373 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
373 projects · showing 361–373
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Near domestic and commercial agricultural settings, ammonia runoff is a threat to freshwater ecosystems. Research by scientist Milena Beniolo found that banana peels effectively absorbed pos…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of this test was to see if the flow rate of a hydropower plant would change the electrical output. This is significant because, it could result in more power being produced from…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
Temperature and salinity dominate the stratification of ocean waters, putting warm water with less salt in upper layers and cold water with more salt in lower layers. When a hurricane passes…
ISEF · 2014
Systems Software
Hypothesis: If I conduct a polymerase reaction using microsatellite markers, a positive amplification of DNA will suggest the presence of a cold tolerance gene in napiergrass accessions. Pro…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Sooty Mangabeys (SMs), natural hosts of SIV, maintain levels of CD4 T cells and do not progress to AIDS. Rhesus Macaques (RMs) model HIV infection in humans. The purpose of this data collect…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In 2010, the World Health Organization estimated that over 285 million people are considered to be visually impaired. Current techniques that attempt to help these people navigate require ei…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
Solar energy is needed to enhance and sustain the world’s energy needs-both now and in the future. Previous research has shown that CuInS2 quantum dots, miniscule semiconducting nanocrystals…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Today's vast reserves of genetic data necessitates a computational tool which is capable of automatically predicting boundaries of protein-coding regions in the genome. In eukaryotic sequenc…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Nanobiotechnology is a relatively new science field, and today silver nanoparticles are the most common nanoparticles used in industry. Recently, the safety of such materials has been questi…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
As more and more information is discovered about proteins, it becomes necessary to use an appropriate model for the phospholipid bilayer to study the function of intermembrane proteins. Nano…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
This project is the result of experimentation on the effect of mucus of Deroceras reticulatum (slugs) as a deterrent to other slugs from garden Fragaria ananassa (strawberries). The hypothes…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
This experiment was designed to test the effects of miraculin on blood glucose levels when compared to sucrose, saccharin, and aspartame. For four consecutive days, ten test subjects pricked…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) is a bioactive signaling sphingolipid produced by red blood cells and activated platelets. It is a ligand for 5 known G-protein coupled receptors (S1P 1-5) and…