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 · 2016
Second Award
Reverse osmosis (RO) has proven an effective method of water purification and has been widely implemented in much of the industrialized world. However, high production and energy costs of th…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Parasitic weed Striga accounts for estimated yearly crop losses over $20 billion in the United States alone. Seeds of parasitic weeds germinate in response to signaling molecules called stri…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Atherosclerosis and subsequent cardiovascular disease causes nearly one-third of all deaths in the world. Unfortunately, atherosclerosis commonly remains asymptomatic for decades, and is pro…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Point-of-care (POC) diagnostics serves to deliver rapid and robust results in resource poor settings; however, current tests have been hindered by qualitative “yes-or-no” results. The purpos…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Increases in world population have required improved agricultural yields. Cellulose binding domain IV (CBD), the non-catalytic domain of a novel family of carbohydrate-binding hydrolases, ha…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals California undergoes cycles of severe drought followed by El Niño for several years. The objective of this study was to determine which soil amendments, or combinations of b…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
The purpose of this project was to build muffler that serves two purposes; attenuating exhaust noise and increasing performance. Computational fluid dynamics software was used to create mode…
CSEF · 2016
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals It has recently been discovered that B7-H4 is a protein in only low amounts in normal tissues but highly concentrated in over 90% of cases. Utilizing the monoclonal antibody…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Biohydrogen generated from algal cultures can be an effective solution as cleaner alternative fuel to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Most of the related research is focused on limited st…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General) Second Award
Objectives/Goals My project aims to improve the efficiency of efflux pump inhibitor Naphthylmethyl Piperazine (NMP). Methods/Materials I performed my tests in New England Biotech's C2992 E.…
CSEF · 2016
Electronics & Electromagnetics Second Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment examined the effects of pipelining on the speed of CPUs. The goal was to test which CPU type (pipelined and not pipelined) was faster at executing programs.…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Electrical discharges in liquids have been used for water disinfection and decontamination, nanoparticle production, and many other chemical and biological applications. Gas bubbles are intr…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Activation of aortic vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) by the hormone Angiotensin II (Ang II) is a critical event in the development of atherosclerosis and hypertension. In addition, enha…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Spinal cord injuries (SCI) or illnesses like ALS or MS cause disabilities that make people dependent on a wheelchair and in their etiopathology are robbed of any movement at all. Our project…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
A robot control system was developed that could be taught tasks through reinforcement learning. The system, nicknamed “Fido”, was designed to be universal regardless of inputs and outputs, r…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Both biochar and layered double hydroxides (LDH) have received substantial attention for their abilities to adsorb chemical contaminants, yet little research has been reported on LDH/biochar…
CSEF · 2016
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals Tea, which is a popular drink, is a great source of antioxidants for the body. Many people put additives like milk and sugar in their tea. The purpose of this project was to…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if human tears can kill an equivalent amount of Staphylococcus aureus as Bactine, Neosporin, Isopropyl Alcohol, and sterile water…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine if the same inclinations for the knee to go into the valgus position that has been proven to occur in older athletes is pres…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine the concentration of NaCl in water that harms cabbage plants. Methods/Materials Shelf, fluorescent light, cabbage plants, salt,…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Buildings consume 30-40% of the global energy produced today. A large portion of building energy is used by HVAC systems to overcome energy lost from buildings through windows. Studies show…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
A primary neuropathological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the overabundant extracellular aggregation of the amyloid-beta (aß) peptide 1-42 as amyloid plaques. Prior research sugges…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology Second Award
Objectives/Goals I heard of an intertidal animal, the owl limpet, that was at risk due to poaching, and I wanted to learn more about this species. Owl limpets start out juvenile with no gend…
CSEF · 2016
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals My objective is to investigate prolotherapy. Prolotherapy is a localized injection-based procedure. Advocates claim that prolotherapy activates the body#s natural healing me…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology Second Award
Objectives/Goals To determine if speed and extent of regeneration of brown Hydra heads is affected by exposure to three different types of green algae. Methods/Materials Obtain three differe…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Around 1.6 million people die annually from lung cancer--about 3 every minute. The survival time of undiagnosed extended/late stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC), the most fatal lung cancer…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Thermotaxis, the directional motion of an organism towards specific temperatures, has been observed in several species of bacteria. Quantitative studies of thermotaxis in bacteria however ha…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
The obligate self-pollination aspect in mature Lactuca sativa (lettuce) plants impedes the propagation of traits of commercial interest and makes crossbreeding difficult and tedious. The pur…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Commercial energy drink companies advertise that products will provide consumers with energy, increased performance, alertness, etc. This project was designed to determine w…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
This study provides a low-cost and high-yield method for fabricating nanosized gas bubbles. By purging pure nitrogen gas into de-ionized (DI) water together with a sonication treatment, I su…