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New England Northern Blueberry-Born Nanovesicles as Potential Antioxidants for Treating Neurodegenerative Diseases

Blueberries, recognized as "super-healthy" fruits, offer benefits like reducing oxidative stress and enhancing cognitive function, potentially protecting against neurodegenerative diseases.…

New England Southern Engineering a Termination Readthrough-Based Gene Switch Enables Controllable CRISPR Gene Editing

Gene switches that can artificially regulate gene expression are in high demand for developing safe and effective gene therapies. Using in vitro cell culture, DNA transfection, and fluoresce…

New Jersey Northern Reducing Per -and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Water Contamination With Mycorrhizal Hydroponics Plants

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as “forever chemicals,” have carcinogenic effects and cause the deaths of 382,000 Americans every year. Over 600,000 military personnel are…

New Jersey Southern Assessing Airborne Bacteria Abundance in Sea Foam Aerosol

Foams, a natural phenomenon along aquatic shores, are produced by the agitation of particles in water. Foams can accommodate many types of microorganisms, and past research shows they can tr…

New Method to Estimate the Square Roots of a Non-Perfect Square

Mathematics

In light of the tremendous scientific development, Algebra between science and sustainability has become one of the most important requirements, and in this study, which aims to Estimate the…

New Population of Asteroids Discovered! Rapidly Finding and Tracking Faint Near-Earth Asteroids Using an Accurate Deep Learning Based Process

Physics and Astronomy Third Award

In 2013, an 18 meter sized asteroid exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk in Russia, injuring ~1100 people– it went undetected! Small asteroids are often missed due to their faintness. In fa…

New York-Long Island Utilizing Deep Learning to Facilitate Diagnosis of Look-Alike Leukemia Subtypes

B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B -ALL) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are the 2 most common leukemias. The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be 59,610 leukemia cases…

New York-Metro Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) Emissions from Gas Stoves and Ovens in New York City Apartments

Indoor air pollution released by kitchen ranges during cooking is an understudied public health issue. This study aimed to quantify residential air pollution from kitchen ranges in New York…

New York-Upstate Investigating Extracellular and Intracellular Antibody Immunity to Therapeutic Adeno -Associated Viral Vectors

Gene therapies modulate disease -causing genetic mutations. Adeno -associated viral (AAV) vectors are adapted from wild-type AAVs to deliver these therapies. However, many people have been e…

Next-Generation Antibiotics: Isolating and Screening Novel Bacteriocins

Microbiology Third Award

The natural production of antimicrobial substances by living organisms as part of their defense mechanisms has been well-documented. Among these substances, bacteriocins, a diverse class of…

Next-Generation Coating: Tunable Self-Healing Material for Intelligent Protection of Metal Surfaces

Chemistry Fourth Award

Metal surfaces are of vital importance in aerospace, automobile, and food industries, where they are often coated to prevent corrosion and chemical reactions with surroundings. Surface defec…

NitinArm: Using Shape-Memory Alloy Actuation to Engineer a Lighter, Cheaper, More Dextrous, Trans-Radial Prosthetic

Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award

Approximately 50 million people globally rely on technology to replace a missing appendage, 80% of whom cannot afford current solutions and are left with costly, immobile, bulky prosthetics.…

North Central Using Spent Coffee Grounds to Make Biodegradable Films

There is an immediate need to develop biodegradable alternatives to tackle the growing global problem of plastic waste. This research uses lignocellulosic material extracted from spent coffe…

Novel Annotations in Machine Translation Facilitate Foreign Language Acquisition: A Proof-of-Concept Study

Technology Enhances the Arts

Language barriers cause limitations including isolation and scarcity of job opportunities. This study introduced a novel user interface (UI) prototype for a machine translator, intended to s…

Novel Annotations in Machine Translation Facilitate Language Acquisition: A Proof -of-Concept Study

Language barriers cause limitations including isolation and scarcity of job opportunities. This study introduced a novel user interface (UI) prototype for a machine translator, intended to s…

Novel Approach to Calculation of Bike Route Distance Using Concept of Fractal Dimension

Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics

Fractals, known for their non-integer dimensions, help describe intricate natural phenomena, like the coastline paradox. These principles may be applied to human-made processes like bike rou…

Novel Chemical Doping Strategy to Enhance N-Type Organic Electrochemical Transistors

Materials Science

Organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) are among the most powerful transistors to date by combining both ionic and electronic conduction. This unique mechanism makes these devices desir…

Novel Complementary and Alternative Medicines to Mollify Long COVID and Post-COVID Conditions Studied Using Controlled Environment Agriculture

Biochemistry Third Award

Despite a surge in sales and consumption of natural supplements in the last 3 years, the science supporting the safety and bioavailability of simultaneous intake of natural supplements again…

Novel Convolutional Neural Networks for Improved Accuracy in User-Accessible Brain Tumor Detection and Classification

Effective treatment for brain cancer is aided significantly by the rapid detection of tumors. Traditional detection methods involving the manual inspection of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI…

Novel Drug Discovery Methodology Using Machine Learning for Gene Expression-Based Virtual Screening Predicts Novel Compounds To Reverse Alzheimer's Disease With Applications to Cancer and Longevity by Inhibiting CtBP2 Expression

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics First Award

Alzheimer's Disease (AD) has neither satisfactory nor equitably accessible treatments. Current research emphasizes inflammation, notably age-related elevation of microglial TNF-a, in driving…

Novel Elastomeric Polystyrene via Photopolymerization and Post-Functionalization of Durable Ultra-High Molecular Weight Perfluorostyrene Copolymer

Chemistry Second Award

The development of durable and sustainable plastics is essential for the advancement of our society. Ultra-high Molecular Weight (UHMW) polymers are highly attractive due to the extreme dura…

Novel Electronic Gloves: Converting Sign Language to Natural Language for People With Hearing and Speech Impairment

Technology Enhances the Arts

Electronic gloves utilizing flex sensors and micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) inertia measurement units (IMU) have been developed to aid individuals with hearing and speech impairments…

Novel Integrated System for Segmentation and Analysis of Intracranial Arteries and Aneurysms Using Convolutional Neural Networks and Computational Fluid Dynamics

Brain Aneurysms are a significant challenge for neurosurgeons due to the often -fatal consequences of their rupture. Therefore, it is crucial to develop methods that enable doctors to detect…

Novel Passive Radiative Cooler Which Combined Magnesium Oxide and Aluminum Foil

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

In recent years, the demand for cooling has surged, prompting growing interest in passive radiative cooling (PRC) technology has attracted considerable attention because it does not require…

Novel Quantum Materials for Low Power Electronics

Materials Science

Global energy consumption is increasing rapidly due to the proliferation of electronic devices, causing sustainability concerns, thereby requiring the use of new semiconductor materials. The…

Novel Quantum Materials for Low Power Electronics

Global energy consumption is increasing rapidly due to the proliferation of electronic devices, causing sustainability concerns, thereby requiring the use of new semiconductor materials. The…

Novel Solar-Assisted Method for Mitigation of Methane Emissions via a New Highly Efficient Catalyst

Environmental Engineering Third Award

Global warming poses a pressing challenge marked by rising temperatures and environmental impacts. Methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) are the main drivers of this phenomenon due to their…

Novel Spinel Oxide Coatings on Stainless-Steel Mesh for Efficient Oil-Water Separation

Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award

The depletion of water resources and environmental hazards associated with aging oil wells, including the release of oil-contaminated water, present grave threats to marine ecosystems and hu…

Novel TMOS-Dependent Synthesis of Water-Stable CsPbBr3-SiO2 Nanoparticles for Bioimaging Applications

Chemistry

Perovskite nanocrystals carry significant promise in the field of intracellular sensing. When in proximity with radiolabeled analytes, fluorescent nanoparticles emit photoluminescent signatu…

Novel Treatment as Reduction of Oxidative Stress Using Mixed Antioxidants for Alzheimer's Disease Symptoms

The purpose of this research was to investigate if the combination of the antioxidants ferulic acid (FA), curcumin, and caffeine decreased oxidative stress (OS) in order to ascertain if mixe…