Plant Sciences
Third Award
Over years of increasing environmental awareness and ongoing pollution challenges of single-use plastics, contemporary bioplastics, despite their promise, still present significant ecologica…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The task of wild environment ranging in mountainous forest environment is long conducted by the human forest rangers with limited and rudimentary mountain equipment, which leads to lack of c…
Chemistry
Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) is the formation of biomolecular condensates that house various chemical reactions. The dysregulation of LLPS has been linked to tumorigenesis and neuro…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Once a person is labeled as being mentally disordered, all of their behaviors and characteristics- even those that are not manifestations of their mental disorder- are contextualized by that…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Second Award
The state of Hawai?i is facing a severe housing crisis, characterized by some of the highest housing costs in the nation and a growing exodus of residents. At the same time, cities across th…
Plant Sciences
First Award
Every year, farmers around the world lose more than $95 billion from uncontrolled weed infestation. Herbicide-resistant weeds, also known as “superweeds”, are fast becoming a significant par…
Environmental Engineering
Currently, there is a huge problem with facilitated and single-stream plastic recycling. According to UNEP, 85% of plastics end up in landfills. However, this is not the fault of recycling f…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Misinformation is widespread on the internet, and one of the most pervasive ways this presents itself to adolescents is in the form of images manipulated on social media. Teens post pictures…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Second Award
Gout is the most prevalent inflammatory joint disease, affecting 2-4% of the global population. It causes disability, reduced quality of life, and increased mortality as well as tens of bill…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Immunotherapy involves exposing patients to small amounts of the allergen to desensitize their immune systems. This can be dangerous to patients who experience anaphylactic reactions to the…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fourth Award
The Western Pacific Warm Pool (WPWP) is a crucial component of global climate and has direct influence in the modulation of heat throughout the global ocean. Changes in geochemistry in the v…
Plant Sciences
Second Award
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as "forever chemicals", are one of the most common and dangerous water pollutants, having carcinogenic effects and causing 382,000 global de…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
How would the introduction of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) particles, in a mineral-based sunscreen, or as nanoparticles which are found in chemical sunscreens and cosmetics, negatively affect the growth…
Physics and Astronomy
Soft robotics has immense potential to transform fields like healthcare and exploration due to the superior adaptability of soft robots compared to traditional rigid robots. Their inherently…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
This science fair project is about Peltier tiles and determining if the heating and cooling of this device is an ample form of electricity. Peltier tiles will be used to harness energy to pr…
Environmental Engineering
As demand for aviation rapidly grows with both the increasing population of humanity and the globalization of the world, the environmental effects that aviation contributes to climate change…
Biomedical Engineering
Over 8 million people worldwide have type 1 diabetes. Encapsulation of pancreatic islets is an experimental treatment that allows islets to avoid contact with immune cells, allowing for tran…
Technology Enhances the Arts
Connexelerator is an innovative AI-powered language learning tool designed to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of language acquisition. Leveraging the combined benefits of advanced A…
Translational Medical Science
Every year, more people in the U.S are diagnosed with skin cancer than all other cancers combined. Early detection of these cancers can tremendously increase the 5-year survival rate. Curren…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
It is estimated that by 2050, an alarming 33 billion tons of plastic waste will be on the Earth, overshadowing the Empire State Building by 105,000 times. Since 1960, the recycling rate has…
Animal Sciences
Fourth Award
Purpose: Disrupted circadian rhythms can have deleterious consequences for all organisms. The extent to which blue light from digital devices affects circadian biology and mental and physica…
Microbiology
As the development of novel antibiotics slows and pathogenic bacteria develop mutations to counter antibiotics, understanding mutant genes contributing to resistance becomes critical. Among…
Environmental Engineering
The world is currently facing a significant ecological challenge - the rapid decline of bee populations. Bees, one of the most pivotal insects in our ecosystem, are responsible for pollinati…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Despite increasing cancer incidence globally, few alternative treatments to chemotherapy and radiation exist. These standard therapies require specialized equipment, are costly, and have ser…
Biomedical Engineering
Fourth Award
Accurate visualization of underlying anatomical structures is vital for precise surgical interventions, particularly in high-risk and minimally invasive procedures. Existing methods like flu…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Traffic congestion is increasing every year and causes nearly 100 billion in annual economic costs in the US and Europe each. It causes over 5 million crashes every year in the US with a fat…
Systems Software
Credit card fraud is a major issue today. Approximately 12 billion dollars are attempted to be stolen every year, which impacts millions of people in the US alone. The research tried to iden…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
This study investigated the hypothesis that visual stimuli can significantly influence olfactory perception, potentially altering or enhancing the actual scent experience. By building an AI…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Fourth Award
Tuberculosis (TB), a leading cause of infectious disease death worldwide, disproportionately affects lower-and-middle-income countries (LMICs). When diagnosed early, TB is very curable, but…
Microbiology
Second Award
Francisella tularensis, a gram-negative bacterium, is the causative agent of tularemia, a severe zoonotic disease which is highly lethal even with minimal exposure. Francisella is recognized…