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 · 2015
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
In tumorous growth, cell migration becomes uncontrollable, resulting in metastasis, a process in which cancer cells spread to other regions of the body. Migration involves the making and bre…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
The harlequin bug, Murgantia histrionic Hahn. (Hemiptera:Pentaomidae), is the most significant pest of cole crops such as broccoli, cabbage, collards, kohlrabi, kale, mustard and radish in t…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award
Recently, cutting edge 2-D materials have emerged in the field of photovoltaics for light energy conversion. Graphene, the 2-D version of graphite, has a high carrier mobility, transparency,…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Plants can communicate with each other through common underground mycorrhizal networks (CMN). In this study, we show that CMN can act as a conduit for signals that affect immune response in…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award
The copper(l)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition(CuAAC) is one of the premier example of click chemistry, a term which means a set of 'almost perfect' bond-forming reactions useful for rap…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease known for significant brain atrophy and pathological lesions that are thought to damage synaptic connections between cells. In particu…
CSEF · 2015
Applied Mechanics & Structures Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to test retractable tsunami walls that stop the negative tsunami(the drawback before the initial wave) and the positive tsunami(the initial wa…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Science Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Indoor pollution can be ten times more severe than outdoor pollution and aerosols may be an important part of particulate matter pollution. Air freshener aerosols are omnipr…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software Fourth Award
Though accurate, current cancer diagnostic methods are time-consuming, expensive, disease-specific, and qualitative. To improve clinical cancer treatment, a better quantitative system for ea…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Despite the incredible amount of automated flight capability in both manned and unmanned aircraft, human oversight is still required, especially during the landing process.…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Objective: The practical application and implementation of methods and algorithms that recognize emotions by biometric parameters of human’s face. The practical application and relevance: Th…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals With the energy crisis and environmental concerns in mind, I started a project last year to see if I could reduce the amount of energy used by computers that come from envir…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
alter the efficiency and cost which are precondition challenges for sustainability outgrowth.We hypothesized that using kaolin to remove heavy metals and organic compounds, functionalized me…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Biodegradable plastic is now one of the main substitutes for petroleum based plastics and is used widely for all kind of applications. As starch is often used as one of the ingredients of bi…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Estuaries are partially enclosed bodies of coastal water where fresh water from river runoffs mixes with the saltwater from the ocean. Estuaries provide a nutrient rich and safe ecosystem. T…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Although most alternative energy advocates focus upon wind and solar, wave energy is also a viable option, since oceans cover over seventy percent of the Earth’s surface and even small swell…
CSEF · 2015
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Our primary goal is determine if tasting ability is correlated to obesity in terms of our genetic makeup. Last year we found that nontasters had higher amounts of leptin and…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Nowadays there are many different programming languages. They are used in product development, programming contests and research, so the problem of translation from one high-level language t…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Shrimp aquaculture is increasing worldwide, and probiotics are extensively used as feed supplements to improve the gut health and yield of shrimp. However, most of the commercial probiotics…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
n 2001, thiamethoxam, a second-generation neonicotinoid, was brought onto the insecticide market. Very few studies have been conducted on thiamethoxam for the purpose of integrated pest mana…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Detection of foodborne and environmental pathogens is becoming increasingly imperative for the maintenance of public health. Rapid detection of these detrimental bacteria may be greatly faci…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The main objective of my research is to design improved blind source separation methods guided by rigorous error analysis. Blind source separation aims at recovering source…
CSEF · 2015
Applied Mechanics & Structures Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Current model rocket deployment systems are limited to single motor ejection charges or separate explosive charges controlled by electronics. The purpose of this project is…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Hemophilia A is a recessive X-Linked disorder that effects one in every five thousand males. Hemophilia is characterized by a deficiency in Factor VIII (FVIII) in the bloodstream. Without FV…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
This project is designed to help people conveniently receive information regardless of any environmental distractions. One major factor contributing to inefficient communication in learning…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
The drought has caused several impacts in different continents of the planet. The increase of poverty and hunger has been considered as a direct consequence of droughts for the world populat…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Each year in the United States, at least 23,000 people die each year as a direct result of antibiotic-resistant infections with 80% of these deaths from gram-positive bacteria. One promising…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Coral reefs and Cnidarians are hosts to symbiotic, nutrient-providing dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium/zooxanthellae). Almost all coral reefs experienced a major decline in the 1980s and climat…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
One of the major difficulties faced by the elders and the differently abled people at present day is climbing up & down a staircase. To overcome this difficulty either they have to get assis…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award
A one-pot approach has been developed for the preparation of Cu2O nanocubes from cupric nitrate in alkaline aqueous solutions containing fructose and ascorbic acid at 32 degrees clesius. In…