Behavioral and Social Sciences
Music is universally incorporated into various aspects of life in a plethora of ways. From culture, to listening to music in stores and restaurants, music is present and is well-known to exh…
CYSF · 2025
My project is about how different types of music can affect your heart beat and how these different types of music can make you more energized or make u more relaxed
CYSF · 2025
Bronze Medal
This project studies how music affects memory and suggests classical music helps. It aims to enhance life for people with dementia or memory loss. Materials include headphones, a music playe…
Behavioural and Social Sciences (inferred)
The mirror neuron system (MNS) activates when a motor action is executed or observed. MNS is associated with mu suppression “the desynchronization of the alpha frequency band above motor reg…
CYSF · 2025
Gold Medal
I used statistics and differential gene expression analysis to find biomarkers of CAR T-cell therapy success in the bone marrow of patients with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Second Award
Mycorrhizal fungi establish underground networks that form symbiotic relationships with almost all plant species and facilitate crucial ecological processes, but habitat degradation is their…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Genetics is an ever-expanding field of research. The genetic field has rapidly expanded from Mendel’s studies to genetically modified treatments, multi-allele variation knowledge, and studie…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
First Award
Nearly 1 in 8 people in the U.S. suffer from movement disorders, significantly impacting their quality of life. Neuromuscular disabilities cost the healthcare system $420 billion annually. D…
Technology Enhances the Arts
Over 2.1 million people in the United States live with limb loss, with approximately 185,000 amputations occurring annually. Limb differences often pose challenges in using input devices suc…
CYSF · 2025
Silver Medal
Examining the rise in myopia, its relation to excessive near work and strategies, technologies, and collective changes in lifestyle we can implement for its prevention and slowing down the p…
CYSF · 2025
Silver Medal
In this project, I will research all about myopia its dangers. I will also research about how scientists have designed lenses with different patterns that reduce the progression of myopia, a…
Chemistry
This research, conducted during a paid summer internship through ACS Project SEED, focused on synthesizing and analyzing N-3-HPA for their potential use in seizure management. To develop eff…
Microbiology
Oral mucositis is an inflammation that causes pain and ulcers that affect cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy. The condition is marked by oral mucosa inflammation, wh…
A calcium -crosslinked sodium alginate (NaAlg) nanocomposite xerogel was synthesized as a biodegradable sorbent for oil spill remediation. Due to the high surface energy of the base polymer,…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Helicobacter pylori is a bacterial strain that attaches to gastric mucosal cells through its BabA adhesin, which begins growth of colonies that increase risk of peptic ulcers and gastric or…
Access to clean water is one of our most basic human needs. In fact, unsafe water sources are responsible for over 1 million deaths annually. UN Sustainable Development Goal 6.1 targets “uni…
Environmental Engineering (inferred)
January 10, 2024 A Natural Cost-Effective Solution to Pharmaceutical Contamination in Drinking Water A. Gunasekaran, D. Ellsworth High Technology High School, 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincro…
Materials Science and Engineering (inferred)
The rapidly growing field of wearable electronics faces a critical challenge: the development of materials that are compatible with human tissue. Traditional materials such as hydrogels and…
Biochemistry
Amyloid-ß (Aß) extracellular plaques in the brain are a primary cause of Alzheimer’s Disease. Previous studies have focused on understanding cerebral Aß production and prevention. However, n…
CYSF · 2025
This project is about the study of living animals and plants that glow and illuminate themselves.
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Third Award
Coastal erosion costs around $500 million per year due to damages to essential infrastructure (NOAA, 2025). Scientists have explored nature-based solutions to coastal erosion, specifically t…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The most sought-after goal in machine learning is achieving artificial general intelligence, which requires stable memory and flexibility in learning. Existing models are dependent on all da…
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
Chronic inflammation is a leading cause of morbidity worldwide, complicating conditions such as cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, and autoimmune disorders. Current anti-inflammatory tre…
Physics and Astronomy
Third Award
Traditional exoplanet detection methods often overlook multi-planet systems containing long-period or non-transiting planets due to observational biases favoring short-period transiting plan…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Fourth Award
Animals can engage in lifelong learning because they can form, consolidate, and recall memories. Because sleep plays a vital role in consolidating newly acquired information and aiding recal…
Embedded Systems
Chronic stress can severely impact mental and physical health, contributing to conditions like anxiety, depression, and cardiovascular issues. Inspired by an ancient Buddhist mindfulness bre…
Biomedical Engineering
First Award
Current lower limb prostheses rely on cumbersome procedures, need risky surgery, and are prohibitively expensive. As a result, many lower-limb amputees experience unnatural gait patterns and…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Accurate classification of brain tumors is essential for effective patient treatment. In recent years, artificial intelligence has shown significant promise in improving medical diagnostics.…
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder resulting from loss of dopamine - producing neurons in the substantia nigra. Motor symptoms include tremors, instability, and slowed…
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that targets the brain and disrupts vital processes of neural networks causing the decline of cognitive function. The main pathologic…