Behavioral and Social Sciences
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) affects over ten million people in the U.S. yet less than 4% of people diagnosed were prescribed a medication approved by the FDA. In fact, the few medications app…
Physics and Astronomy
The advent of space telescopes such as TESS and Kepler has led to transit photometry becoming the most prolific method for finding exoplanets. However, it tends to have a bias towards short…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Tinnitus is the perception of sound that has no source outside of the head and, as presently understood, lacks any universally accepted quantifiability. Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) oft…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Second Award
Humans have propelled Earth into its sixth mass extinction, wiping out hundreds of species and pushing hundreds more to the brink. To repopulate the at-risk, legislation, such as the U.S End…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Activating mutations of JAK2V617F are present in the majority of patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), diseases that are at significant risk of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) tran…
Biomedical Engineering
Third Award
Electrocardiograms (ECGs) are the fundamental tool to diagnose the leading cause of death globally–cardiovascular disease. Cardiac signals inputted into computerized algorithms can exploit E…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Power grids, while necessary for the distribution of power billions rely on, face a growing number of threats from climate change and aging infrastructure. There is a strong need for a bette…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fourth Award
Every year, the human population discharges more than 30,000 kg of steroidal estrogens while livestock contributes close to 83,000 kg. Estradiol, a steroidal estrogen, is a prominent water c…
Translational Medical Science
Third Award
Developing clinical Nuclear-factor-kappa-B ( NF-?B) inhibitors persists as an unresolved challenge due to the duality of NF-?B. NF-?B activity in T-cells exerts a protective effect by stimul…
Animal Sciences
The effects of social conditions on gene expression in Harpegnathos Saltator were analyzed to provide a better understanding of caste plasticity and reproductive potential in these ants. As…
Microbiology
Third Award
Francisella tularensis is a gram-negative, highly infectious bacterium. It is the causative agent of the disease tularemia, which suppresses and evades intracellular innate immune responses.…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The eye makes movements when attempting to see a target: the most common movements are saccades and fixational movements are microsaccades and tremor. These three types of movements have cor…
Chemistry
Third Award
Macrocycles are increasingly studied in supramolecular host-guest chemistry due, in part, to their molecular recognition and binding capabilities. Herein, a computational study which employe…
Physics and Astronomy
In this off-world research environment construction “proof of concept” demonstration, lower-cost consumer-grade Oculus Quest virtual reality (VR) hardware employing affordable Spatial metave…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
CRISPR/Cas9 is a revolutionary gene-editing technology that has been widely utilized in biology, biotechnology, and medicine. CRISPR/Cas9 editing outcomes depend on local DNA sequences at th…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Cubesats are very small spacecraft in low Earth orbit. If a cubesat has propulsion on board it probably uses non-renewable fuel sources. I have designed and am developing a more efficient pr…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Third Award
This paper presents the mechanical design and control of a three degree of freedom (DoF) ball joint module suitable for use in COVID swabbing robots and surgical robots. A prototype iteratio…
Physics and Astronomy
Quantum teleportation has the potential to revolutionize cybersecurity and digital communications by enabling completely secure communication. This phenomenon relies on entanglement, one of…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Fourth Award
The practice of redlining, which gave rise to the racial segregation of American cities, has significantly contributed to the structural, institutional, and systemic racism apparent in today…
Plant Sciences
Second Award
Martian agriculture may be the most cost-effective means to develop a sustainable human life support system on Mars by employing in-situ resource utilization to convert atmospheric CO2 into…
Environmental Engineering
Since their invention decades ago, single-use plastics have shaped the way people live. However, in recent years, light has been shed on the dangers they pose to marine ecosystems due to rel…
Translational Medical Science
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus that has been declared a global pandemic since March 2020. Reverse transcription polymerase chain react…
Translational Medical Science
Acute Myeloid Leukemia, or AML, is a malignant disorder of the bone marrow in which myeloid blasts engulf the bone marrow. To diagnose AML, physicians observe blast cell counts in the marrow…
Animal Sciences
Controlling gastrointestinal nematodes in goats is one of the greatest challenges facing goat farmers, and the issue is only rising due to the prevalence of anthelmintic resistance in parasi…
Environmental Engineering
Global water pollution and unsustainable energy production are growing and harmful issues. This study aimed to create a solution to these problems, allowing them to abet each other through e…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
First Award
Wildlife poaching of endangered species such as elephants in Africa has become a biodiversity crisis, which has also been highlighted by the United Nations Sustainable Development Biodiversi…
Plant Sciences
Fourth Award
It is predicted that fresh water scarcity will affect over half of the global population as a consequence of continued population growth, increasing industry, and global warming. Research ha…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Japanese Stiltgrass (Microstegium Vimineum) is an invasive C4 annual grass that is currently depleting resources in deciduous forest ecosystems across eastern North America. The purpose of t…
Animal Sciences
Sex differences in the brain can be seen in the behavior of rodent species in approaches towards mating, acts of aggression, and parenting, which are regulated by gonadal sex hormones. Devel…
Mathematics
Fourth Award
The question of the existence and uniqueness of integers is one of the oldest and most fundamental questions in mathematics. Studied by mathematicians such as Euler, Fermat, and Dedekind sin…