Manipulation of Alpha Particle Trajectories through the Development of Non-Quantum Modular Light-Emitting Microcontrollers for Industrial Applications

Radiation, more notably alpha particle decay, can lead to damage of equipment, biological impairment, destruction of upcoming privatized space-focused businesses, and even indoor air pollution. Relying on absorbent polymers is not cost-efficient and cannot guarantee full protection from these invasive particles of varying degrees of unpredictability, mass, and velocity. Space and other locations that are rich in alpha particles can become breeding grounds for cancer, radiation sickness, and neurodegenerative diseases since the radiation present poses a risk for human beings that risk venturing in beyond the earth. Numerous studies have outlined the degradation of cell walls, nuclei, and organelles that result due to high-intensity radiation. Conventional protection, primarily made of aluminum and nylon, rely on high absorbance of the radiation, but the scattering of these particles is not uncommon, and particles can penetrate through these means of protection.

Remediating the Issue of Dead Zones through the Utilization of Vargula hilgendorfii Bioluminescence in Sync with Underwater Grätzel Cells to Induce Visible-Light Water Electrolysis

Presently, there is a catastrophe that is plaguing the world's oceans: the increasing presence of dead zones. Dead zones are hypoxic areas that exist in bodies of waters most commonly at a temperature of 2 degrees Celsius impacting deep-water ecosystems as well as life near the surface. This project's goal was to remediate the issue of dead zones through the utilization of Vargula hilgendorfii bioluminescence in sync with underwater photovoltaic cells to induce visible-light water electrolysis. After a small-scale dead zone was created in a petridish, sea fireflies were crushed using a pestle to create bioluminescence (without the use of ATP). The amount of sea fireflies (0g (control), 0.05g, 0.1g, 0.25g, 0.5g, 0.75g, 1g, 1.5g, 2g) was held in relation to the voltage and current of an underwater photovoltaic cell. Then, the dissolved oxygen levels were dependently held into relation with the voltage and current output of the underwater photovoltaic cell. The ideology was that if the dissolved oxygen levels increased, then the dead zone was considered "remediated". The results concluded that as the amount of sea fireflies increased, the amount of bioluminescence would increase, increasing the voltage and current output. The more the output, the higher the dissolved oxygen levels proved to exist. Other than the direct applications that this research presents to the environment, the research can be used for the creation of an IOT solar device that works in collaboration with an ELISA assay that detects and stores bioluminescence carriers in the field of engineering.