Animal Sciences
It is believed that jellyfish are opportunistic feeders, meaning they do not actively seek prey, but capture and ingest food they encounter locally. A recent pulse behavioral study has shown…
Environmental Engineering
Membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI) is a low-cost and energy efficient desalination technology used for remediating brackish water. MCDI is an electro-sorption technique that removes sal…
Materials Science
Over the past decade, climate change has become an increasing problem with one of the major contributing factors being carbon dioxide (CO2) emission—almost 51% of total US carbon emissions a…
Chemistry
Calcium Carbonate [CaCO3] is a commonly found chemical compound that has the ability to be transformed into a substance that will readily absorb Carbon Dioxide [CO2] from ambient air and fre…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Car seats and boosters provide protection for infants and children in a crash, yet car crashes are the leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 13. Correctly used child safety seats can…
Chemistry
Fourth Award
Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is a staple crop with a total worldwide production of 298.8 million tons in 2020. However, its peel waste creates detrimental sanitation and environmental problem…
Animal Sciences
The effects of social conditions on gene expression in Harpegnathos Saltator were analyzed to provide a better understanding of caste plasticity and reproductive potential in these ants. As…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Cytotoxic T cells (CTLs) are lymphocytes capable of recognizing and attacking cancer cells. During continuous attacks, CTLs undergo an exhaustion process, gradually losing their abilities un…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Globally food demand is increasing; at the same time, about 10-20% crop is damaged/wasted during production/harvest due to pathogens. This could be reduced with early detection of crop disea…
Globally, food demand is increasing; at the same time, about 10-20% crop is damaged/wasted during production/harvest due to pathogens. This could be reduced with early detection of crop dise…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Applications of charcoal have become an interest in daily life such as fuel for combustion. However, the commercial charcoal is normally produced by cutting the mangrove trees which are not…
COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in psychological stress in the population including children between 12-18 years of age. The COVID-19 vaccine was approved for that age group on May 10, 2021.…
Microbiology
Fourth Award
The European Space Agency established that fruticose lichen species were capable of surviving in the vacuum of space due to their resilient upper cortex protecting them from UV radiation and…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Third Award
The unpredictable behavior of tumors is a problematic barrier to developing personalized therapeutic strategies for individuals with all forms of cancer. A leading cause of cancer’s volatile…
Chemistry
Third Award
Sorghum bicolor and Panicum virgatum are widely grown crops. Lignin, synthesized in the monolignol pathway, prevents easy access to cellulose. Reducing lignin is necessary for these crops to…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
This study is a proof-of-concept to validate if CRISPR a/i (activation/interference) system can modulate LMNA gene expression in lung cancer cells. To establish the CRISPRa/i system, I used…
Microbiology
Chronic infection with the Hepatitis B virus (HBV) often results in the development of cirrhosis and liver cancer, serving as one of the leading indications for liver transplantation. To dat…
Physics and Astronomy
The mesopause in the Martian atmosphere is the point at which the temperature is the coldest. It also divides the upper and lower atmospheres. In order for scientists to land spacecraft on M…
Animal Sciences
A camera within a Megascops kennicottii nest box recorded the activities of a breeding pair of adult owls and their young. Over 1000 hours of video footage was recorded and 450 hours was man…
Microbiology
Third Award
Francisella tularensis is a gram-negative, highly infectious bacterium. It is the causative agent of the disease tularemia, which suppresses and evades intracellular innate immune responses.…
Systems Software
After noticing the repetition of several complains from the students regarding certain topics in the curriculum, and the often incompetence of searching for information regarding what they l…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are closed long non-coding RNAs with excellent prognostic and diagnostic biomarker properties for many diseases including cancer. By using liver tissues of Hepatocel…
Embedded Systems
Some of the sustainable development goals that are also included in Egypt’s grand challenges are overpopulation, consequently increasing the national consumption of resources of energy (for…
Environmental Engineering
In Zimbabwe, access to clean water is one of the greatest challenges that has resulted in about 100 000 people getting infected and about 4000 people dying annually to waterborne diseases be…
Materials Science
The global water crisis has gotten worse while freshwater sources around the world are being reduced and the quality of the water is in a constant decline. Surface water pollution is caused…
Environmental Engineering
Third Award
Hydrogen (H2) is identified as a clean energy source and can be produced from fossil fuels and biomass gasification, and water splitting using electrolysis. However, the current H2 productio…
Cloud identification on Mars is an important tool for climatology studies, making it possible to analyze the distribution, patterns and variability of clouds both spatially and temporally. T…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The eye makes movements when attempting to see a target: the most common movements are saccades and fixational movements are microsaccades and tremor. These three types of movements have cor…
Systems Software
Disparities in rural and urban education can be sourced from many different factors, whether it be funding, location, or faculty availability. However, even with these disadvantages, many fi…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Third Award
In the modern era of the technological revolution, most energy needs are fulfilled from burning fossil fuels. They are not only depleting very fast but have adverse impacts on our environmen…