932 projects across 5 years, 2020–2025.
932 projects · showing 871–900
JSHS · 2020
Dr. Laura E. Pascal Dr. Zhou Wang UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Dr. Grant Yamashita Dr. Ali Seyedali Ms. Gail Ishimoto Kamehameha Schools Ivermectin, awarded the Nobel Prize f or Physiology or…
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Milone Lab, University of Pennsylvania Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) Tcell therapy is a novel immunotherapy that engineers a patient’s own Tcells with an artificial receptor to recognize a…
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In Okinawa, Japan, the American Military Air Stations will use JET-X 2.75, to extinguish fires on the airstrip. The runoff of this chemical, Perfluorinated Compounds (PFCs), has been found i…
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Brunswick High School Two main keyboard layouts are traditionally used for text entry in English -- QWERTY and lesser-known Dvorak. Both were designed around the turn of the twentieth centur…
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Dr. Busik Yan Levitsy Adam Fillion Michigan State University’s Biochemistry Mitochondria are the cornerstone of biological energy transduction and their dysfunction is linked to many disease…
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Nitrogen and Phosphorus are essential nutrients for photosynthetic plants and are used in fertilizers. Runoff from agrarian and urban areas contain large amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus;…
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Dr. Laura Chomiuk Ms. Laura Shishkovsky Michigan State University Department of Physics and Astronomy Finding black holes in globular clusters helps fine-tune models for the causes of gravit…
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Edward Clark, AP Environmental Science Avery County High School Mycofiltration of Microplastics Within a Simulated Waste Water Treatment Chamber As the world hurtles into a new age of techno…
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Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by a decline of motor and cognitive functions caused by the loss and degeneration of neurons. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) plays an i…
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Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Terminal ductal lobular units (TDLUs) are milk-producing glands in the breast. TDLUs shrink (involute) with physiological agin…
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Objective/Goals: She ll waste contains useful compounds: chitin, calcium carbonate, and protein which influence its physical properties. Yet unlike plastics, they can naturally degrade in th…
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With over 4.9 million liters of raw petroleum being released into the oceans each year, a simple, cost-effective, and easily replicable method of oil removal must be found, both for the safe…
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Cabrillo Marine Aquarium Photosynthetic microbial fuel cells (PMFCs) present a relevant and new focal area in the field of renewable energy. In PMFCs, electrons produced by anaerobic bacteri…
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Nashua High School South Air pollution has become the deadliest environmental problem, leading to more than seven million deaths per year. People are forced to wear masks in China to protect…
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School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh There is a pressing need for new technologies that can accelerate the drug discovery process, which is currently laborious, time-consuming and co…
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Michigan Technological University The Upper Peninsula of Michigan (UP) is a region heavily dependent upon agritourism. The population has a high percentage of Native Americans and Finnish Am…
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Chang Ho Paul R. Territo In the first years of life, a baby’s brain undergoes rapid growth. A major component of this growth is myelin maturation. Myelination is the process by which Schwann…
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Allison Hennings Oak Park and River Forest High School Antimicrobial resistance is a serious problem in global public health and has not shown signs of slowing or stopping despite scientific…
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The purpose of this experiment was to determine whether natural wood-based charcoals such as pine and juniper are just as effective at air filtration as activated charcoal. For our experimen…
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Forsyth Institute Affecting over 2.4 billion people, dental caries is the most prevalent, global disease. Caries is caused by Streptococcus mutans, a bacteria that produces lactic acid, crea…
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Purdue University Neonicotinoids are a family of insecticides that have gained worldwide popularity. By 2009, the global Neonicotinoid market was worth $2.63 billion. Recently, their usage h…
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This project’s question was - Is there a simple cost effective way to reduce agricultural runoff? A hole w as cut at base level of a tin foil pan, placing 45 oz inside and compacting the dir…
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TC Williams High School Sleep deprivation among adolescents is common due to academic studies and athletic participation, causing a potential decrease in academic performance. This study det…
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Sodium benzoate is one of the most commonly used preservatives in the food industry. Although the compound is recognized as safe by the FDA, the effects of sodium benzoate on human health ha…
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Yang Dr. Peter Marchetto University of Minnesota Engineering and Technology (Devices) Potatoes require heavy watering and intensive fertilization, which negatively impacts the environment. A…
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I have enjoyed playing the violin for 8 years. I’ve observed that many violinists prefer strings made from different materials. I have noticed that when I play, a gold Estring sounds very di…
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A multitargeted approach is suggested to be most effective in inhibiting the formation of tau aggregates in Alzheimer’s disease. Two promising targets for treatment of Alzheimer’s are the in…
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Arsenic contamination of drinking water poses an acute threat to human health, which is especially compounded in regions with limited resources. Though it is detectable, conventional tests f…
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Tumor-mediated immunosuppression allows tumors to hide from the immune system and avoid recognition. To reverse this suppressive microenvironment, antigen-presenting cells (APCs) and other i…
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Central Virginia Governor’s School The purpose of this experiment was to compare the power output capabilities of a prototype single and double axis solar tracker. An artificial light source…