, and duplications. Frameshift mutations are very r…
ISEF · 2016
Time, effort, cost involved in discovering candidate peptides which can act as potential drugs against the virulence factors of disease-causing pathogens, are huge. Numerous docking trials a…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
ABSTRACT: The key to the foundation of an environmentally sustainable and economically stable world is the domination of the renewable energy resources over the fossil fuel and nuclear reser…
ISEF · 2016
Ice build up on airplane is common. It can cause decreased visibility or even a crash. A solution is needed to make surfaces used to create parts of airplane to be super hydrophobic. The res…
ISEF · 2016
Let P={P1,P2,...,Pn} be a set of n points in the plane. For every 1<=i<=n, define the star rooted at Pi as the union of all straight-line segments joining Pi to all the other points in the s…
ISEF · 2016
The objective of this experimental study was to evaluate the feasibility of using the wet scrubbing method for cleaning flue gases from wood burning stoves or boilers. Wood burning flue gase…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
As the world’s population continues to grow, and the percentage of farmers continues to decline, we are forced to find new ways to feed a hungry humanity. I have an idea. Satellites have bee…
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…