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ISEF · 2016
Hematite (a-Fe2O3) is a low-cost stable iron oxide phase used in various applications including solar cells and drug delivery. Its properties, which dictate its applications, are highly morp…
ISEF · 2016
Taj Eco board is a notice board that we produced from paddy straws. As we know, paddy straws are usually burned. However, paddy straws can be used in experiments incorporating paddy straws w…
ISEF · 2016
Running is an aerobic sport that requires training to help you improve. In my experiment I wanted to know: How does heart rate and respiration rate reflect upon a person’s fitness level? Hea…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
A growing body of evidence suggests that failures in aminoacyl-tRNA editing lead to perturbation of protein homeostasis, damaging the cellular environment. Studies in human cells lines have…
ISEF · 2016
Polymers, once mysterious chemical compounds, have now become among the most widely used products in the world. Whether in industrial equipment or office supplies, these substances play an i…
ISEF · 2016
* In Kuwait, the shortage of power supply occur during summer. This is the time, when the solar power is abundant and the temperature of air reaches close to 50o C. The average seawater temp…
ISEF · 2016
Though taxol (paclitaxel) is an anticancer drug used in many chemotherapy treatments, it is only found in its pure form in the bark of the rare Pacific yew tree. To obtain 1 gram of Taxol, t…
ISEF · 2016
A positron emission tomography (PET) scan is a popular imaging device that helps reveal regions of high metabolic activity correlating to cancerous areas in the body. This procedure involves…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this experiment provides research on the use of natural remedies instead of antibiotics against Salmonella choleraesuis. This helps society by providing a solution for a major…
ISEF · 2016
JQ1 is a drug that is very efficient in killing cancer by blocking the Brd4 signals that tells cancer cells to divide, but the drug is commonly associated with memory loss. Hermit crabs were…
ISEF · 2016
Finding new antibiotics are very important to the survival of humanity. This experiment was conducted to see if the extract from the inner bark of the Pau D'arco tree can hold up to the clai…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
The health of water in a karst system stems from the interaction between ground and surface water. Within the Ozark Highland region many people rely upon springs for their water. Unfortunate…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Tissues were obtained from a previous study in which rats were exposed to NM (.125 mg) or PBS (which was used as a control) through an intratracheal injection; after 30 minutes rats received…
ISEF · 2016
The inherent stability in algebraic K-theory proved in my previous paper suggests a general notion of stability in higher category theory. In this paper, I use the abstract notion of a scale…
ISEF · 2016
Experimentation was conducted to investigate the viability of natural fertilizers versus traditional chemical fertilizers on Zea mays. The water quality was also tested to determine the amou…
ISEF · 2016
Purpose: To find a conifer that inhibits bacteria growth. Hypothesis: I think there is a conifer that inhibits growth well. Procedures: KIRBY BAUER: 1) Selected 10 products known for having…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
The purpose of this project is to determine the applications of automated peristaltic pumping systems in high school classrooms and other chemistry laboratories. A lack of affordable, accura…
ISEF · 2016
Water quality detection in static water usually needs to be carried out by technicians on ship; it will consume manpower and material resources. If sensors are installed on a water robot, te…
ISEF · 2016
Supercomputers are computers with extremely high levels of computational capacity. The vast computational power of these devices stems from the number of processors. Whereas most modern home…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The Brazilian civil-military dictatorship (1964-1985) institutionalized the disappearance of individuals as a form of repression of social and political resistance. This resulted in the Clan…
ISEF · 2016
Biochemistry
Our world is undergoing a silent agricultural crisis, and it is all due to the fact that bees (the most crucial pollinator of crops) are slowly dying, along with their entire colonies. This…
ISEF · 2016
Plastic is the product most commonly disposed of inappropriately. Not only does plastic take centuries to disintegrate into the earth, but it secretes toxic chemicals in the process. The pur…
ISEF · 2016
Styrofoam poses a huge global threat due to its toxicity. Unfortunately, it is accumulating in the environment because it takes thousands of years to decompose. The purpose of this experimen…
ISEF · 2016
Data coincidences are an important aspect of our digital age. An example of this is the US No Fly List. Over 90,000 names are on the No Fly List. Given that more than 8 million people fly ea…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this investigation is to demonstrate that Brachiaria humidicola, a pasture that grows in cattle farms, provides great benefits both to the environment and agriculture. The pro…
ISEF · 2016
It is known that people with sensory disabilities suffer from vision and hearing impairment. That is why I have worked out a device that helps the disabled be able to communicate with people…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this project was to find relation between the volume of a prism and a truncated pyramid with regular n-sided polygon base and to show that the surface area and volume of the k…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of the project is to create strips that can detect chemicals released in the human breath by breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer cells, to be placed in a breathalyzer, creati…
ISEF · 2016
This project explores how temperature affects the reproduction system of the Pilobolus fungus. The accuracy of its launched sporangia changes through altering the temperature that the fungus…
ISEF · 2016
Reducing the concentration of anthropogenic carbon in our atmosphere is the purpose of my prototype design. My focus for this year is to automate the last step of this process, which require…