355 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
355 projects · showing 241–270
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics
Voice leading in music is a key element of the Western tradition. It is closely associated with homotopy, the exploration of chordal paths in higher dimensional configuration spaces. Musicia…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Next-generation intracellular delivery solutions are necessary and will provide essential roles in drug therapeutic applications as well as being critical components of genome editing approa…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Oxidative damage in the genome occurs when reactive oxygen species (ROS), a byproduct of metabolism or from exogenous sources, come in contact with DNA. This has been suggested to play a rol…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
In 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster released a considerable amount of radioactive materials into the environment. In the time after the disaster, the government had a deficit of…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Microbial fuel cells (MFC) are a more renewable, cost efficient, and a more effortless form of energy production. MFC take advantage of specific ion producing exoelectrogenic bacteria (G.sul…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Colorectal cancer is the third most common type of cancer in the US. Additionally, early-onset colorectal cancer has been increasing in incidence, unlike most other types of cancer, by about…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry Fourth Award
The native Olympic Oyster, Ostrea lurida, once populated the pays on the Pacific Coast. During the California Gold Rush, these oysters were harvested to the extent that they disappeared from…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This study investigated expression of genes correlated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and dyslexia on the vocal and auditory pathways of a zebra finch, a model for unde…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Iron deficiency-caused anemia is prevalent in the Highlands of Peru because natural sources of iron have been removed from the Peruvian diet due to world economics. Instead of eating iron ri…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software First Award
Medical errors caused by a lack of interoperability between healthcare entities are the third leading cause of deaths in United States, with a reported 250,000 deaths in the past year alone.…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Second Award
With over a billion people affected by lack of access to freshwater, desalination is an important avenue to ameliorate this crisis. Prior research by the author demonstrated the feasibility…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
The goal of this research was to develop an efficient, portable and cheap MFC that utilizes untreated bacteria, found in natural resources, as an energy source. The electrode and carbon spon…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
Western music is based on two concepts – Harmony, which is the simultaneous sounding of multiple notes (chords), and Voice Leading, which is the temporal motion of these notes (voices). The…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
Cancer is among the leading causes of death around the world. Immunotherapies have the potential to improve cancer survival by utilizing the immune system for treatment and reducing radiatio…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Clinical trials of liver-directed gene therapies are rapidly increasing. Though exciting, there are obstacles to overcome. Significant viral injection is necessary to achieve therapeutic lev…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry Fourth Award
Cancer is a leading cause of death and healthcare expenditures globally. In order to grow, cancers circumvent control systems, including the organism’s immune system. Certain cancers achieve…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Fourth Award
The project tests the feasibility of constructing carbon fiber into a chainmail pattern. Designed for motorcycle protective clothing. Carbon fiber mail allows for higher protective levels wi…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
Extensive research is being conducted by space agencies and institutions regarding free-floating microsatellites that originally translated and rotated using thrusters. These microsatellites…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Maintaining a healthy bee population is of vital importance to the sustainability of our planet, as bees are essential for the future of agriculture and the stability of the Earth’s food sup…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
It can be found that lichen are commonly used as bioindicators by scientists in order detect air pollution. This project was targeted at evaluating if lichens can be used as bioindicators ju…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
In the modern age, public-key cryptography has become a vital component for secure online communication. To implement these cryptosystems, rapid primality testing is necessary in order to ge…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Neurogenesis, the proliferation of neural cells in the brain, has been shown to correlate with higher rates of epileptogenesis (the progression of epilepsy in the brain). It has been shown t…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software Fourth Award
285 million people worldwide live with a visual impairment that prevents them from basic access to written or virtual materials. Current braille code standards such as Unified English Braill…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Due to population growth, urban areas in Oregon have been expanding, leading to increases in impervious surfaces and net losses in wetlands, riparian vegetation, and forestation in the North…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
In the digital age, more and more data needs to be transmitted securely, making cryptographic functions increasingly important. At the basis of all cryptographic functions is a pseudo-random…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical Second Award
Energy is a necessity for civilization. This project focused on a vision to expand and redefine what energy infrastructure is. The design criteria of sustainability, renewability, and access…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This year, an estimated 19,950 people in the United States will be diagnosed with AML, the second most common leukemia. A protein called BCL2 inhibits apoptosis (programmed cell death) among…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
My school, Cascades Academy, has a sister school in Peru named Casa Chapi. The students at this school struggle with anemia, which is not surprising considering that the World Health Organiz…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences First Award
From the 1940’s, radionuclides were widely dispersed in the environment from atmospheric nuclear testing and reactor waste. Since, environmental radioactive monitoring systems have been sign…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology Second Award
UV light induces damage in DNA, resulting in skin diseases such as cancer for millions of people every year. Alternative DNA repair pathways include base excision repair (BER) and nucleotide…