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 · 2022
Animal Sciences Third Award
Parasitic wasps (parasitoids) are often applied as biological controls in agriculture, but it is difficult to achieve 100% control of pests with parasitoids alone. This study aims to find po…
ISEF · 2022
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
According to the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Foundation, over 70,000 people across the globe suffer from CF, and the life expectancy of patients with CF drops to about the age of 44. CF is an autos…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Third Award
The high power model rocketry field has become very paint-by-numbers. Enthusiasts are encouraged to buy a kit, put it together, buy a motor, launch it and recover it by parachute to earn a c…
ISEF · 2022
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Third Award
The world is scrambling for renewable and environmentally friendly biofuels in the hopes of omitting fossil fuels that have harmed the earth. The environmental impacts of these malicious fue…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
In the troposphere, ozone is a harmful secondary pollutant formed by chemical reactions between nitrogen oxides (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). In 2020, COVID-19 lockdowns broug…
ISEF · 2022
Systems Software Third Award
Cybersecurity is a major problem in today’s world, and malware detection is critical defensive approach. Although numerous antivirus programs exist, the majority of them detect only exact or…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
Audio streaming has become more prevalent in daily life through music, phone calls, and online meetings, among other applications. However, effectively streaming high-quality audio poses a c…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Alzheimer’s disease (AD), affecting >50 million individuals worldwide, is characterized by a progressive loss of cognitive function for which no effective therapies currently exist. To ident…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Inspired by the paralympic running blade and drawing on the biomimicry of the tail of the Australian kangaroo, the ‘Walking Tall’ poles are a revolutionary new aid designed to slow down the…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
The purpose of this project was to determine if vertical migration occurs among any of the zooplankton populations in the littoral zone of Lake Springfield. Samples were collected on five se…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
The genetic contribution to the development of type 1 diabetes (T1D) remains unclear; however, certain gene variants contribute to the risk of developing this metabolic disorder. Elucidating…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Context: There are currently about 82.3 million COVID-19 cases worldwide with 24% of these cases being severe and a 2% mortality rate due to late medical attention. COVID patients have commo…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Earthquakes are a major global risk, causing the most fatalities among all natural disasters, as well as significant amount of injuries, displacements, and economic losses. While there has b…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Air pollution (AP) contains many toxins that collectively harm nearly every organ in the body, and is a key risk factor for many chronic diseases. Aside from its toxic actions, AP may alter…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
Amyloid-beta is an intrinsically disordered protein involved in neurodegenerative disorders. Previously, amyloid-beta was considered “undruggable” due to its shape-shifting properties. Howev…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
In 2016, over 1.9 billion adults were overweight or obese and the obesity epidemic, often associated with high-income societies, is now on the rise in low- and middle-income countries. In re…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
The global water crisis is a well-documented fact. It affects all regions and demographics. Atmospheric water harvesters (AWHs) have not been explored well as an option for freshwater. An es…
ISEF · 2021
Biochemistry Third Award
In order to prevent blood clots in severe COVID-19 cases, a highly selective and sensitive biosensor capable of quantifying trace levels of thrombin using the combination of a single strande…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
In the past decade, the US government and other key interest groups have taken serious steps to address the addiction epidemic; however, despite these efforts, asper the data from the Nation…
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness, responsible for 15% percent of the total world blindness. It is a chronic eye disease that damages the optic nerve and causes irreversible…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science Third Award
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Indeed, PD cases are rapidly rising, especially in underdeveloped areas that don’t have ready access to therapeutic car…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry Third Award
The purpose of this research is selective synthesis of indirubins and analysis of their properties. First, the synthesis of indirubins was carried out using potassium indoxyl sulfate which h…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Color Vision Deficiency is the most common genetic disability, affecting over 400 million people in the world, and currently has no cure. There are attempts to mitigate the effect of color v…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences Third Award
Of the original 11 native forest bird species known from the island of O?ahu in the Hawaiian island chain, only 3 remain today. They are the O?ahu ?Amakihi (Chlorodrepanis flava), ?Apapane (…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
The cocktail party problem renders conversation difficult for hard-of-hearing individuals in multi-speaker environments. Current hearing aids cannot amplify the primary speaker's voice alone…
ISEF · 2021
Embedded Systems Third Award
Many critical systems, including financial, banking, telecom and nuclear weapons, rely on the Global Positioning System (GPS) for synchronization of clocks that is essential for their operat…
ISEF · 2021
Plant Sciences Third Award
Harvesting Limulus polyphemus (horseshoe crabs) to produce the Limulus amoebocyte lysate endotoxin assay for medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and drinking water is ravaging coastal ecosyste…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
Scoliosis is a condition of abnormal spinal curvature with approximately 60,000 U.S. pediatric patients undergoing surgery or being placed into braces each year. Skeletal maturity assessment…
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
Breast cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women globally. Advanced diagnosis of intrinsic molecular subtype is key to evaluating intermediate survival; however, b…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Much of the exoplanet transit data from the Kepler space telescope remains unanalyzed, especially in the search for habitability. To enable the investigation of Kepler exoplanets without the…