952 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
952 projects · showing 121–150
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
Parkinson's disease (PD), the second most common and fastest-growing neurodegenerative disorder affecting over 10 million people worldwide, is characterized by progressive neurodegeneration…
ISEF · 2025
Mathematics
For the last 20 years, many researchers have explored divisibility properties of integer sequences arising from combinatorial structures. In particular, binomial coefficients have been the s…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
Dark matter is theorized to comprise a fundamental component of the universe, but it has not been detected or identified. Detecting dark matter would advance our knowledge of the universe an…
ISEF · 2025
Mathematics
To improve artificial vision systems, human vision should be better understood. Many aspects of human vision are tuned to the characteristics of its natural inputs. These characteristics inc…
ISEF · 2025
Chemistry
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are synthetic chemicals widely used in consumer products like non-stick cookware and food packaging since the 1950s. Due to their strong carbon-flu…
ISEF · 2025
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Nearly 1 in 8 people in the U.S. suffer from movement disorders, significantly impacting their quality of life. Neuromuscular disabilities cost the healthcare system $420 billion annually. D…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a betaherpesvirus that is typically latent in a human host, but presents dangerously in immunocompromised patient populations. CMV primary infection or reactivation…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software
Quantum Machine Learning (QML) addresses complex machine learning problems that deal with intricate relationships in complex datasets. When applied to real world datasets however, translatin…
ISEF · 2025
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Electric vehicles solve for fossil fuel-induced environmental damage, but 70% of consumers cite limited battery capacity as a major drawback. Replacing traditional graphite anodes with silic…
ISEF · 2025
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Mental health disease is a global public-health epidemic affecting 1.88 billion people worldwide. Nature deprivation (ND) exacerbates this issue by increasing anxiety by 38%, depression by 3…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
Anthropogenic noise masks avian acoustic communication, leading to decreased reproductive success and delayed territorial defense behaviors. To compensate for acoustic masking, birds can adj…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
Animal behavioral research often grapples with identifying subtle movement patterns, integrating multiple behavioral metrics, and mitigating observer bias. My project presents a novel, acces…
ISEF · 2025
Behavioral and Social Sciences
As reading habits among U.S. students decline, various interventions have been proposed, yet many overlook the role of economic conditions on reading behavior. This research investigated how…
ISEF · 2025
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis follows a pattern of selective vulnerability, defined by varying levels of neurodegeneration across brain regions and neuronal populations. While the me…
ISEF · 2025
Biochemistry
Hyperactive Wnt signalling causes over 90% of colorectal and 50% of breast cancers. It is driven by excessive nuclear translocation of mutant ß-catenin (ArmS10 in Drosophila), yet the exact…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cardiac complications associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection include arrhythmias, myocarditis, and heart failure. However, the pathogenesis underlying COVID-19-induced cardiac dysfunction rema…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical and Health Sciences
COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, has been associated with a range of cardiovascular complications, including arrhythmias and cardiomyopathy. This study investigates how the SARS-CoV-2 spike p…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Affecting approximately one in every 1000 babies born in the U.S., congenital hydrocephalus (CH) is the abnormal build-up of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the ventricles of the brain. CH resu…
ISEF · 2025
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations model how proteins change conformation during key processes like folding and substrate binding. However, simulating every atom, as is done in all-atom sim…
ISEF · 2025
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The study of linguistics, specifically that of perception and production of non-native languages, helps researchers better understand language learning mechanisms. By utilizing uncommonly sp…
ISEF · 2025
Microbiology
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is an inhibitory neurotransmitter essential for stress regulation, mood stability, and anxiety reduction. Dietary factors such as artificial and flavors have b…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
This study investigates the potential effects of hunting on the length of bison (Bison bison) bellows, a guttural vocalization which is essential to male-male competition and therefore femal…
ISEF · 2025
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Toxic methylmercury (MeHg) readily crosses the blood brain and placental barriers, leading to developmental delays and neurological issues particularly with in utero exposure. Upon exposure,…
ISEF · 2025
Materials Science
Mechanical recovery oil spill cleanup methods are unable to clean oil that sinks below the surface, and other methods can cause more pollution (in-situ burning). A method that is environment…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
The introduction of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) to habitats of the North American river otter has had a profound impact. Exposure to dangerously high levels of these EDCs has led t…
ISEF · 2025
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Chromosomal rearrangements caused by mobile transposons (TEs) are implicated in human cancers and neurological disorders. The Ac element of the Ac(Activator)/Ds(Dissociation) TE system, foun…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Pediatric sarcomas comprise approximately 10% of childhood solid tumors, with metastatic disease yielding survival rates as low as 20-25%. Despite many efforts, advancements in survival outc…
ISEF · 2025
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
This project explores how piezoelectricity in electric vehicle tires can generate energy and how different road conditions impact output. Climate change is an ongoing issue, and piezoelectri…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Acres burned by U.S wildfires have increased since the 1980s, due to warmer temperatures. Over 7 million acres have burned per year in the past 20 years (NOAA). Wildfire plays an integral ro…
ISEF · 2025
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Marginalization of historically disadvantaged communities manifests in academia through inequitable funding structures. Scientists identifying as members of minority groups face greater diff…