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CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
This project explores a new way to boost algae so it can clean polluted water and capture carbon much faster. I built 32 mini bioreactors and experimented with Chlorella vulgaris by adding g…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
In high energy collisions the ability to isolate the strange quark is often compromised by the hadron is overlap where pions and kaons are overlapping in the high momentum spectrum it leads…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
The precise measurement of the Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa (CKM ) matrix element Vub is an ongoing gap in our understanding of quark flavor physics and provides an important test of the Standa…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology Silver Medal
The Optimal Transport Problem arises in fields such as AI, machine learning, computer vision and biology. The problem seeks the cheapest way to transport mass between two distributions. The…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
Chiral cyclopropanes are privileged structural motifs in pharmaceutical chemistry, essential for enhancing the potency and metabolic stability of therapeutics, including next generation anti…
ISEF · 2026
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Crohn's Disease (CD) is a chronic autoimmune condition characterized by intense inflammatory flares. CD is incurable, and available medications carry severe side effects. With few head-to-he…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers in the world, largely due to late-stage diagnosis. Current imaging diagnostic tools like CT and MRI scans lack the accuracy and sensitivity…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
Dark matter dominates galaxy mass, but determining its central distribution depends on precise decomposition of total mass into dark and baryonic matter components. This study introduces a n…
ISEF · 2026
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Computer vision based artificial intelligence systems are increasingly explored as low-cost solutions to traditional systems in today’s modern age. One such system is the current sensor-base…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of this research was to engineer and deploy a method and device that could selectively suppress cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins while improving the overall ecosystem and lake healt…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
This study describes the design of an engineered fluorescent reporter system to detect plasmid co-residence resulting from horizontal gene transfer (HGT) within individual bacterial cells. T…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
Efficient ion heating remains a major obstacle in magnetic fusion because radio-frequency waves often deposit too much of their energy into electrons rather than fuel ions. Existing ion-cycl…
ISEF · 2026
Embedded Systems
As computing power increases, faster wireline data communication speeds are required, going from today’s 128GT/s to next-generation 256GT/s. With increasing data-rates through circuit boards…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
Arterial plaque can cause cardiovascular disease, often requiring invasive interventions such as stent placement or angioplasty, which carry risks of restenosis and vessel injury. This study…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
Brain health plays a critical role in overall well-being. Conditions like brain tumors can disrupt normal function and if malignant, will spread to other tissues with potentially fatal conse…
ISEF · 2026
Embedded Systems
In 2025, car crashes resulted in an estimated 1.2 million deaths globally (1). Of the 1.6 billion vehicles in the world, it is estimated that only between 350 and 500 million vehicles have s…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Human activities have led to an alarming shift in the global climate and ecosystems. The scientific community had made various attempts to analyze and counteract climate change and environme…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
One in four people is affected by pollen allergies, experiencing symptoms from allergic rhinitis to life-threatening anaphylactic shocks, and they heavily rely on up-to-date pollen counts in…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Thermo-responsive hydrogels represent a promising advancement in sustainable water purification, as this research investigates PNIPAM-based hydrogels enhanced with silica, cellulose, and act…
ISEF · 2026
Biochemistry
Interactomes provide a framework for understanding the interactions that dictate biological processes. A well-constructed interactome allows for better disease understanding; however, tradit…
CWSF · 2026
Curiosity & Ingenuity Bronze Medal
Microchips are the roots to the rise of AI in the 21st century. Cooling them is a critical task as they produce large amounts of heat and need to stay at a specific functioning temperature ~…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
Pressure injuries typically develop over bony prominences on the body such as the heels, sacrum, hips, and elbows, where blood flow to the skin is reduced due to sustained pressure. Their oc…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Up to 17% of cropland worldwide is contaminated with at least one toxic heavy metal, with lead and copper among the most prevalent contaminants. While some remediation methods exist today, t…
ISEF · 2026
Biochemistry
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's & Alzheimer's are increasing worldwide exponentially. While many studies focus on factors such as aging & genetics, the effects of environmenta…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Dehydration is one of the leading causes of hospital admissions. Evaluations to measure hydration status in clinical settings utilize methods such as blood tests, urinalysis, and skin turgor…
ISEF · 2026
Materials Science
Angioplasty procedures rely on stents to keep arteries open, but traditional metal stents remain permanently in the body and can lead to long-term complications. Biodegradable stents offer a…
ISEF · 2026
Microbiology
Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a major global health crisis affecting approximately 19 million pregnant women and 30 million children under the age of five, with over 50% of cases from rural…
ISEF · 2026
Mathematics
Globally, water scarcity affects 75% of the population. Agriculture accounts for 70% of global freshwater withdrawals, and farmers use unreliable, reactive irrigation systems. This project i…
ISEF · 2026
Embedded Systems
3D scanning of microscopic objects currently relies on expensive laser scanning microscopes, that can be inefficient or unusable in scenarios requiring multi-angle views or the analysis of s…
ISEF · 2026
Animal Sciences
An unusual population of Camponotus (Mayr, 1861) was investigated, initially suspected to belong to the complex Camponotus sansabeanus (Buckley, 1866). Worker and gyne specimens were used in…