852 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
852 projects · showing 781–810
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Lung cancer is a global health problem with 71% of its patients terminally diagnosed (American Cancer Society). The therapeutic potential of two estrogen receptor (ER) beta agonists (s-Equol…
ISEF · 2015
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of the experiment is to determine if the chemical Taurine repairs or prevents neurodegeneration in the chemosensory neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans, which can be correlated to…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Overbidding has been a concern among bidders since the beginning of auctions, but it has been difficult to quantify since overbidding is defined relative to one’s subjective valuation. Howev…
ISEF · 2015
Rare earth materials such as neodymium are used in permanent magnets that are employed in wind turbine generators; a 6 MW wind turbine uses about 3600 kg of neodymium! Recently, there has be…
ISEF · 2015
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) refers to a group of factors that increase the risk to various health problems; these risk factors include abdominal obesity that is associated with low-grade infla…
ISEF · 2015
The main objective of this experiment was to determine whether methods of phytoremediation could decrease the levels of radon found in different soil samples. Phytoremediation techniques use…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
The purpose of this experiment is to find a way to provide a constant supply of electrical power to a cardiac pacemaker utilizing cardiac and pulmonary motions in conjunction with piezoelect…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
This experiment pioneered a technique to locate the descent velocity at which an unmanned aeronautical vehicle (UAV) is susceptible to vortex ring state (VRS). VRS forms when a rotorcraft de…
ISEF · 2015
This experiment’s goal is to investigate feasible methods for the removal of common water contaminates (copper, barium and zinc) and determine which is most effective. Solving this problem w…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
Nearly 1 million deaths a year are attributable to drinking polluted water. Currently a filter with the goal of removing heavy metals and bacteria does not exist. This study shows promise as…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The purpose of this experiment was to characterize a newly discovered ultrastable silver nanoparticle. Silver is known to be susceptible to oxidation while metals such as gold and platinum a…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
Uniquely shaped leading and trailing edges of owl primary wing feathers allow owls to fly silently. Aircraft propeller blades can potentially be modified with this design to reduce noise. My…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if by increasing the mass of algal species in different containers filled with contaminated water, there would be a significant decrease conce…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science Fourth Award
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a growing problem worldwide and has no treatment. Tau protein misfolding is linked to AD. Tau is an intrinsically disordered protein, hence natively unfolded in s…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
Trees have evolved for millions of years in their light gathering capability. This can be quantified utilizing the Fibonacci sequence, a mathematical description of the sequencing of the lim…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science First Award
The widespread use of CNTs in aquatic devices has led to an alarming amount of CNTs entering aquatic ecosystems. Due to their relatively new introduction, researchers have only been working…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
The egg timer test is a novel test that allows women to know how fast their biological clock is ticking. The test measures anti-Mullerian Hormone/Mullerian inhibiting substance (AMH/MIS), a…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the virus that causes the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), affects more than 1.7 million Americans. This infection results in progressive failu…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
As antibiotic resistance becomes an increasing issue, the need for a non-antibiotic solution increases. Recent papers indicated that high frequency AC currents were safe and applicable in vi…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
The first year's study involved the invention of a novel concentration cell with a single-liquid compartment for green energy harvesting. This year's goal was to improve the performance of t…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Targeting cyclin E: The application of an antibody that targets cyclin E seems like a viable option in this approach. To utilize anti-cyclin E antibodies to target the cyclin E expressed in…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Damage to mitochondrial DNA is correlated with a wide array of diseases, such as diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and aging. MtDNA can be depleted experimentally by treating cells with ethi…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
About 600,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year. Atherosclerosis (the deposition of fatty plaques in the arteries) is the underlying cause of heart disease, and cop…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death world-wide. Coronary CT angiography (CTA) provides a noninvasive method for diagnosing CAD by creating 3D data of the heart. Detec…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
Although fossil fuels have the capacity to power the Earth for decades, solar energy is an essential, environmentally friendly form of renewable energy that can supplement fossil fuel energy…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this experiment was to determine which pattern, if any, was the optimal design to minimize eddy current propagation in silver tubing for nuclear microprobes. This experiment h…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
The main objective of this experiment was to determine whether temperature affects the rate of decay of an alpha particle resulting in radioactivity. During the research it was learned that…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this project is to find out how electromagnetic radiation and the ionization of air affect a plant’s growth and seed germination. If the plants are exposed to electromagnetic…
ISEF · 2014
Systems Software Third Award
Algae are one of the most promising sources of biofuels because of their environmental sustainability, and the direct use of algal lipids as fuels. Conventional methods of extracting these l…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Enzymes play a vital role in the human body. One most notably, in the digestive system, where they digest any starch you had previously consumed. Which lends itself to the problem, what woul…