237 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
237 projects · showing 151–180
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry Fourth Award
The opioid epidemic has reached alarming levels and was declared a national public health emergency. Use of street available opioids such as heroin have doubled and deaths from overdose have…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Wildfires have become increasingly frequent and severe due to global climatic change, demanding improved methodologies for wildfire modeling. Traditionally, wildfires are assessed through po…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Mechanisms involved in neuromuscular junction (NMJ) morphogenesis and active zone (AZ)-GluR receptor alignment are an active field of research in Drosophila neuroscience. I investigated four…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this project is to test if Glycine max can withstand a flood for a longer duration with the addition of Oscillatoria. If Oscillatoria is added to submerged Glycine max, then t…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
Sustainable agriculture is more than a catchy phrase; it is the natural law approach to feeding mankind in the future without stripping the earth of its natural resources. The purpose of thi…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy First Award
Collective motion has attracted increasing interest in recent years as it is observed in a wide variety of applications such as the flocking behavior of birds or self-assembling nanoparticle…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Azo dyes are commonly used in the textile industry, and are a major constituent of textile factory waste. However, azo-linkages remain non biodegradable, and are highly toxic, linked the neu…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems
The purpose of this experiment was to create a fully functional 3D Persistence of Vision display. The goal was to create a 3D POV display capable of displaying anything the user chooses in e…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is an incurable, progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the intracellular accumulation of alpha-synuclein (aSyn). aSyn oligomers have been implicate…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology Fourth Award
Bacterial meningitis is the inflammation of the meninges and subarachnoid cerebrospinal fluid caused by bacterial infection. E. coli K1 is a major cause of neonatal meningitis, which has bee…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Water pollution is a serious health and environmental issue which affects over 1/3 of the global population. In previous work, graphene oxide (GO) was synthesized and coated on sand. The ver…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics Third Award
From the world wide web to social networks, big data often take the form of graphs. It is important to be able to generate realistic random graphs in order to analyze the properties of real…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
The objectives of this project were to determine the general response of vegetation to drought conditions; to test whether moisture deficiency was the limiting factor for vegetation growth i…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), a grade IV astrocytoma, has an elevated level of hTERT. Ad-TERT, a promising oncolytic adenovirus type 5 variant where E1A regulating components have been repl…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences Third Award
Second-generation biofuels, which involve the conversion of waste products such as agricultural and paper waste into ethanol-based sources, present a promising environmentally-friendly alter…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy
Recent concerns on potential harmful effects of non-ionizing or radio frequency electromagnetic frequency (EMF) emissions from wireless communication devices, creates the need to (a) verify…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical
Demand for portable power continues to grow along with its corresponding environmental impact as Americans throw away more than three billion batteries or roughly 180,000 tons of battery was…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
Bisphenol A (BPA), an environmental pollutant and ubiquitous endocrine disruptor, is associated with obesity, cancer, and childhood neurological disorders. Because BPA has similar structure…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Effects of Low Levels of Radiation on Phyasrum polycephalum LEVI HRABOS, Northwestern High School, Kokomo, Indiana, 46901 The purpose of running these experiments was to determine the ef…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences First Award
The purpose is to determine if mycorrhizal fungi can protect corn plants from corn smut infections. If corn smut is exposed to the symbiotic relationships between corn plants and various myc…
ISEF · 2016
An algae bloom is when a body of water is covered with algae and the water is choked from oxygen, light is blocked, and photosynthesis is prevented. This is an effect from very serious water…
ISEF · 2016
At the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, there exists a supermassive black hole. What is the exact location of this black hole and can its position be discovered based on the locations of the…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical Engineering
Cisplatin and carboplatin are two platinum based chemotherapeutics. Carboplatin was devised to be more effective than cisplatin without the harmful side effects. However, the efficacy rates…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
Acne vulgaris is a common inflammatory disorder of the pilosebaceous unit with both physical and psychological ramifications. It is widely accepted that both Propionibacterium acnes and Stap…
ISEF · 2016
From the world wide web to social networks, big data often take the form of graphs. It is important to be able to generate realistic random graphs in order to analyze the properties of real…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
A major concern during winter is the ability to travel safely on roadways during inclement weather. Do you know which product melts more ice from roadways, keeps the roads clear from ice the…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Cryo Electron Microscopy (Cryo-EM) is a method used to determine the structure of macromolecules. Cryo-EM is used for complexes that are 250kDa or larger and now it is possible to analyze a…
ISEF · 2016
Lithium Ion Batteries have been taken for granted as of late. This project aims to understand and change the way lithium-ion is used to better sustain the usefulness of batteries. Lithium Io…
ISEF · 2016
Microbeads were found in the Great Lakes and studies show how marine life, such as zooplankton, are mistaking them for food, and how the microbeads are potentially harming them. Organisms ca…
ISEF · 2016
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) provides the chemical energy needed in most biological processes from metabolic reactions to cellular mechanics. ATP consists of an adenine ring, a ribose sugar,…