1125 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
1125 projects · showing 841–870
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences First Award
Combinations of female wingbeat acoustic cues and visual cues were evaluated to determine their potential for use in male Aedes aegypti (L.) traps in peridomestic environments, potentially t…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
Throughout the ever evolving world of science & microbial organisms, it is common to notice a resistance that bacteria develop against common antibiotics. Provided, this has created a diffic…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
The island apple snail (Pomacea maculata) is one of the world’s most invasive species that poses environmental and agricultural threats. In rice and taro fields, the snails can cause decreas…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this experiment is to explore how acid precipitation affects the vascular and endocrine system of plants as measured by the rate of transpiration and degree of gravitropism of…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry
MSG is a food additive that causes negative side effects such as nausea and headaches. These symptoms are caused by the degranulation of lymphocytes. Tryptase is a major component of lymphoc…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
By determining and analyzing the factors that impact an eyewitness's accuracy, the risk for inaccuracy can be estimated. This study elaborates on two previous studies assessing the effects o…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) is a cancer of the mouth epithelium with an annual incidence rate in the US of nearly 48,000 cases annually and a 5-year survival rate of only 65%. Cancer…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this experiment determines how bay and estuary water quality is affected by high volumes of boat traffic. A large presence of boats in waterways has been found to disturb wate…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Silver has long been associated with antibacterial properties, which at high enough concentrations, could prove troublesome for many aquatic organisms. In particular, when silver is dissolve…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
The purpose of this study is to determine a relationship between the secondhand vapor emitted from an e-cigarette (via human exhalation) and Drosophila melanogaster. Secondhand vapor is quit…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
Central to evolution, fitness influences the abilities of individuals to reproduce and become more abundant in new generations. The majority of mutations with observable effects are deleteri…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical
The purpose of this experiment was to see if a motorized concentrated tracking photovoltaic system could be created that tracks the sun without utilizing the electricity generated by the pho…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry Third Award
High blood pressure affects millions of people worldwide. In this illness, activity of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) leads to the narrowing of blood vessels. There are many drugs that…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in Earth’s atmosphere have increased dramatically in recent decades, and many strategies in carbon capture and sequestration have been investigated to remediate t…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Artificial neural networks, models of which were experimentally calibrated by the author, train homeostatic variable sets to examine the relationship between variations in incubation conditi…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences Third Award
The Sri Lankan weevil, or Myllocerus undecimpustulatus undatus Marshall, is a destructive and invasive pest with a host range of >150 different plant species. In the adult and larval stages,…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
Heart disease is the leading killer of men and women in the U.S. today. According to the CDC About 600,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year–that’s 1 in every 4 dea…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
a) Purpose of the experiment: The purpose of the experiment is to investigate the ability of vitamin E delta-tocotrienol (VEDT) to inhibit human pancreatic cancer stem cell growth and metast…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Technological advancements in biomedical sciences have circumvented the problem of heart failure by creating a risky solution that only mitigates the severity of the problem for a short peri…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
This experiment deals with the application of electro-oxidation for the generation of sodium hypochlorite (NaClO) from salt (NaCl) water for utilization in destruction of Cyanobacteria (blue…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Diabetes is a serious worldwide epidemic that affects a growing portion of the population. While the most common method for testing blood glucose involves finger pricking, it is painful and…
ISEF · 2016
Heavy metal pollution is a serious ecological problem that our world is currently facing. Our blatant disregard for the disposal and release of heavy metals has allowed them to be allowed to…
ISEF · 2016
Developing a defensive barrier against invasive species that destroy native citrus populations is major problem for agricultural developers throughout the state of Florida and United States.…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this investigation was to develop a means of encoding information into DNA sequences that can then be decoded and to develop error correction methods to detect and correct pos…
ISEF · 2016
This project was executed with the intention of gathering information regarding the responses of Pinus elliottii trees to their environments. An understanding of the relationships between tr…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Alterations in the expression of microRNAs have been noted in many cancers and diseases. However, microRNAs were just recently discovered in 1993. Since then there has been a crucial need to…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this investigation was to analyze and quantify the effects of gravitational fields that occur in galactic matter across the universe. It is well known that gravitational field…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
The tau protein is a microtubule associated protein that’s maintained mainly through phosphorylation. Phosphorylation is upheld through two enzymes; kinases and phosphatases. There can be an…
ISEF · 2016
Metallosis is a prevalent condition that is an immune response secondary to metal particulate buildup in the body. Cobalt is a primary component in artificial metal joints, and concentration…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Prostheses are currently inhibited by the utilizing of costly apparatuses and inefficient technology. The design of this prosthetic hand looks to integrate cost-efficient devices to create a…