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CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
This project examines the presence of microplastics in drinking water, including methods for their identification, potential impacts on human health, and comparisons with other research find…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Chronic cerebral hypoperfusion (CCH) seriously affects the well-being of the patient and has been proposed as a risk factor for cognitive impairment and dementia. While recent research has d…
ISEF · 2026
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Three in every ten people experience a gait injury in their lifetime, and two in ten people experience poverty. A lack of financial stability can cause insufficient treatment and potential w…
ISEF · 2026
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Clutch is a hybrid electrostatic dry adhesive climbing robot, and is a culmination of a research and development project. For the past few decades, researchers have been trying to replicate…
ISEF · 2026
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Braille literacy rates collapsed from over 50% four decades ago to under 10% today (National Federation of the Blind, 2020), driven by instructor shortages and fixed curricula unable to adap…
ISEF · 2026
Biochemistry
Metastatic triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive form of breast cancer, with a 5-year survival rate of 12%. Mesenchymal quadruple negative breast cancer (QNBC) is a mol…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Breast cancer progression is influenced by estrogen receptor signaling and tumor angiogenesis, yet the biological association between these pathways remains incompletely understood. The purp…
ISEF · 2026
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Alzheimer's disease and dementia present a global health crisis characterized by progressive cognitive decline that traditional pharmacology struggles to reverse. This study, "Cognitive Stim…
ISEF · 2026
Microbiology
Bacterial biofilms in dairy processing equipment are difficult to sterilize and contribute to spoilage and significant economic losses. Cold plasma, which generates ions and free radicals ca…
ISEF · 2026
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Traffic is a universal phenomenon for humans leading to casualties, economic losses, and health problems. Interestingly, traffic has been observed in other species as well. For example, ants…
ISEF · 2026
Materials Science
Arsenic (As) is a known carcinogen, and its contamination of groundwater is a major global public health concern, with approximately 200 million people at risk of arsenic poisoning. Addressi…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of environmentally persistent contaminants widely detected in soil and water systems and associated with adverse human health effects.…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are groups of persistent environmental contaminants that have been linked to adverse health effects, including immune system dysfunction and liver…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
The human Y chromosome is one of the least understood parts of the human genome, mainly because it is very repetitive, making it difficult to sequence accurately. With the release of new hum…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
OPIHI is a participatory science project where students survey the rocky intertidal, a unique coastal system in Hawai‘i connecting land and sea, to identify limu (algae) visually. Native lim…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are highly persistent fluorinated chemicals used in many consumer and industrial products that are prone to bioaccumulation due to strong C-F bonds…
ISEF · 2026
Materials Science
Unexpected polymorphic transitions occur in over 50% of pharmaceutical drugs as they pack themselves into 2+ distinct lattice arrangements. These differing molecular structures destabilize t…
ISEF · 2026
Mathematics
What does a resistor network, the popular British game show Countdown, and a function from number theory have in common? These seemingly unrelated concepts share a fundamental, mathematical…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Mixed deciduous forests are biodiversity-rich ecosystems that support wildlife habitat and ecological balance. Their restoration has become an urgent environmental priority due to deforestat…
ISEF · 2026
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Parkinson's disease (PD) and Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) are two neurodegenerative disorders that are caused by the abnormal misfolding and aggregation of the same protein, a-synuclein. Despite…
ISEF · 2026
Mathematics
The purpose of this study is to investigate the maximum growth M(n) of Collatz orbits and to propose that its variability is structured rather than random. A total of 832,000 values were ana…
ISEF · 2026
Embedded Systems
Assistive technology continues to improve for the hearing impaired with the creation of smaller technology utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) models inside of hearing aids. However, even…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Silver Medal
Cystic fibrosis is a disease that causes difficulty breathing and digestive problems because a certain protein in the body is mutated and therefore does not work properly. Using computationa…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Bronze Medal
Human rabies is a zoonotic viral disease transmitted from animals to humans, and is virtually 100% fatal post-symptom onset, primarily due to the virus's ability to evade the immune system a…
ISEF · 2026
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly aggressive and vascularized brain tumor with poor prognosis and limited therapeutic options. Endocan (ESM1), a tumor-associated endothelial proteogl…
ISEF · 2026
Biochemistry
The tear-inducing chemical, or lachrymatory factor, syn-propanethial s-oxide, is released from onions when their cells are disrupted. The reaction creating this chemical is catalyzed by the…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
Concerns regarding the toxicity, cost, and sustainability of traditional transition-metal catalysts have driven growing interest in main-group alternatives. Bismuth complexes have emerged as…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
An estimated 140 million people in at least 70 countries consume water with arsenic (As+3) levels above the guideline of 10 µg/L set by World Health Organization. Detrimental health effects…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Medulloblastoma is the most prevalent malignant brain tumor in children, and 75% of children that have it are under the age of ten. However, its current treatments are surgery, chemotherapy,…
ISEF · 2026
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Reliable characterization of cell states, which encompass a cell's function, environment, and structure, is fundamental to comprehending healthy cell function and transition into diseased st…