Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
By 2040, the global cancer burden will rise to 30 million new cases annually, with the greatest increases affecting low-to-middle-income countries. Current diagnosis methods, such as physica…
Chemistry
First Award
The interest in green hydrogen, produced from water, as a clean and efficient alternative to fossil fuels is hampered by the high cost of production and the need for desalinated water source…
Plant Sciences
Third Award
Food demand is increasing around the globe due to the growing population, which presents the risk of starvation and future food insecurity. One pre-emptive measure is to improve the growth a…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Lysine methyltransferases (KMTs) are an essential group of enzymes that regulate gene expression. In an attempt to track rising cancer cases, scientists discovered a detrimental mutation of…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Third Award
Structural Supercapacitors (SCs) are electrochemical energy storage devices that utilize the abundance of cement as an electrolyte by employing its high porosity as ion transport channels to…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that caused over 619,000 deaths in 2022, Plasmodium falciparum being the most lethal species which affects humans. Although the disease has affected human…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Fourth Award
Swallowing difficulties impact 30-40% of older adults impairing their treatment adherence and negatively affecting the therapeutic benefits of drugs. This study seeks to use 3D-printing tech…
Materials Science
The process of oil extraction makes large amounts of a toxic and oil-contaminated byproduct known as produced water, with the US generating over 30 billion barrels in 2022. Oil-water (O/W) s…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Fourth Award
Global climate change has severely affected the underwater ecosystem, in particular coral reefs. The risk of coral reef bleaching is increasing by a rate of 3.9% per year and severe bleachin…
Materials Science
Terahertz (THz) photoconductive devices are one of the most promising devices that allows a relatively high signal-to-noise ratio and perform fast scan for imaging, spectroscopy, and ultrafa…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Cancer is one of the deadliest diseases around the globe. It has been shown that more than 50% of cancer cases have an overexpression of the MYC oncogene. The main challenge in these cancers…
Translational Medical Science
Third Award
SARS-CoV-1, MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 are highly contagious and lethal coronaviruses (CoVs). Although different forms of anti-SARS-CoV-1 and MERS-CoV vaccines have been developed, none of them…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Second Award
As the International Energy Agency (IEA) reported in 2021, CO2 emissions reached 36.3 gigatons. Therefore, there is a pressing need to find an efficient alternative for fossil fuels such as…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Third Award
By 2030, the world must ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable energy. However, the power generated from two potential renewable energy resources -solar cells and raindrop piezoe…
Materials Science
The light-emitting diode (LED) has shown an increase in its applications compared to traditional forms of lighting due to its energy efficiency and positive environmental impact. Commercial…
Biomedical Engineering
Second Award
Commonly used cancer treatments are nonspecific and cytotoxic to healthy cells. As an alternative, bacteria can be exploited for the targeted delivery of therapeutics as some can associate t…
Embedded Systems
Ammonia is a toxic gas that irritates and burns at low concentrations and can be fatal at high concentrations. The aim of this work was to deposit a 7% Sb-doped ZnO thin-film on a Si micro e…
Plant Sciences
Fourth Award
Specialty metabolites used in food, medicine, pesticides, and fragrances are valuable in virtue of their unique properties, but they face challenges in production due to high costs associate…
Chemistry
The utilization of wastewater containing urine as fuel in Urea Fuel Cells (UFCs) has attracted significant attention in the recent years as a safe and environmentally-friendly alternative en…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Fossil fuels are the main source of energy, but they release CO2, which is the leading cause of global warming. Ammonia (NH3) and hydrogen (H2) are two of the best candidates to replace foss…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Second Award
Drastic increases in energy demand have led to the quest for developing efficient energy-storage devices. The main research pursuit is in fulfilling global requirements for storing renewable…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fourth Award
Although mangroves occupy less than 1% of the global coastal area, they are one of the strongest natural ecosystems to fight climate change as they sequester up to 22.8 tons of carbon annual…
Materials Science
Spinel ferrites are commonly used in various industrial and technological devices, such as microwave instruments, power antennas, spintronics, signal processing, and energy storage. However,…
Environmental Engineering
First Award
Implementation of carbon capture & storage (CCS) is vital for alleviating detriments from carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. However, all current processes are deemed ineffective due to ineffic…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Second Award
Green hydrogen is a global need for its emergence as a sustainable, clean, and renewable source of energy. Photoelectrochemical water splitting is one technique for producing green hydrogen.…
Embedded Systems
Due to the rising cost of fabrication in the semiconductor industry, leading-edge integrated circuit design firms outsource fabrication to offshore foundries. However, third-party foundries…
Environmental Engineering
Third Award
The utilization of pesticides to protect agricultural productions and insect infestations for health and hygienic purposes has raised great concerns in the literature associated with soil, w…
Biomedical Engineering
While bone diseases may not receive as much attention as heart disease, cancer, and other serious illnesses, they account for more than half a million hospitalizations and the annual placeme…
Plant Sciences
Third Award
Iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) are extensively used in many applications. They spread into nature, contaminating soil and water and raising concerns about plant/human health. However, the…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Second Award
The coronavirus disease, caused by SARS-CoV-2, is arguably one of the greatest medical challenges of the past 100 years. Recent investigations have linked the nucleocapsid (N) protein of SAR…