136 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
136 projects · showing 31–60
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Planaria dorotocephala are flatworms that live in freshwater. Planarian have the ability to regenerate when injured or cut in half. Using FeHEDTA, a commercial herbicide, we tested if herbic…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Which variable will have the highest impact on increasing the effectiveness of antibiotics? Our goal was to find ways to increase antibiotic effectiveness. The real root of the issue is bact…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Every year, nearly ? of America’s food is wasted and thrown away. Out of the 500+ metric tons of food wasted each year, a growing majority is due to bacteria growth or the produce spoiling.…
ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this experiment is to see how a pupil reacts to emotional stimulation. I hypothesized that a pupil reacts by dilation to nonverbal emotional stimuli. The participants sat in f…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences
When consumers go to the store, they are guided to the prettiest, reddest cut. After a few days, the meat's color can darken and turn brown, which is not ideal for a consumer. Synthetic anti…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
As global warming presents a long-term challenge to the Earth and aerospace organizations continuously expand efforts to explore and colonize other planets, the need for an effective means t…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology
Urinary tract infections are among the most common infections seen in clinics. Females are much more sensitive to UTIs compared to males. Antibiotic and disinfectant resistance patterns have…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Solar panels are outside in any weather that may face them. The goal of my project is to keep solar panels clean in most conditions and to improve the energy output of the system. A summary…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Objective: The severity of global warming impact is often masked by ‘average’ numbers. This project measures the extremes of climate change, and identifies geographic areas where: - Temperat…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Welding has a history that dates to the Bronze age, with several millennia of practice and tradition. Modern infrastructure is based on iron and steel and having talented tradesmen to assemb…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Alzheimers, a degenerative brain disorder, affected 6.1 million Americans in 2021. This debilitating disease is affecting more individuals each year. It disrupts an individual's cognitive ab…
ISEF · 2022
Mathematics
A mathematical model was created to explore the possibilities of balancing government financial debt caused by distributing stimulus checks (ERF) through the creation of the Emergency Saving…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Since the earliest alchemists claimed to turn lead into gold, there have been inventors that have discovered free energy or a system to harvest energy for seemingly nothing. The “Blackbird”…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Many people in today’s society refuse to drink tap water due to the components in it. In order to battle this, water filters are used to clean the water. The commercial filters claim their p…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of this project was to test the effects of plastic waste as a concrete additive. The research question was: How will mixing plastic into concrete affect the concrete's strength?…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fresh water is of vital importance to farmers, but nowadays, unpredictable weather patterns and extended drought threaten food producers' access to an adequate supply. One solution in combat…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This project studied the correlation between learning styles, personality traits, and high school GPA. It aimed to provide a guide to make learning more efficient by taking advantage of one'…
ISEF · 2021
Systems Software
Covid-19 or the novel Coronavirus is a highly contagious disease, which has swept across the world as a pandemic. It has a high impact on the public's psychology. In this work, we primarily…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
Climate change is an area of growing concern that threatens the earth as a whole. Due to an excess production of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere, the difference in pressure encou…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
For years, track coaches have insisted that runners put their hands on their head because this was the recognized best recovery position. Recent studies done by Western Washington University…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a human pathogen and a leading cause of death in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. This bacterium is well-known for its antibiotic-resistance, including the “last reso…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
This project aims to produce and test a prototype aid in water conservation within a domestic, consumer context. A specialized recirculating faucet system was built using direct filtration t…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering
Insufficient lubrication of cartilage, a protective layer of joints, is one of the leading causes of osteoarthritis (OA). Thus, improving cartilage lubrication is a promising approach to hea…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences
In a society that is become increasingly dependent on technology, the negative implications of this increasing dependence can often be overshadowed by the benefits technology provides us. "D…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
This project in its present form is the result of extensive research about the effects of using plastic water bottles and using spherification to hold in water. The initial idea was to find…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
What is the optimal amount of water for the maximum launch height of a compressed-air bottle rocket? A model was calculated to find the maximum velocity rockets would go using equations of a…
ISEF · 2021
Materials Science
Petroleum-based single-use plastic food packaging is currently one of the largest contributors to global plastic pollution, causing widespread environmental problems. Bioplastics are polymer…
ISEF · 2021
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of this project is to provide an innovative solution to the use of thermochromic paint in all facets of everyday life, but specifically roofing. With this use of thermochromic po…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
The goal of this research was to demonstrate that Biphasic CO2 is a viable alternative to liquid coolants used in subtractive manufacturing, in all ways: health, environmentally, and functio…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
Sucralose is a non-nutritive sweetener heavily marketed in commercial foods and beverages which is mixed with maltodextrin and widely distributed a well know sugar substitute. Sucralose is m…