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 · 2018
Plant Sciences Third Award
To determine the antimicrobial potential of tree bark extracts against two gram- negative bacteria (Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas fluorescens) and one gram-positive bacteria (Bacillus sub…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
The visually impaired face a range of different problems, notably their inability to interact socially and independently. Such challenges range from basic tasks such as recognizing something…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Ecological light pollution implicates physiological disruption to individual organisms and the ecosystem structure as a whole particularly with the involvement of keystone species. The major…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
The electrocardiogram (ECG) is a vital component in cardiovascular disease diagnosis and functions by measuring the electrical activity of the heart. However, it has three limitations which…
CSEF · 2018
Mammalian Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals This study was performed to understand the relationship between exercise and thermogenesis in Brown Adipose Tissue. Many researchers believe that studying BAT in addition wi…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry Third Award
Alzheimer’s disease results in learning and memory deficits due to toxic changes in the brain caused by amyloid-ß plaques and oxidative stress (Alzheimer’s, 2011). Oxidative stress is caused…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to create a low-cost device that effectively filters contaminated water to produce purified drinking water using solar energy. Methods/Mate…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology Third Award
The first observation of Xanthomonas vasicola pathovar vasculorum, commonly known as bacterial Leaf Streak being in the United States occurred in Nebraska. As of August 2016, was identified…
CSEF · 2018
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to determine whether the use of liquid fabric softener increases the flammability of fabrics, and if the degree of flammability becomes grea…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology Third Award
Antibiotic misuse has caused bacteria to evolve resistance, raising the potential for widespread, devastating health crises. Novel therapeutic alternatives to antibiotics seek to target viru…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology Third Award
The gut microbiome plays an essential role in human health. Sugar substitutes and food preservatives were tested for their effects on the microbiome, specifically their effect on the growth…
CSEF · 2018
Plant Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine what effect the inoculation of endomycorrhizae fungi on tomato seedlings at the time of planting vs. tomato seedlings grown in cow manure has on…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics Third Award
The purpose of this research is to create a better body armor by testing different woven patterns and creating a loom for the textile. Body armor plays a huge factor in the vitality rate of…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Iron deficiency-caused anemia is prevalent in the Highlands of Peru because natural sources of iron have been removed from the Peruvian diet due to world economics. Instead of eating iron ri…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
We carried out an archaeological investigation to determine if the authorship of the petroglyphs located in Caldera, province of Chiriquí, is really from the group known as the Dorasques. To…
CSEF · 2018
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals My objective is to examine whether awareness of incorrect posture, communicated through as reminders, will induce a postural improvement among humans of all ages. Hypotheses…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Some contemporary health coaches suggest that natural almonds contain protease inhibitors (substances that inhibit the activity of protein-digesting enzymes). They claim that by “activating”…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Clean water is vital for human consumption and medical treatment, as well as equipment sterilization. 80% of illnesses in developing countries relate to poor water quality and 3.4 million pe…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics Third Award
Physical winglets offer widespread lift to drag force improvement for commercial and cargo aircraft; unfortunately, their improvements cannot be applied to fighter or short take-off and land…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Gravitational waves offer promising new ways to detect astronomical phenomena such as binary black hole systems, supernovae, and background gravitational waves from the Big Bang. We focused…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives/Goals Synthesize gold nanoparticles surrounded by a TiO2 hollow shell to serve as a more efficient photocatalyst. Methods/Materials First, the gold nanoparticles were prepared by…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
The study of topological systems is a very active field. In 2016, the Nobel prize in physics was awarded to the pioneers who studied topological systems such as topological insulators and th…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry Third Award
Problems caused by wood decay fungi have been a potential problem to the environment and society. Therefore, a novel drug delivery system, named “Tree Plaster”, has been developed to treat p…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry Third Award
Flaviviruses, such as the Zika and Dengue virus, are positive-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses that have caused widespread epidemics and morbidity throughout the world. Little is known abo…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics Third Award
Biologically inspired airfoil designs have recently become of increasing interest to the aerospace industry for their aerodynamic versatility. One approach involves mimicking the undulating…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
vonWillebrand Disease debilitates 4+ million people in the US with most subtypes induced by mutations of the von Willebrand Factor (vWF) multimeric glycoprotein responsible for hemostasis. I…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science Third Award
Fungal multi-resistance refers to the capacity of fungi to multiply even with antimicrobials. The project’s objective was to identify natural substances to be used as treatment against infec…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software Third Award
In 2017, the World Health Organization reported that there were 285 million visually-impaired people worldwide of which 39 million are completely blind. According World Access for the Blind,…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
Each year, car accidents on United States roadways claim 37,000 lives and injure 2 million others. 47% of these incidents involve a combination of two critical pre-crash events: turning and…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology Third Award
The occurrence and spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria and genes in the environment is a global concern. The problem is further exacerbated when a single bacterium offers resistance to m…