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 16861–16890
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
Soil contamination by hydrocarbons is a common occurrence in developed countries, showing damaging effects on the environment. There are microorganisms that can degrade toxic substances, red…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Fourth Award
The enterohemorrhagic strain Escherichia coli O157:H7 ranks fourth among the agents causing gastrointestinal illnesses in North America. Cattle are the main reservoirs for this human pathoge…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics Second Award
Approximately 34 million people worldwide are infected with HIV, including 2.3 million children. To date, there is no accurate point-of-care HIV test for neonates or acutely infected adults.…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Pest infestation is a major problem for greenhouse growers worldwide. In the United States it is estimated that insect pests damage between 4% and 21% of all crops. In greenhouse settings, y…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
This study was done in a seventh grade life science classroom to determine if there is a correlation between the knowledge of personality types and how well different personality types works…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Autism is a brain development disorder in which patients struggle with social interactions, verbal and non-verbal communication, and show restricted/repetitive behaviors. This study aims to…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
Diatom fossils and mud contents of a Neogene deep-water formation in Niigata, Japan were analyzed focusing on the formation of turbidite bed. This formation contains many turbidite beds, eac…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
This project is testing for antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria in health care workers. Healthcare workers inevitably have frequent contact with a variety of pathogens. this may make th…
ISEF · 2014
Biomedical and Health Sciences
To determine how the distance from various Southeast Alaska hatcheries to Icy Strait, Alaska affects the migration timing of juvenile Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta), fish were examined from…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Kawakawa (Macropier excelsum), a plant native to New Zealand, is considered to be very significant to Maori (the indigenous people of New Zealand) as a key tool in rongoa (the holistic medic…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
Keeping it Cool with Nanoparticle Technology This experiment studied the effects of a magnetic field on the heat conductivity of a ferrofluid interface. The hypothesis of this study was that…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
Milk and its derivatives are highly consumed food around the world, its importance lies in the presence of nutrients beneficial to health. Currently, it has revived the trend to organic food…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Tonnes of chicken feather and goat hair wastes are being produced by the slaughter houses and leather industry. These cause a huge problem in the present scenario and the management of the s…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Bacteria in the mouth if not controlled can lead to tooth decay. One cause of tooth decay is fermentation of sugars like glucose, fructose, and sucrose. Millions of dollars are spent yearly…
ISEF · 2014
Systems Software Fourth Award
Previous research on sport fencing has focused primarily on associated medical risk. The few papers addressing performance examined footwork and the lower body, but not the upper body. One d…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Electrolytes – specifically sodium, chloride, magnesium, potassium, and other minerals – are vital to the body’s functions. They speed the nervous system’s rate of function, re-hydrate the b…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Lactobacillus is a beneficial bacteria that is naturally present in the human digestive tract. It is used in probiotics and kills harmful bacteria that are responsible for digestive problems…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
Recent work by multiple researchers has demonstrated that two dimensional carbon graphene films can be used to fabricate supercapacitors. The unique existence of multiple solid allotropes of…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
Our 3D scanner can make digital models of real objects using a laser pointer and a USB webcam. Scanning process takes from two to fifteen minutes (depending on scanning mode). Scanning accur…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
Medical problems such as tissue plasty, eye fundus examination, require obtaining the spatial distribution pattern of blood flow at the level of arterioles and venules. To do this, we have u…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences Third Award
The L-Asparaginase enzyme is largely used in the treatment of the people who have the acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). It transforms the energy source of the cancer cells, the L-Asparagin…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
The isopod, Armadillidium vulgare, or pill bug, is about 1 cm long, has 14 legs and no wings. Isopods tend to turn in alternating directions—that is, to turn in the opposite direction of the…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Providing organic, antimicrobial alternatives to pharmaceutically manufactured antibiotics is crucial in cases in which prescription drugs are not available or patients decline treatment due…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
The initial studies evaluating the anticancer activity of urocanic acid were performed in the 1980s. Though, if administered as a free agent, urocanic acid is known to be rapidly degraded in…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
This project is on the effects of Syntonic Light Therapy on peripheral vision. The basis for this research was to determine if certain wavelengths of light would change or affect peripheral…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The interaction between light and absorbing medium inside an optical cavity is of interest especially within the field of photovoltaics, where optimized capture of solar energy is desired. O…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
Nanotechnology has played a significant role in modern medical application. Nanocarriers are able to deliver the chemotherapeutic drugs and deliver them specifically to the targeted cells. A…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
Researchers working with LIDAR systems reported observing distinct laser pulses propagating over a 100m range. It was hypothesized that these observations were due to the power of suggestion…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
Mutations in the human gene, FOXP2, cause severe speech and language disorders in humans. This study examines the functional relationship between the transcription factor FoxP2, its impact o…
ISEF · 2014
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex neurological body based biological disorder. Although ample research has been documented, there are still many theories, questions about the cause…