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ISEF · 2025
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Mental health disease is a global public-health epidemic affecting 1.88 billion people worldwide. Nature deprivation (ND) exacerbates this issue by increasing anxiety by 38%, depression by 3…
ISEF · 2025
Biochemistry
Cancer patients have access to advanced drugs like biosimilars of trastuzumab, pertuzumab, and trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1). However, continuous devleopment of new drugs is required to trea…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Over the years, around 20% to 40% of global crop production has been lost because of pests and bioactivity. Equally important, Commercial weed barriers have caused soil to be unsuitable for…
ISEF · 2025
Microbiology
Biofilms are dangerously formed by bacteria in threatening environments and are challenging to treat when a person is infected. Biofilms form due to stressors on the bacteria, and on the Int…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Creation of a compact radar system enhanced with AI-assisted ESRGAN imaging is proposed for advanced target detection and high-resolution situational awareness. The system integrates a phase…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
PhoenixH2 is dedicated to enhancing the feasibility of clean aviation by developing and flight-testing a small-scale aircraft powered by onboard hydrogen production. With aviation responsibl…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science
Due to the lack of minimally invasive and selective treatments for melanoma, the effectiveness of photodynamic therapy (PDT) based on boron nitride nanotubes (BNNT) loaded with Protoporphyri…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Due to the global demand for CO2 removal mechanisms, solutions such as direct air carbon capture are being used to filter atmospheric CO2. However, these methods often contribute to environm…
ISEF · 2025
Chemistry
Smart materials that adapt to external stimuli hold great potential for applications in biomedical coatings, responsive packaging, and optical sensors. This study presents a novel photo-resp…
ISEF · 2025
Microbiology
Cryptococcus neoformans—a pathogenic yeast—poses a severe risk to immunocompromised individuals. Its polysaccharide capsule, primarily glucuronoxylomannan, is its chief virulence factor. Cal…
ISEF · 2025
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations experience a high incidence of kidney disease, with 921 cases per million annually (Xiang et al., 2020). A key contributing factor is the hea…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Chronic neuroinflammation and macrophage migration to the blood-brain barrier BBB are key features of neurological diseases, with adhesion driving pro-inflammatory responses. However, prolon…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Purpose: This study investigates the phytochemical composition, antioxidant potential, and antimicrobial activity of Chamaenerion latifolium, a medicinal plant known for its traditional appl…
ISEF · 2025
Environmental Engineering
Significant ultrafine particle (UFP) exposure can cause serious health problems for individuals driving on-road. Despite this, internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs), which account for…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
Anthropogenic noise masks avian acoustic communication, leading to decreased reproductive success and delayed territorial defense behaviors. To compensate for acoustic masking, birds can adj…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
The purpose is to investigate the effects of gravitational force on the germination and growth of plants. 1. Build the arduino clinostat and input the code. 2. Prepare the petri dishes using…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The researchers conducted experiments using Pestalotiopsis microspora and Pleurotus pulmonarius creating a non-toxic biodegradable process for decomposing plastic. P. microspora is a fungus…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Plastic pollution poses a global ‘One Health’ crisis, impacting humans, animals, and the environment. Microplastics have been detected in human blood and various tissues, with emerging evide…
ISEF · 2025
Chemistry
This project investigated using fertilizer-rich agricultural runoff, mainly ammonia, for green hydrogen production. Instead of artificial setups, a system with soil, seeds, and urea solution…
ISEF · 2025
Mathematics
Pólya's Enumeration Theorem utilizes group theory in order to count the number of distinct arrangements of a substituted three-dimensional system based on the fixed points on a shape and its…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Ischemic heart disease is a major global health issue, responsible for 17.9 million deaths annually. In Qatar, 69% of deaths result from three major diseases: cardiovascular disease (24%), c…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Kratom is a type of plant within the coffee family found in Thailand and the surrounding Indochina area. Kratom has been used in the area for thousands of years as a natural pain reliever. C…
ISEF · 2025
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Due to natural disasters or wars, the power system suffers, resulting in power outages, economic shutdown and losses of millions of dollars. To minimize the impact of external factors on the…
ISEF · 2025
Chemistry
Produce loss is a globally significant issue that presents both environmental and financial implications. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are a third-generation class of solar technology…
ISEF · 2025
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Poverty is a pervasive issue worldwide, and poverty prediction is crucial for developing interventions that alleviate hardship and reduce cyclical inequality. This project focuses on poverty…
ISEF · 2025
Microbiology
Ticks are vectors for approximately 16 diseases or illnesses, and in 2021, 476,000 Americans were treated for Lyme disease (CDC 2021). According to the CDC, I. scapularis ticks are responsib…
ISEF · 2025
Embedded Systems
Fatal accidents involving right-turning vehicles on red lights with pedestrians crossing at intersections emphasizes the need for an accurate and reliable way of alerting drivers and pedestr…
ISEF · 2025
Mathematics
There are many unsolved diophantine equations involving factorials in the field of number theory, such as Brocard's Problem. This research enhances the understandings of factorials with nove…
ISEF · 2025
Mathematics
The representation of prime numbers as quadratic forms is one of the central topics of number theory, dating back to Fermat and Euler. This study investigates prime numbers expressed as x^2+…
ISEF · 2025
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Purpose: This research aims to bridge the gap between current computer vision models and true 3D perception. Right now AI/Computer vision models are trained on a huge datasets of many object…