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ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
Batteries are a major part of everyday life. However, most common batteries are slow at recharging and can be dangerous to the environment when improperly disposed of. Our goal was to combin…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
In recent years fluorine has become increasingly important to the pharmaceutical industry. Coupled with already-potent drugs, fluorine has allowed common therapies to become even more effect…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
We often cast the energy from wave coming parallel with monotonous coasts or the small wave from many apparatuses because of the low wave height. However, this study designed an energy gener…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Have you ever wondered how nutritionists know how many calories a certain food contains? In this project, I used a more homemade method for measuring how much chemical energy is available in…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics Third Award
The purpose of this project was to test the effectiveness of dried Water Hyacinth biomass on the adsorbance of Cadmium within an aquatic medium. Based on popular research it was hypothesized…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
A possible biomaterial as an alternative method of drug delivery is the hydrogel, a polymer-network with crosslinking and absorbing properties. The purpose of this experiment is to evaluate…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
The purpose of this project was to create a credible stochastic model of the micro economic scenario of two companies in competition. This model was then used to predict the companies’ futur…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Proton beam therapy is a type of treatment that is more effective than traditional radiation therapy and is used in treating certain types of cancer. However, in order to reap the benefits o…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
A region is arid when it is dry, and frequently infertile. Soil can be arid and dry due to evapotranspiration. Evapotranspiration is the combination of water evaporation from the soil and tr…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
For as long as human’s have been alive, there has always been the desire to live in the imagination; A place where anything can happen, be it standing on top of the tallest building in the w…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
The purpose of my project was to evaluate if Brazilian pepper fibers could serve as adsorbent for phosphate removal, if fibers could be treated chemically to enhance adsorption, and test if…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
Media multitasking is increasingly prevalent in our society, especially among the young. Processing multiple streams of information simultaneously, however, is cognitively challenging, there…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
The main goal of the project was, without using any chemicals, to capture the fingerprint which is not on a glass surface using a simple laser marker and a mobile phone. The process depended…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
There is a considerable need for the dyes removal from textile waste water. Discharge of this waste water into receiving stream cause damage not only to aquatic life but also to human beings…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences Third Award
Accumulation of beta-amyloid peptide in the brain is widely regarded as the primary pathogenic factor of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The oligomeric form of beta-amyloid has been recently impli…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Cinnabar has been used as a sedative and soporific agent for more than 1,000 years in China, India and other Asian countries, nowadays, the safety of cinnabar is widely disputed for the pres…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this continuation was to assess not only the cancericidal effects of carvacrol but also to test the potency and credibility of the drug itself. Carvacrol is found naturally in…
ISEF · 2014
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Dermatitis due to scabies is a common skin disease in cattle. Dermatitis causes economical loss in terms of abrogated levels of milk, meat and hides production. Available drugs are either ch…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Targeting cyclin E: The application of an antibody that targets cyclin E seems like a viable option in this approach. To utilize anti-cyclin E antibodies to target the cyclin E expressed in…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Second Award
Recent exponential increases in the world population have necessitated advances in agricultural methodology and greater efficiency for alternative energy technology. Cellulose binding domain…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
Demand is huge for useful biomaterials that are biodegradable, biocompatible and environmentally-friendly yet possessing properties such as high tensile strength. Silk is an example of such…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics First Award
The objective of this study was to identify characteristics of deleterious mutations in human tumor suppressor genes. More specifically, this study used the BRCA1 gene as an example and focu…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
Amyloid fibrils are conformations of misfolded proteins with a stable ß-sheet structure. They are believed to be the main cause of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkins…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
This study aims to characterize the role of p53, a tumor suppressor protein, in tumor-initiating cells. An emerging theory in cancer research is that tumor progenitor cells can give rise to…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Damage to mitochondrial DNA is correlated with a wide array of diseases, such as diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and aging. MtDNA can be depleted experimentally by treating cells with ethi…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) causes immunosuppression resulting in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). A closely related virus, Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV), is commonly…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
Cellular automata are discrete dynamical systems which consist of changing patterns of symbols on a grid. The changes are specified in such a way that the symbol in a given position is deter…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Purpose: A literature search showed that though abnormal lymph nodes were well described, there was not good data on the range of appearances of normal lymph nodes. If normal lymph nodes wer…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
One of the most famous mathematical problems is that of constructing figures with the aid of an unmarked straightedge and compass. A subset of this field concerns the regular polygons that c…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Shortage of natural resources is a serious problem for Earth. This project aims to solve this problem by converting Plastic garbage to Combustible Oil so it may be used as an energy source.…