What strong projects actually look like — the question they asked, the design that survived review, and the one decision that made the difference.
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4 projects
Aakash Manaswi
Third place · Regeneron ISEF 2026
Reported mite elimination as effective as pesticide treatment, without pesticide residues, alongside improved hive health measures.
Illaria Liedtke
Third place · Regeneron ISEF 2026
Reported reduced cellular stress markers in the injury-mimicking condition.
Kevin Sun
Third place · Regeneron ISEF 2026
Radio-frequency identification tags printed from conductive MXene material that identify a plastic's type during sorting and then dissolve during standard recycling instead of contaminating the output stream.
Evan Morris
Third place · Regeneron ISEF 2026
Reported a 70.1% reduction in seizure recurrence.