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 13741–13770
ISEF · 2016
The regulation and function of non-coding RNA is an important issue. Circular RNA (circRNA) is a prevalent type of non-coding RNA that forms a loop with itself. In Drosophila melanogaster, t…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Chronic stress involves a response to emotional pressure experienced for a long period of time and is a source of depressive disorders. Studies have suggested that chronic stress impacts cog…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of my research project is to compare a first order ferromagnet and a second order ferromagnet to determine which one is the most efficient in terms of work output. Both a first o…
ISEF · 2016
We study the smooth properties of the analytic functions on the unit circle. Namely, we consider the classical problem of comparing the smoothness of an analytic function and the smoothness…
ISEF · 2016
Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of blindness among adults and although surgical procedures exist, they’re only viable in the disease’s earliest stages, which are rarely detected usin…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
The hemibiotrophic fungal pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans, the causative agent of blackleg disease, is the most devastating pathogen of canola (Brassica napus), causing $1.5 billion USD in w…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
Endotoxins, or lipopolysaccharides (LPS), are harmful biomolecules found on the surface of gram-negative bacteria. They are characterized by Lipid A, a toxic component that interacts with LB…
ISEF · 2016
This experiment was conducted to prove that slime mold is capable of decision-making, similar to a computer. The slime mold underwent various tests that could closely relate to the decision…
ISEF · 2016
Ten percent of the world's population does not have access to clean drinking water. The purpose of this experiment was to find and build a non-electric, easily constructed heat source which…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this project was to analyse what effect certain types of rock have on the pH of water that runs over them. The following were tested: Slightly acidic water was run over differ…
ISEF · 2016
The study of extremal problems in triangle areas, since A. Oppenheim in 1967, has been going on for almost five decades. In the project, a new general case in lattice grid is proposed: Given…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
With the increasing problem of antibiotic resistance in bacteria, a different approach is needed to combat bacterial infections without continual overuse of antibiotics. This experiment demo…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
CONSERVAA is a smart way to combine green technologies in order to provide a longer, healthier food preservation. The main concern is to give nourishment to both the planet and people, by lo…
ISEF · 2016
The consolidated use of waste plastic bricks for regional infrastructure is mainly aimed at reducing the protruding problems of plastic pollution in individual regions and simultaneously cre…
ISEF · 2016
Few layer Graphene flakes were synthesized from C(gr)[NOM] disintegrated from atmospheric CO2 in the Bosch Reaction. The C(gr) was oxidized utilizing a version of the Modified Hummers Method…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Protein misfolding is the root cause of many human diseases (e.g. Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Cystic Fibrosis, Type II Diabetes). Proteins with folding defects are difficult to…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
Asteroid impacts on planetoid bodies have been widely studied. A secondary effect that has been proposed due to these impacts is that the seismic waves should violently converge again at the…
ISEF · 2016
This experiment was designed to revolutionize the manner in which biodiesel is manufactured by condensing what is currently a multi-step technique into a batch system through the process of…
ISEF · 2016
Biofuels are promising green energy sources often derived from biomass feedstocks. Employing tropical agricultural byproducts as feedstocks, including coconut shells, plantain peels, and coc…
ISEF · 2016
Persistent homology has recently emerged as a powerful technique in topological data analysis for analyzing the emergence and disappearance of topological features throughout a filtered spac…
ISEF · 2016
Since the breakthrough of modern rocketry in the 1930s, rocket research has been a multibillion business. For an individual it has been difficult, or impossible, to compete with or question…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Soil buffering is the ability of soil to resist pH change, either towards the acidic or alkaline ends of the spectrum. The effects of certain factors on soil buffering are unknown: when a lo…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Studies have shown that, if started early enough, drugs and therapies can significantly slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. However, there are currently no easy ways to identify the…
ISEF · 2016
The largest contributor to global warming is the presence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, vehicle exhaust is responsible for over 30% o…
ISEF · 2016
Audio steganography is the embedding of data into an audio file. Current research in audio steganography has only shown that audio and image files can be used as the embedded media. For this…
ISEF · 2016
Only 10% of blind children in school are taught to read Braille; one of the major barriers is the comparative expense and scarcity of Braille materials. A small volume printer will cost anyw…
ISEF · 2016
The parathyroid hormone (PTH) maintains calcium homeostasis by influencing bone cell activity. Less bone formation than resorption results in osteoporosis. Naturally-simulated PTH prevents d…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
In the last 10 years, 25 million Ash trees in North America have been destroyed by emerald ash borer larvae; a number that continues to grow exponentially. The purpose of this project is to…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of “Creating A Spherical 3D Printer” was to create an additive manufacturing device based on Spherical coordinates. Most current 3D printers are based on Cartesian coordinates. A…
ISEF · 2016
An analysis is presented on the effectiveness of four new signal regions in the search for vector-like quarks (VLQs) at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). These new signal regions attempt to u…