1125 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
1125 projects · showing 271–300
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Every year, 124 million women receive Papanicolaou exams; and every year 4,000 die from cervical cancer. The root of this disparity lies in the outdated devices used to collect cervical cell…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Alzheimer's Disease is a brain disorder that slowly deteriorates a person's cognitive function, which controls their executive functions and processing speed. Amyloid-Beta plaques & Tau-Aggr…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Third Award
HABs have plagued waterways causing significant losses to Florida's economy. Currently, algal bloom data collection is reactionary and inadequate, following regional fish kills. Algal mitiga…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences
Lignification and lignin biosynthesis is an innate immune response in plants to pathogens attempting to enter the cell wall. When pathogens successfully penetrate the cell wall, it damages t…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
Currently, there is no objective diagnostic tool for Parkinson’s disease, a progressive neurological disorder that affects more than ten million people globally. Specialists use visible symp…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology
I designed an experiment testing if fluorescent-dyed silica nanoparticles could be used to identify leukemia biomarkers under UV imaging. I hypothesized that if fluorescent-dyed silica nanop…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy
Muons are less understood elementary particles that have applications such as interference-proof navigation and structural analysis through tomography. The goal of this project was to find a…
ISEF · 2023
Mathematics Fourth Award
Allergies affect 220 million people globally, placing a significant population at risk of hypersensitivity, chronic inflammation, and infection. Even for the population that is not affected…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This project assessed whether longleaf pine tree (Pinus palustris) ring widths varied with groundwater depth. If tree ring growth is related to groundwater depth, then pine trees in deeper g…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Overuse of chemical sterilization has applied selective pressure to the bacteria that colonize our surfaces, increasing their pathogenicity and resistance to treatment. A possible solution t…
ISEF · 2023
Materials Science
Inert metal bone implants are commonly used to treat typical bone injuries but are often associated with complications such as stress shielding and refractures due to their stronger mechanic…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences
In recent years, the invasive Burmese pythons have severely impacted the ecosystem of the Everglades, such that many mammal species have had sharp declines in population. It was hypothesized…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry
A major concern as we approach the future is the use of renewable resources and clean energy. One of the primary viable options has often been solar power. Current solar technology is primar…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV-1) is a globally prevalent virus that attacks CD4 cells in the human immune system, decreasing the quality and length of life for those affected. The mo…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
Scleral Buckling Surgery is a common eye procedure ophthalmic surgery residents need to master. However, they lack low-cost, quality training models. Surgical simulators are one way to pract…
ISEF · 2023
Mathematics
Cryptocurrency is a digital financial asset that has gained exorbitant traction in recent years. Since the global financial crisis period, traditional safe-haven investments have lost their…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The early division of nuclei in a Drosophila embryo is composed of eight nuclear divisions, or cycles, producing a total of 256 nuclei by the eighth cycle. The nuclei start in the center of…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry
The Suzuki reaction is a widely used method for forming carbon-carbon bonds in organic synthesis. The palladium-catalysed reaction are highly successful due to the high reactivity of boranes…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
The fascia is a layer of connective tissue that connects to most internal structures of the human body to keep them in place. Myofascial tightness is tightness within the fascia that connect…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Alginate beads are used to encapsulate cells in allogeneic transplants to avoid rejection from the patient’s immune system. The permeability of these beads plays a crucial role in the surviv…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry
Hydrogels have received significant attention over the past 30 years due to their potential applications in drug delivery, blood vessel modeling, and as a cancer drug screening; however, the…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Caused by the high blood sugar from diabetes, diabetic retinopathy is a disease that damages the blood vessels of the retina. This can lead to blindness and other vision complications. 79% o…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This year, I studied if microplastics were present in cattle that graze off of farm fields that use plastic mulch. I have been studying microplastics for the past three years where I have st…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Climate change is a very current and real problem, and the most effective way to combat it would be to switch energy production from unsustainable fossil fuels to sustainable, renewable ener…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
What is the most cost-efficient design of a completely biodegradable water treatment system that uses aquatic plants to reduce the amount of eutrophication in leachate canals feeding the Ind…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Bone implants have a risk factor of 57.1% for infection, mostly caused by Staphylococcus aureus. These can transform into a deadly bone infection called osteomyelitis. Hospitals spend $17,00…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy
There is a rising popularity and interest in domestic aerial delivery as well as the idea of space capsules that rely on propellors. Therefore, the autorotation of maple samara seeds can be…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
The growing demand for patient organs has revealed 3D bio-printing as a potential solution for the global organ shortage. However, a deeper fundamental understanding of vascularization is re…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy
Trans Neptunian Objects (TNOs) are objects at least 30 astronomical units (AU) away from the Sun. The distance and primitivity of TNOs allow them to preserve data from the infant solar syste…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
The pandemic-induced decline in colonoscopies and the continuing rise of colorectal cancer (CRC) rates in younger populations makes the need for early CRC indicators higher than ever. The ro…