104 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
104 projects · showing 61–90
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effectiveness of Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma (Western Cottonmouth), Crotalus atrox (Western Diamondback Rattlesnake), and Disphol…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry
The Berkeley Pit was once an open pit mine, but today it is a highly acidic and toxic lake. The Berkeley Pit is home to many different species of extremophilic fungi. These fungi have develo…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
Glyphosate is a systemic herbicide that is absorbed through foliage and is translocated via the phloem throughout the plant following absorption through the leaf tissues. Most commonly, Glyp…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
During the previous year’s experimentation, it was found that Pinus ponderosae infested with Dendroctonus ponderosa was able to be turned into a feasible bio-oil through the use of liquefact…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
More than 98% of the human genome is defined as non-coding DNA. Many of these noncoding elements are simply remnants of ancient genetic material, but studies indicate that 5% of the genome i…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of my project is to find out what must be done to get the strongest and largest quantity of hydrogen gas out of my generator as possible. The generator will be used to run an eng…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
In essentially all organisms, aggression is a behavior that provides not only benefits, such as access to resources and mates, but also risks such as injury. While research has identified ne…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Neuroblastoma is a lethal and commonly metastatic childhood cancer that arises when neural crest cells fail to differentiate properly during embryonic development. A group of cell-signaling…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In the 1900’s silver was used extensively as an antimicrobial agent. When antibiotics were developed, they became very popular and silver as an antibacterial decreased. This research is re-e…
ISEF · 2016
This experiment was conducted to prove that slime mold is capable of decision-making, similar to a computer. The slime mold underwent various tests that could closely relate to the decision…
ISEF · 2016
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is an actively researched disease since the underlying cause is still unknown. After a substantial loss of dopaminergic neurons in the brain a patient will experienc…
ISEF · 2016
I investigated how to determine indecomposable matrices in SL(n, Z) (where Z is the set of all positive integers including zero) and attempted a generalization for n dimensions. Simply put,…
ISEF · 2016
Biochemistry
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium (HWE), which defines genetic equilibrium in a population, is fundamental for studies in population genetics. Deviations from HWE, or changes in allele frequency in…
ISEF · 2016
Deep space exploration requires that food will need to be grown/ harvested on board the spacecraft. Storage space is minimal and would not accommodate the amount of food required for the dur…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this project was to determine the most effective method of remediation for blowback water from hydraulic fracturing. We tested two different methods of remediation; sand filtr…
ISEF · 2016
Climate change has been altering the atmosphere. Signs of climate change can be seen in the temperature lapse rate, radiation, ultraviolet light, and barometric pressure levels of the lower…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Neuroblastoma is a highly lethal childhood cancer that derives from incorrectly differentiated stem-cell-like neural crest cells. Cell signaling appears to be crucial for neuroblastoma regul…
ISEF · 2016
Phylogenetic trees of evolutionary relationships are vital to understanding evolution. Phylogenetic tree inference involves the construction of a multiple sequence alignment, which itself de…
ISEF · 2016
This year the purpose of the experiment was to determine if there is indeed a Halocline occurring in the water just below the ice formed on a body of water and, if so, the structure of such…
ISEF · 2016
As the search for a cleaner source of energy continues, bio-oil has shown to be an attractive alternative to fossil fuels. Bio-oil is a liquid fuel made from biomass, or organic matter deriv…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if we could engineer a PLA filament 3D printed scaphoid bone that could be used as a bone replacement. We printed five bones at low, medium, a…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Environmental DNA (eDNA) is a highly promising field of survey science that hasn't been fully explored on mammalian species. The river otter species (Lontra canadensis), is a prime candidate…
ISEF · 2015
Our purpose was to determine if falling numbers had any impact on germination rate in spring wheat and Kamut samples. Falling number is the internationally recognized standard for determinin…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
Minerva is a cutting-edge telescope array focused on the detection of exoplanets in the habitable zone of their stars. The first objective in the fledgling stages of this array is to perform…
ISEF · 2015
Mycobacteriophages are Viruses that infect Mycobacterium smegmatis. Iron doped Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles can increase Mycobacteriophage Oliver Walter's Infection of Mycobacterium smegmati…
ISEF · 2015
Caenorhabditis elegans hermaphrodites seed stem cells of their germlines to reproduce. The proliferation of these stem cells is controlled in a large part by the FBF genes (fbf-1 and fbf-2).…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this experiment is to determine if bone char can successfully remediate water contaminated with arsenic, cadmium, copper, zinc, or a combination thereof. If bone char effectiv…
ISEF · 2015
This study examined potential environmental factors leading to the depletion of biodiversity of organisms due to a mine tailings spill. Collections of water, soil, and macroinvertebrates wer…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
With cell phone use becoming ubiquitous in the academic lives of teenagers, high school students use their cell phones for social connection in a multitasking way while studying and doing ho…
ISEF · 2015
Problem Statement Is there a way to eliminate contaminants from a body of water such as Benton Lake by utilizing the simple yet effective methods of my previous two years of experimentation?…