365 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
365 projects · showing 271–300
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Neurodegenerative diseases and central nervous system (CNS) injuries are characterized by cerebral atrophy and neuronal circuitry abnormalities. Neural stem cell (NSC) transplantation is of…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical and Health Sciences
A concern with violent video game play is that they may increase aggression. I used alternating bilateral sound stimulation (ABSS) to try and decrease ANS arousal, aggression, negative affec…
ISEF · 2016
The wing configuration of an airplane affects the airplane’s flight characteristics. The purpose of the experiment was to compare the lift, drag, efficiency, and stall characteristics of a c…
ISEF · 2016
Air pollution must be measured so that its sources can be remediated. The AtmoSniffer provides measurements during pollution events. Its sensors are sensitive to five of the EPA primary poll…
ISEF · 2016
Many people would like their home to be quieter, but few people are willing and capable of paying the high price tag for professional soundproofing materials. I set out to see how well other…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of the experiment was to investigate and describe average stress levels, most common causes and effects of stress, trends in stress over time, and methods of stress management do…
ISEF · 2016
The largest contributor to global warming is the presence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, vehicle exhaust is responsible for over 30% o…
ISEF · 2016
Plastic bottles, bags, milk jugs, and Styrofoam are four of the top ten most common items found in landfills. This is problematic because items made of these plastics take the longest to dec…
ISEF · 2016
Escherichia coli (E. coli) is one of the main contaminants in water, resulting in deaths all around the world. Easily made water filters made from common materials are needed to filter out E…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
The next generation of cancer drug therapeutics involve molecular targets to replace antiquated methods of treatment such as chemotherapy and radiation. Previous studies have shown the prote…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer and its incidence has significantly increased in the past decade. Inherited mutations in CDKN2A, which encodes the p16 tumor suppressor, pr…
ISEF · 2016
This research tested the accuracy of light curve analysis in creating three dimensional (3D) models of asteroids. The hypothesis states the basic shape of the model is accurate when inverted…
ISEF · 2016
Sustainable battery innovation is crucial for meeting increasing energy demands. Redesigning battery liquid electrolytes into solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) can drastically improve safety…
ISEF · 2016
Antennae possessing arthropods have evolved to involuntarily move in the opposite direction of a stimulated antenna, normally allowing the organism to move away from obstacles. We take advan…
ISEF · 2016
High altitude balloon research conducted by universities and government research teams like NOAA and the EPA are expensive projects. The total equipment value for an average flight exceeds $…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical Engineering
This research sought to determine a relationship between the force exerted on the thoracic region by a sports bra and the lung function of the wearer. This query was inspired by high school…
ISEF · 2016
As a reaction to Behind the Beautiful Forevers, a narrative chronicling the lack of sanitation in Mumbai slums, I engineered RainCloud, a financially feasible water conserving hand sanitatio…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award
Heavy metals are increasingly found in drinking water worldwide from road, mining, agriculture and factory runoff. The heavy metals arsenic, cadmium, copper and lead are carcinogenic and cau…
ISEF · 2016
Nutrient pollution is a widespread and serious contamination issue that occurs when excess aqueous phosphate causes severe algal growth, which curtails dissolved oxygen in freshwater bodies…
ISEF · 2016
Current methods of data transfer are limited by speed-of-light transmission delays, a problem for interplanetary communications and other applications. The possibility of communication via l…
ISEF · 2016
Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPRs) are genetic elements that function with CRISPR-Associated (Cas) proteins to cleave genes. The CRISPR-dCas9 system is modif…
ISEF · 2016
Previous research has shown evidence that Elderberry (Sambuscus) has synergistic effects against bacterias when used with Chloramphenicol, Ampicillin, and Trimethoprim. This study is an atte…
ISEF · 2016
Data coincidences are an important aspect of our digital age. An example of this is the US No Fly List. Over 90,000 names are on the No Fly List. Given that more than 8 million people fly ea…
ISEF · 2016
Reducing the concentration of anthropogenic carbon in our atmosphere is the purpose of my prototype design. My focus for this year is to automate the last step of this process, which require…
ISEF · 2016
Antibacterial toothpastes are widely used, likely due to the perception that less bacteria means better health. Does antibacterial toothpaste negatively affect oral health? There are over 50…
ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
Lowering a horse's heart rate is critical in many different situations. This study investigated the effect of classical music when grooming a horse on the neck and withers after exercise. Pr…
ISEF · 2016
This project investigated the winning values of the following Nim variant: There exists set A and set B, with some number of elements in each. On a player's turn, the player may reduce set A…
ISEF · 2016
Abnormal growth of the blood vessels in the retina of the eye is associated with vision loss; therefore, methods to identify or measure abnormal blood vessels is important in research. One s…
ISEF · 2016
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of permanent vision loss in developed nations, characterized by a detached retina and currently has no cure. Overexpression of vas…
ISEF · 2015
The MESSENGER mission has been journeying to Mercury for ten years, but has only been orbiting less than four. It has been able to collect data that is new and exciting for Mercury researche…