Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Fourth Award
Aging studies can sustain longer lives with reduced periods of disability, and genetics is a powerful tool for understanding the underlying mechanisms of aging. As part of the complicated ag…
Microbiology
Fourth Award
Bats, like bees, are a keystone species benefiting the environment and saving farmers billions of dollars in chemicals. However, since 2006, millions of bats in North America have died of a…
Translational Medical Science
More than 70 countries approve the consumption of artificial sweeteners (Ogungbemi et al., 2019). People, including pregnant women, regularly consume artificial sweeteners to substitute suga…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
As our country grows to the top obesity rates, the foods we deem healthy for us could potentially be harmful due to genetic modifications (GM) and chemicals used to create larger tastier foo…
Chemistry
This study utilized cellulosic fibers derived from organic waste materials to synthesize a biodegradable and inexpensive alternative to the traditional lithium ion battery. Recent developmen…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
There have been increasing concerns about global warming caused by greenhouse gases, particularly CO2 emissions from industry. The manufacturing of cement products accounts for approximately…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Second Award
Tauopathies are a group of progressive disorders that are characterized when a protein, called tau, builds up significantly in an individual's brain. New breakthrough research has demonstrat…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Alcohol addiction is a significant societal problem negatively impacting millions of people. Understanding the underlying mechanisms of addiction will aid efforts to provide care and a cure…
Mathematics
Matrix multiplication is the fundamental building block of machine learning. All neural networks, when being trained, use matrix multiplication. However, multiplying a significantly large nu…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
As a result of Cu-based agrochemicals and the progression of industrialization, the toxic ion Cu2+'s concentration is predicted to increase by more than 50% by the end of this century (Rehme…
Embedded Systems
Third Award
The quality and taste of a watermelon mainly depend on its ripeness degree. As the watermelon ripens, the redness of its inner flesh increases, while the thickness of the outer rind shrinks.…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Aerospace is an increasingly important industry. Advances in technology, along with new prospects to explore space, expand scientific knowledge, find new resources, and boost the economy, ha…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
This experiment aims to see the connection between genes downregulated by the Forkhead Box O1 protein (FOXO1) in skeletal myocytes and breast cancer. FOXO1 is observed to be significantly up…
Microbiology
This experiment used a glow powder to show the way germs spread through direct contact with the help of a black light. This product was placed on the teachers hands and the teacher interacte…
Plant Sciences
Approximately 40% of all agricultural production is lost due to pests. HR4 (HOMOLOG OF RPW8 4) confers resistance to Myzus persicae, more commonly known as the green peach aphid (GPA), which…
Microbiology
Almost 10 million cancer-related deaths occur every year, with costs totaling $208.9 billion. Chemotherapy, the currently accepted treatment for cancer, causes significant economic losses, a…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Oil spills have become a major problem in waterways around the world, more specifically, the Gulf of Mexico. With increasing risks and effects, the necessity of oil containment has become a…
Biochemistry
Since an effective and reliable antiviral drug against COVID-19 (caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus) has not been developed, research on novel therapeutic targets is crucial. The RdRp protein of…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
First Award
Suicide is the second leading cause of death for teenagers. Depressed teens feel obligated to deal with these serious issues by themselves to avoid burdening those around them and keep quiet…
Embedded Systems
Third Award
Globally, 250 million people have visual impairment, and many are unable to move around safely without human assistance due to the complexity of finding pathways, avoiding obstacles, risk of…
Environmental Engineering
Third Award
Due to its toxic effects, such as heart, neurological, and skin diseases, elevated arsenic in water/soil is the 6th leading cause of nonaccidental death globally. While arsenic filtration te…
Plant Sciences
The wavelength and intensity of light regulates the growth and development of plants and influences their physiology and morphology both above and below the ground. To study the effects of l…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
For various biomedical applications, biosensors are particularly important and can be introduced via photonic optical microlasers. In the past, such sensing systems have been created using b…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Antibiotic-resistant diseases, orphan diseases, and disease outbreaks are the cause of millions of deaths annually. Inefficient treatment of these diseases, alongside other diseases, contrib…
Embedded Systems
Fourth Award
Computer processing speed has historically followed a trend of exponential improvement. This phenomenon is explained by Moore’s Law, which states that the number of transistors in a microchi…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The central idea behind the experiment and research was to discover which soil treatment that can be made or easily obtained from home will help with plant growth, both mass and height when…
Materials Science
Material fabrication is an inherently irreversible process, with only a limited number of elements available for use and finite reservoirs of these elements on Earth. Programmable matter, an…
Mathematics
With over 400 million annual infections ranging over the Americas, Asia, and Africa, dengue fever is classified as the disease most frequently transmitted by mosquitoes. Proper medication fo…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Second Award
In a standard silicon solar cell, the photovoltaic effect generates excited electrons which are transported to the surface of the cell. The problem of collecting these excited charges from t…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Light pollution disrupts diurnal light cycles that insect orders such as Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) adapted to over generations as a cue to time important life events like metamorph…