11705 projects whose affiliated fair was here, most recently in 2026.
ISEF records a state or province for some finalists and not others, so these counts do not add up to the country total.
11705 projects · showing 2641–2670
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences First Award
Osteosarcoma (OS), a primary bone tumor, arises from an imbalance in the bone remodeling pathway which fosters metastasis. In healthy bones, the microenvironment supports balanced remodeling…
ISEF · 2024
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
HIV infection remains a global public health challenge. While current drug treatments effectively suppress HIV viral loads below the detection level, complete eradication of the virus remain…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science
The usage of DNA methylation at CpG sites within the gene body has the potential to be used as an alternative to promoter methylation for identifying gene expression. In this study, we focus…
ISEF · 2024
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia, accounting for 60-80% of cases in the United States. Failed interventions, aimed at the symptoms of the disease, have created a dri…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences Third Award
TALE homeodomains (TALE-HD) are a large class of genes encoding proteins that act as transcription factors in eukaryotes to regulate major developmental and life cycle changes. Their ancestr…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
As populations around the world grow older and pandemics ravage global health, the burdens of age-related diseases, such as arthritis, heart disease, and cancer, are increasingly prevalent.…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Every 15 seconds, a person suffers a traumatic brain injury (TBI), a leading cause of mortality and lifelong disability worldwide. Despite its prevalence, effective therapeutic treatments ta…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science
Characterized as recalcitrant cancer, small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a rare neuroendocrine-type lung cancer with growing resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitors, leading to rapid metast…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry
The project aims to explore the use of plant corrosion inhibitors compared to toxic bike chain lubricants on carbon steel bike chains. Current bike maintenance companies use petroleum and to…
ISEF · 2024
Animal Sciences
Bean beetles are an agricultural pest, destroying crops of legumes like mung beans and cowpeas. They decrease the yields of infested crops by up to 90% and reproduce quickly in warmer temper…
ISEF · 2024
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
The increasing prevalence of dementia, particularly Alzheimer's disease (AD), has prompted urgent exploration of interventions for patients, particularly those with Mild Cognitive Impairment…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In Bangladesh, the concentration of fluoride in the water is typically high. High levels of fluoride can lead to severe health issues in the future, such as bone damage. However, Labeo Catla…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Background: Heart disease is the foremost cause of death worldwide, and specialty care such as cardiologists and expensive Doppler echocardiograms are scarce in rural areas. There is signifi…
ISEF · 2024
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
The p53 gene is a tumor suppressor in the human body that is mutated in 50-60% of human cancers. p53 acts to suppress retrotransposons (jumping genes) within the genome which are prevalent i…
ISEF · 2024
Materials Science
Every minute, four women are diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC). Yet, TNBC remains the only subtype of breast cancer without an approved biological treatment, with an averag…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science
Most cancer biomarkers are specific to a cancer type(s). By focusing on the most frequently occurring gene mutations across different types of cancers, a multi-gene biomarker was identified…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
The Framework for Embryonic Analysis Through Hyper-customization Enhancement Research (FEATHER) enhances avian egg studies, enabling custom egg modification while preserving embryo viability…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
Glaucoma, the second leading cause of blindness, affects more than 80 million people worldwide. This disease is asymptomatic, so the patient is unaware until vision impact has started. A sig…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Exploring toroidal propellers for two-bladed aircraft revealed significant challenges in the design process, notably the absence of a comprehensive mathematical model and insufficient constr…
ISEF · 2024
Physics and Astronomy
It has been widely recognized that whoever controls the development of novel materials controls technologies that evolve from them. The science and technology of materials synthesis are at t…
ISEF · 2024
Materials Science
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions have devastating impacts on agriculture, human life, and the environment. This research developed the first-ever cost-effective, environmentally sustainable ma…
ISEF · 2024
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by social and verbal impairments, affecting 1 in 36 children. ASD diagnosis is based on behavioral observations…
ISEF · 2024
Biochemistry
Over 50 million people are diagnosed with neurodegenerative diseases worldwide, however the fundamental molecular mechanisms for the development of these diseases are not well-researched. Un…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), has become a major health problem worldwide and is predicted to become the leading cause of liver transplantation in the United States. In vitro mo…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Pesticides are utilized in agriculture to kill or ward off unwanted organisms to either aid in the growth of desired crops or to inhibit the spread of invasive species. Unfortunately, broad…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This project assessed whether slash pine tree (Pinus elliottii) ring growth could be used to track rates of saltwater intrusion. If ring growth of non-halophytic pine trees is impacted by sa…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
The symptom of neuromuscular tremors arises when large groups of neurons abnormally fire in unison. Using computer simulations, a team at Stanford discovered that a patterned stimulus that v…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder. Tremors, which affect over 70% of PD patients, significantly disrupt daily activities of living. Currently, tre…
ISEF · 2024
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
Breast cancer affects 2.3 million women annually with the five-year survival rate for Triple-negative-breast-cancer (TNBC) being 12%. Current immunotherapy treatments are effective only in 2…
ISEF · 2024
Mathematics Fourth Award
An important step towards the classification of finite-dimensional pointed Hopf algebras, which are algebraic structures with a wide range of fundamental applications to mathematics and phys…