38,465 real projects from ISEF, the Canada-Wide Science Fair, JSHS, AJAS, the Calgary Youth Science Fair and the California Science & Engineering Fair — searchable by meaning, and filterable by fair, year, category and award.
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy First Award
Green plants reflect a large part of green light rather than absorbing it. Why didn’t plants evolve to be black to capture more energy? The reason why land plants lack photosynthetic pigment…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics First Award
Objectives/Goals 90% of the visually impaired are unemployed, 82% are aged 50+, and the number of diabetic and elderly who are visually disabled is growing annually [WHO October 2013]. Most…
CSEF · 2014
Mammalian Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to develop a fully integrated microfluidic device that can be used to automatically separate human blood cells and perform cell morphology s…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical First Award
An exoskeleton is a machine comprised of an outer framework, which is worn by a person for the purpose of applying energy to aid limb movement. The uses of such a device include helping pati…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems First Award
Ternary optical computing is a prospective technology to improve the performance and parallelism of computer systems. It realizes multi-value logic in artificial intelligence as well. This p…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical First Award
The utilization of half-metallic ferromagnets (HMF’s) has been proposed as an ideal method of producing spintronic devices, such as magnetic random access memory and magnetoresistive read he…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science First Award
The widespread use of CNTs in aquatic devices has led to an alarming amount of CNTs entering aquatic ecosystems. Due to their relatively new introduction, researchers have only been working…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics First Award
As the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women worldwide, breast cancer metastasis remains refractory to current therapy. Residing in the Polycomb protein group and altering the chro…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering First Award
Due to the increasing awareness of conserving environment through reducing pollutants, the aim of finding natural colorants and mordants to substitute synthetic dyes and chemical mordants is…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals Advanced Glycation End-products (AGEs) have been identified as the root cause of atherosclerosis, cancer, Alzheimer's and diabetic neuropathy, retinopathy and nephropathy. A…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology First Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to study the the placebo effect in a blind study using caffeinated and decaf coffee. Methods/Materials Method- This was a blind study where subjects were to…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics First Award
The objective of this study was to identify characteristics of deleterious mutations in human tumor suppressor genes. More specifically, this study used the BRCA1 gene as an example and focu…
CSEF · 2014
Mathematics & Software First Award
Objectives/Goals This project explores the field of constructibility of n-division points (points dividing a closed curve into n pieces of equal arc length) through straightedge and compass…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics First Award
According to a recent study, 1/3 of the world population has little or no power and is not connected to the world power grid. However, enough solar energy hits the earth in 1.5 hours to powe…
CSEF · 2014
Applied Mechanics & Structures First Award
Objectives/Goals To investigate if, curvature forms of Cones, Chutes, and Coils could be better options than Winglets as wingtip devices that minimized wingtip vortices. Methods/Materials Te…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics First Award
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) could revolutionize patient-specific regenerative medicine, but their premature aging symptoms, currently misunderstood, limit their clinical applicabi…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals Providing vital services to a vast variety of species, salt marshes retain the distinction as one of the most productive ecosystems on the terrestrial biosphere. Due to incr…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology First Award
Objectives/Goals Drug discovery requires approximately 13 years of research and $1 billion to introduce a new treatment for patients. Combination therapy is promising, but current trial-and-…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences First Award
A pencil doppler is the primary tool used in detection of devastating vascular tissue transfer-related ailments through analysis of vascular flow. However, the doppler is ineffective because…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science First Award
This project in its present form is the creation of a new generation of a mathematical system for dynamic geometry, calculus and algebra. The initial idea was to create a modern mathematics…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics First Award
This study employs the combination of a drop-based microfluidics platform and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to create a breakthrough technology that enables the detection of circulating tu…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics First Award
We investigated how pollution of ethylene glycol, commonly known as antifreeze, affects the respiratory system of Crassostrea virginica (Eastern Oyster), a keystone species of the Chesapeake…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics First Award
Objectives/Goals According to the American Foundation for the Blind, there are over 21.2 million visually impaired adults in the U.S. However, almost all commercially available aids for this…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines First Award
Similar to describing any particular color in the visible spectrum in terms of three primary colors, in a recently published medical article, scientists argued that any particular smell is c…
CSEF · 2014
Zoology First Award
Objectives/Goals While observing birds in coastal salt marshes along the California coast, I began to speculate on the possible impact of human presence on birds in these habitats. The goal…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals The primary objective was to determine the relationship between altitude and the cosmic ray count. The secondary objectives were to make measurements of temperature, pressur…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical First Award
Congenital scoliosis is a lateral curvature of the spinal column caused by in utero segmentation failures. As initial deformities are exaggerated during anatomical development, the formation…
CSEF · 2014
Mammalian Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals I play soccer, so sometimes I get hurt and get a bruise. Bruises and other aches take quite a while to heal, so I researched on how to speed up this process while still maki…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals There are currently no trainings designed for adolescents to improve their ability to recognize facial emotions which can impact their social relations and communication. Th…
CSEF · 2014
Chemistry First Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to explore the possibility of replacing fresh water with sea water to create an effective hydraulic fracturing fluid. Hydraulic fracturing…