264 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
264 projects · showing 211–240
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this experiment was to analyze how the density of igneous rock and the rate of injection of liquefied sediment would impact the sedimentary structures created in fault-bounded…
ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
The purpose of this project was to see how a set of participant´s scores were affected by their peers´ answers. The purpose of this experiment was to test conformity in the youth. This drast…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
Synergistic drug combinations for cancer have the potential to save millions of lives each year through lowering toxicity, limiting side effects, and drastically increasing the efficacy of t…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this project is to create a computer program that will solve the Rubik’s Cube from any configuration in an efficient and logical fashion. I started by constructing an animated…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this project is to develop a laser communications method for short space missions, voiding an emitter onboard the satellite bus. Building a cubesat to incorporate the new comm…
ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
Coloniality is a vertebrate social system, observed in 13% of avian species, occurring when individuals breed in densely clustered territories. It is known that coloniality provides species…
ISEF · 2016
Montmorillonite is a common silicate mineral that is a major constituent of the Earth's soils. This clay also belongs to a group of clays known as swelling clays, which increase in size when…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
The purpose of this retrospective and observational study was to see the effect of the missing X chromosome in women (a condition known as Turner Syndrome) on the liver. It was expected that…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical Engineering
For over a century, silver amalgam has been successfully utilized to restore teeth worldwide. Despite its many advantages, there have always been concerns about this material’s safety due to…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design First Award
Textile azo dyes are a significant pollution source worldwide. Azo dyes can be toxic and carcinogenic, and their contamination adversely impacts human and aquatic ecosystem health. Metal nan…
ISEF · 2016
The differentiation of CD8 T-cells in response to viral infection is a hallmark trait of the acquired immune system, and many genetic factors play into its development. The epigenetic mechan…
ISEF · 2016
Do High Efficiency Detergents really save the Environment? We conducted a Bioassay experiment to study the effects of environmental changes on Daphnia being exposed to various concentrations…
ISEF · 2016
Nitrate (NO3) is a major component of plant growth and the most common fertilizer ingredient in the world. The extensive use of nitrate-based fertilizers has contaminated countless bodies of…
ISEF · 2015
First Award
An exact algorithm for counting the models of Boolean formulas in CNF (the #SAT problem) was developed. Unlike conventional backtracking-based approaches which measure the effect of incremen…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
Traditional antibiotics are becoming obsolete due to the growing danger of antibiotic resistance and their frequent toxicity to human indigenous microbiota. This investigation develops a syn…
ISEF · 2015
Wastewater treatment plant effluent causes nitrate pollution. Nitrate can be removed by anaerobic wetland soil through denitrification, but the soil's ability to denitrify saturates at high…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Aerodynamic drag, either parasitic or induced, limits efficiency of aircraft, increasing fuel consumption or reducing performance. Data shows that in 2010 American commercial aviation consum…
ISEF · 2015
Acinetobacter baylyi, a gram-negative soil bacterium, is highly competent for natural transformation, a process in which DNA is imported across cellular membranes and potentially recombined…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Catastrophic cyber infiltrations can devastate a nation's information infrastructure. This project provides a new way to defend modern adaptive computer networks. Computer networks are autom…
ISEF · 2015
Each year in America, an average of 38 children die as a result of heatstroke from being left in a hot car. Often times this is a result of the adult being distracted and forgetting about th…
ISEF · 2015
Motor neuron degenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) currently have no cures and mostly unknown causes. For motor neurons to function properly, axon extension is ne…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
The goal of this project was to investigate whether Painted Lady Butterflies (Vanessa cardui) migrate using an internal compass, if the internal compass can detect strong or unnatural magnet…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The focus of this experiment was to study frustration and how it affected dispositional learning for 80 middle/high school students. Each student was given a questionnaire form and their hea…
ISEF · 2015
A staggering percentage of our time and resources are spent on food production in the U.S. each year, and just under half of the food made goes to waste. This project investigates the possib…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
Cardiovascular disease is the #1 cause of death in the world, causing over 17.5 million deaths annually. Numerous cardiovascular diseases are preceded by atherosclerosis, a condition caused…
ISEF · 2015
The field work showed that my hypothesis was correct the water quality testing did show the presence of PPCP’s within the system of waterways known as the Monte Vista Wildlife Refuge. There…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
In response to ultrasonic pest control devices spouting unsupported claims, between 1985 and 1997 the Federal Trade Commission pursued legal action against six companies falsely marketing su…
ISEF · 2015
Exchange in the three body problem occurs when one body displaces a previously bound member of a binary system. Exact conditions for when such an exchange can occur are established through a…
ISEF · 2015
“SMART Cane” innovatively employs technology to reduce the fall susceptibility of the elderly. By focusing on minimizing the key aspects contributing to fall susceptibility, this project int…
ISEF · 2015
Fruits and Vegetables have a circadian clock (physiological process for all living beings). It is believed this cycle continues after being picked. This investigation is the second phase in…