Biomedical and Health Sciences
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Scleroderma-related interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) and lung carcinoma are forms of fibrotic-originating lung dise…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Recent studies show that small cerebrovascular abnormalities are the cause of many brain disorders. Early diagnosis and monitoring of the abnormalities in vivo at the micro-level facilitates…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
In recent decades CRISPR/Cas9 has emerged as a promising cancer treatment. Using CRISPR knockout plasmid to target the CDK11 cell proliferation gene within cancerous cells could force said c…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fourth Award
Outdoor air pollution, specifically nitrogen dioxide (NO2), poses a global health risk. Land use regression (LUR) models are widely used to estimate ground-level NO2 concentrations by descri…
Environmental Engineering
Access to clean water is one of our most basic human needs, and unsafe drinking water is one of the world's largest health and environmental problems. In 2022, 2.2 billion people globally st…
Chemistry
The rapidly growing field of wearable electronics faces a critical challenge: the development of materials that are compatible with human tissue. Traditional materials such as hydrogels and…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
There are currently over 103,000 people on the national transplant waiting list. The kidney has the longest waiting list. Once patients are approved for this treatment there are still many r…
Biomedical Engineering
The recording of neuronal action potentials from multiple neurons in humans has been a notable advancement for better understanding the nervous system. When our sensory nerves are activated,…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Machine learning and neural networks have seen a rapid increase in popularity over the past few years. Spiked neuron networks (SNN) are a third generation neural network that offer many bene…
Biomedical Engineering
The human brain is one of the most unknown yet essential parts where many life threatening diseases such as strokes, Alzheimer's Disease (AD), and Parkinson's Disease (PD) begin silently. Br…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Annually, 4.8 million people enter a post-anoxic coma following cardiac arrest, presenting a critical need for early recovery prognosis using Electroencephalogram (EEG) and Electrocardiogram…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Affecting 60-70% of the 55 million dementia patients in the world, Alzheimer's Disease (AD) has established itself as one of the most profound neurodegenerative diseases in today's society.…
Translational Medical Science
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death among all traumatic injuries. While there are some treatments, such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), most cause de…
Physics and Astronomy
Third Award
In 2013, an 18 meter sized asteroid exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk in Russia, injuring ~1100 people– it went undetected! Small asteroids are often missed due to their faintness. In fa…
Microbiology
Third Award
The natural production of antimicrobial substances by living organisms as part of their defense mechanisms has been well-documented. Among these substances, bacteriocins, a diverse class of…
Biomedical Engineering
Fourth Award
Approximately 50 million people globally rely on technology to replace a missing appendage, 80% of whom cannot afford current solutions and are left with costly, immobile, bulky prosthetics.…
Technology Enhances the Arts
Language barriers cause limitations including isolation and scarcity of job opportunities. This study introduced a novel user interface (UI) prototype for a machine translator, intended to s…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Fractals, known for their non-integer dimensions, help describe intricate natural phenomena, like the coastline paradox. These principles may be applied to human-made processes like bike rou…
Materials Science
Organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) are among the most powerful transistors to date by combining both ionic and electronic conduction. This unique mechanism makes these devices desir…
Biochemistry
Third Award
Despite a surge in sales and consumption of natural supplements in the last 3 years, the science supporting the safety and bioavailability of simultaneous intake of natural supplements again…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
First Award
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) has neither satisfactory nor equitably accessible treatments. Current research emphasizes inflammation, notably age-related elevation of microglial TNF-a, in driving…
Chemistry
Second Award
The development of durable and sustainable plastics is essential for the advancement of our society. Ultra-high Molecular Weight (UHMW) polymers are highly attractive due to the extreme dura…
Materials Science
Global energy consumption is increasing rapidly due to the proliferation of electronic devices, causing sustainability concerns, thereby requiring the use of new semiconductor materials. The…
Chemistry
Perovskite nanocrystals carry significant promise in the field of intracellular sensing. When in proximity with radiolabeled analytes, fluorescent nanoparticles emit photoluminescent signatu…
Translational Medical Science
HPV driven oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) linked cancers kill upwards of 40,000 people each year. In order for early detection and treatment to be administered, the NavDx bloo…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
It’s a reasonable and known human response to want pain reactions to end as fast as possible. The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP; 1979) defines pain as “an unpleasant…
Chemistry
Many people all over the world are switching to the consumption of insects. In places like Africa, Southeast Asia, and northern parts of Latin America insects are considered a popular delica…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Background Obesity is generally modeled as a problem associated with socioeconomic (income, education, etc.) and genetic (age, race, etc.) factors. This study shows that, after controlling f…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
As Nicotine products are considered less risky than tobacco products, many disregard the negative effects of Nicotine and satisfy themselves with the thought that it won’t harm them. However…
Embedded Systems
Third Award
About 38 million falls are reported among older adults each year in the US alone with more than 50,000 fall injuries associated with walkers, leading to more than 30,000 hospitalizations. On…