Every Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair project Fairfolio holds: 17,565 entries across 13 years, with the abstract, category and awards the fair published for each one.
Counts cover every year of this fair and use its own category labels, exactly as the source published them. Each one links to that category's ISEF projects.
17565 projects · showing 13501–13530
ISEF · 2016
One of the most challenging problems in the field of medical science today is predicting the drugs that will work for specific cancer patients. The future of personalized cancer therapies re…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are unique proteins that lack rigidly defined three-dimensional structures. Due to their conformational flexibility, IDPs serve diverse protein funct…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
Multifactorial diseases are a product of simultaneous alterations in several genes. However, there exists no computationally robust method to fully understand the relationship between co-alt…
ISEF · 2016
The presence of toxic phenolic compounds in drinking water presents a major health concern in areas near aerosol manufacturing plants. Maintaining quality drinking water in these areas requi…
ISEF · 2016
Coffee rust is a disease of coffee plants. The cause of coffee rust disease is the fungus Hemileia vastatrix. Since 2010 there has been a particularly severe epidemic of coffee rust in Centr…
ISEF · 2016
The Ebola virus has infected over 30,000 people, killing almost 13,000 in Africa since its discovery in 1976. Since then, outbreaks occur on average every 1.5 years. A mathematical model of…
ISEF · 2016
In response to the recent surge of viruses in rural areas, the international community has put an extra emphasis on preventing the spread of these diseases. The World Health Organization has…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this investigation was to develop a means of encoding information into DNA sequences that can then be decoded and to develop error correction methods to detect and correct pos…
ISEF · 2016
A magnetic induction line is a closed curve that depicts the magnetic field. Current research on the application of the magnetic induction line is extensive, but rarely focuses on the study…
ISEF · 2016
Palestinian society ,like all other societies consists of different segments, kinds and levels of people Among these categories are very important category of people with special needs ,sing…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
This research was based on previous research conducted on obtaining biofuels from various food waste sources. It was determined that wasted grease was the best source for biofuel production.…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) diamond detectors are being investigated as alternatives to scintillators for neutron detection in fusion environments. Data were obtained for four CVD detect…
ISEF · 2016
Oxidative stress is present during kidney disease. Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) is a transcription factor which combats oxidative stress and compounds inducing Nrf2 red…
ISEF · 2016
Intracortical electrodes can be utilized by those with severe brain injuries. When they are implanted the Blood Brain Barrier (BBB) is breached causing neurodegeneration and inflammatory res…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Antibiotic resistance constitutes one of the world's greatest public health issues. Through natural selection, bacteria have developed mechanisms that confer this resistance - creating a pre…
ISEF · 2016
This project was executed with the intention of gathering information regarding the responses of Pinus elliottii trees to their environments. An understanding of the relationships between tr…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical Engineering
Celiac disease (CD) and gluten sensitivity (GS) affect over three million Americans. The consumption of food products containing gluten causes adverse effects including bloating, discomfort,…
ISEF · 2016
Currently, the majority of walking robots use either the Jansen or Klann linkages to propel themselves. Although both are effective, one flaw associated with using the linkages is that the r…
ISEF · 2016
Our project analyzed the effect of house and school dust on the total lipid content of the blackworm, Tenebrio molitor. A study published in Environmental Science & Technology has found that…
ISEF · 2016
Lead contamination is a huge issue in our global society. The first two Phases of this project involved designing, fabricating, and optimizing a Wet Algae Mechanical Filter (WAMF). Phase 3 f…
ISEF · 2016
Sterile paper disks will be impregnated with different concentrations of Corchorus olitorius solutions and will undergo a Kirby-Bauer test involving E. coli to determine if C. olitorius is a…
ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
The purpose of this study is to determine if, how, and how much women’s representation has changed in health care as shown through American television (1965-Present) to help understand how p…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Alterations in the expression of microRNAs have been noted in many cancers and diseases. However, microRNAs were just recently discovered in 1993. Since then there has been a crucial need to…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this investigation was to analyze and quantify the effects of gravitational fields that occur in galactic matter across the universe. It is well known that gravitational field…
ISEF · 2016
In thrombo-occlusive vascular pathologies like myocardial infarction and stroke, rapid thrombolysis is necessary for restoring blood flow. To accomplish this, site-targeted delivery and acti…
ISEF · 2016
The problem for my experiment was to see if a QR code medical bracelet works better than a standard medical bracelet. My hypothesis was that it would work better than a standard one, and it…
ISEF · 2016
Rice is a staple food for majority of world’s population, particularly in Asia and Africa. However, as rice is being grown, arsenic is absorbed into the grain of rice. The consumption of man…
ISEF · 2016
As of 2015, it has been estimated that over fifty percent of all cancer patients will receive radiation therapy during some phase of their treatment. Despite clinical potential, the therapy’…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award
The colligative properties of solutions, including the boiling point elevation, are said to be dependent only on the concentration of particles dissolved, not the identity of the particles.…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical Engineering
Research was done using 911 medical records comparing surgical outcomes of cases where resident or staff functioned as the surgical assistant. Complication rates and the level of resident in…