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.
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology Fourth Award
Objectives The purpose of this study was to determine how much seed is needed to grow a viable plant and to try to induce the growth of true leaves which are indicators of viability. There a…
CSEF · 2019
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives The purpose of this study was to find which less conventional, yet prevalent, organic waste fuels would produce the most electricity in a standard two chamber microbial fuel cell.…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology Fourth Award
Photosynthesis is vital to the survival of life on Earth, providing organisms with the ability to harness energy from sunlight and evolve oxygen. Although of the utmost importance, photosynt…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) derived exosomes, or extracellular vesicles (EVs), possess stem-cell like therapeutic and regenerative capabilities while avoiding limitations of stem cell therap…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Zea mays is a staple crop worldwide known for extensive genetic diversity, making it a worthy plant model to study. Alternative splicing (AS) is a post-transcriptional regulatory mechanism i…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreatic beta cells in the human body. Individuals with diabetes either lack insulin (T1D) or have a reduced insulin secretion (T2D). Therefore, the pr…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology Fourth Award
Burkholderia cenocepacia is a multi-drug resistant bacteria, prevalent in fatal pulmonary infections associated with cystic fibrosis. It uses a signaling molecule known as BDSF which binds p…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry Fourth Award
Purpose: Chordomas are rare spinal neoplasms uniquely characterized by their high expression of the transcription factor brachyury. Recently, defects in endogenous antigen presentation, a we…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry Fourth Award
The algae have many abilities as a renewable lipid source of producing biofuel. Nevertheless, there is an inherent economic problem to make the algae use beneficial as the algae's fuel costs…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Contaminated water, caused by organic dyes pollutants, is a serious problem and concern worldwide. It could cause waterborne diseases and chronic health consequences. Photocatalysts have bee…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Oil and gas fuel our lives and our world, but the impact of certain operational methods could have negative consequences on the environment and the earth, including what lies beneath the sur…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology Fourth Award
Pseudomonas aerugniosa is one of the most common and often fatal nosocomial bacterium. Extracts from the herb Lycium barbarum were prepared for antimicrobial testing, using different extract…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology Fourth Award
Due to global threats of rapidly increasing antimicrobial resistance(AMR),and mortality and morbidity due to bacterial pathogens,discovery and implementation of solutions to AMR such as nove…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Schizophrenia is a debilitating neurological disorder characterized by hallucinations, paranoia, and delusions. Identifying how schizophrenia specifically causes changes in the structure and…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Chemical Fourth Award
Current installed area of “terrestrial photovoltaics,” such as rooftop solar panels, suffices only 1% of global energy demand. Transparent photovoltaics placed on the additional surface area…
ISEF · 2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
The prevalence of mood disorders has increased rapidly over the past decade, especially in teens. The nature of these disorders is such that most symptoms are in a person’s mind making it ha…
CSEF · 2019
Toxicology Fourth Award
Objectives Dinoflagellates are bioluminescent planktons that float near the ocean's surface and flash brightly when disturbed to scare or distract predators. This project examined how four c…
ISEF · 2019
Mathematics Fourth Award
Given a Vector Bundle (Coherent Sheaf) with Integrable Connection on a variety in positive characteristic, its p-curvature measures the amount of horizontal sections of the bundle and its va…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Over the past few decades, Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs), or commonly known as red tide, have increased in their frequency and magnitude around the world. HABs can cause massive fish kills and…
CSEF · 2019
Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award
Objectives My project measures the amount of beta, alpha, and gamma rays emitted by polonium 210, americium 241, and an unknown mix from an antique lamp. The experiment then compares the sam…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Downstream riverside communities in the Four Corners Region face a potential threat from metals and metalloids from abandoned mines located in southwestern Colorado. In 2015, the Gold King M…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
In order to develop advanced and cost-effective underwater exploration tools for exploring and utilizing marine resources, this project analyzes the system architecture and core functions of…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
Invasive species are a growing threat to biodiversity. Crocodilians have been impacted by many invasive species including pythons and cane toads, and the effects on these apex predators and…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry Fourth Award
Nowadays, electrochemical CO2 reduction that involves the utilization of CO2 to convert into hydrocarbon products has been regarded as a promising way to address the increasing crisis of gre…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
The global food crisis is an issue affecting 1 billion people worldwide – it is critical that more efficient solutions to food production be developed. Both nanoparticles, molecules <100nm u…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
The decades long trend of transistor size reduction has recently faced a roadblock because of its reliance on already extremely scaled silicon transistors. However, atomically thin semicondu…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology Fourth Award
The overuse of substances with antibacterial and antifungal properties cause drugs to lose efficiency because of the resistance that microorganisms started to develop over time. We came up w…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Negative-pressure-wound-therapy (NPWT), a wound-closure technique used following tumor resection has been suggested to promote metastasis. As this claim isn’t well established and the molecu…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
The SmartSleeve is a non-invasive wearable device that can provide real-time physiological and clinical measurements with wireless embedded sensing technology will improve the rehabilitation…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
Due to having a cryptic habitat, very little is known about the life history characteristics and stridulatory devices found in runner plant bugs (Hallodapus spp.) and several other members b…