767 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
767 projects · showing 301–330
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science Second Award
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by toxic aggregates formed by amyloid beta (AB) and tau, which kill memory and learning neurons. With only symptomatic treatments for mild-moderate…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
Cardiovascular diseases are the most common cause of death in the world. Because humans form few cardiomyocytes post-birth, engineering new myocardium could transform the treatment of heart…
ISEF · 2022
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
Missense mutations are a form of genetic variant that result in substitutions of amino acids in protein sequences. These mutations account for approximately half of human inherited diseases…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
The existence of adversarial examples, which are inputs that force neural networks to misclassify them, represents a major risk in safety-critical applications of deep learning, such as malw…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry Third Award
Drug-resistant infections are expected to cause 10 million deaths annually by 2050. The increased prevalence of resistant bacteria has resulted in a scarcity of therapeutic alternatives, mak…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is responsible for 864,989 deaths annually, making it the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide. The leading upstream cause of cancer deaths is a lack of cli…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
Large phased-arrays, ubiquitous for wireless communication, become expensive and complex as the number of nodes increase. With a single oscillator source for an entire array, current phased…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is caused by disruption of cellular homeostasis when clusters of the protein alpha-synuclein aggregate dopaminergic neurons. However, no prescription drug directly t…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Autonomous cars have the potential to become a safer and more efficient alternative to driver-operated vehicles, preventing death and disability. Existing motion planners for autonomous cars…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have become the #1 cause of death; three-quarters of these deaths occur in lower-income communities. Electrocardiography (ECG), an electrical measurement captu…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on mental health due to the increased stress caused by the mental toll of events of the pandemic and isolation from necessary preventative measures s…
ISEF · 2022
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Isoniazid (INH) is a ?rst line drug for the treatment of Tuberculosis, a disease that causes 1.5 million deaths per year. This drug has high e?cacy in TB-treatment, but can also lead to live…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
The Dana Glacier, a small Little Ice Age cirque glacier in the Sierra Nevada mountains, is rapidly retreating due to climate change. To predict when the Dana Glacier will disappear, I measur…
ISEF · 2022
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Second Award
Pura Aer (PA) is an air purifier system that repurposes disposable face masks and integrates a peregrine falcon-inspired fan design. PA was developed in four phases, with design criteria set…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Earthquakes are a major global risk, causing the most fatalities among all natural disasters and billions of dollars in damages. Current earthquake early warning (EEW) systems face significa…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences Third Award
The goal of this project was to assist malaria research by expediting the process of producing transgenic mosquitoes. In this project, I developed and tested a novel automated instrument for…
ISEF · 2022
Plant Sciences
Stem cells are critical for the development of all tissue types. The stem cells located within the Shoot Apical Meristem (SAM) of plants produce all above-ground plant parts that account for…
ISEF · 2022
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Motor neurons are the essential cells connecting the brain and muscles, translating our thoughts and needs into actions and response. Here, we analyze a previously published dataset to explo…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry
As demand for lithium ion batteries increases with the popularity of electric vehicles and other technologies, the negative effects of lithium contamination present a significant threat to t…
ISEF · 2022
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Each year, over two million people globally are afflicted by potentially life-threatening antibiotic-resistant infections, and many scientists believe that antibiotic-resistant superbugs may…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Due to the inefficiencies of silicon solar cells, scientists developed perovskite solar cells that are 50% more effective. However, they are environmentally harmful, containing lead iodide t…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Thousands of hikers have died on trails because of dehydration. As a junior ranger in 32 National Parks, I took an oath to protect the parks and the people. Because of this, I wanted to crea…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry Third Award
Solar energy has been viewed as a potential clean energy source, but to become widely accepted, solar cells must overcome toxicity and inefficiency - issues that dye-sensitized solar cells (…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This experiment will determine if different nitrogen:phosphorus:potassium ratios limit the growth of algae in wetland water. We hypothesized that if we test the effects of varying NPK ratios…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
The globular cluster (GC) specific frequency (S_N) is a fundamental property representing the relationship between the globular cluster systems and their host galaxies. It is defined as the…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences Second Award
Bioluminescence is present in a diverse range of organisms. One of the most studied luminous organisms is the firefly, a member of the Lampyridae family. Firefly bioluminescence is produced…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy First Award
Transistors themselves have not fundamentally changed in decades, with all advances in the field focused on merely decreasing the size of transistors. This is a problem as soon it will be im…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Alzheimer’s disease (AD), affecting >50 million individuals worldwide, is characterized by a progressive loss of cognitive function for which no effective therapies currently exist. To ident…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering
95% of the giant kelp forests along California coastlines have been devoured by the overpopulated purple urchins, and the current solution of relying on divers to reduce urchin numbers is la…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is a devastating eye disease affecting more than 10 million Americans like my great-grandmother. AMD is a neurodegenerative disease that affects the ma…