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 · 2012
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project goal is to test my hypothesis, which states that automatic soap dispensers and manual soap pumps are equally effective against bacteria since you wash your hands…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this research is to elucidate the structure and budding mechanisms of the influenza A virus using cryo-electron tomography. This project also aims to compare…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Ion channels and transmembrane proteins are crucial in regulating many physiological processes. Scientific and sensing measurements of ion channel conductance depicting acti…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Fragment-based drug design is used to construct single high affinity drugs from many small, low affinity components. A pervasive problem with such drugs is binding to recept…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine if Reishi Mushroom preparations mutate bacterial DNA. Methods/Materials Dilution 1 (1x) of Reishi Mushroom, Capsules, Tea L…
CSEF · 2012
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Which liquid can break down cat hairballs the best? Hairballs in cats can be a huge problem, so we studied what could break them down. Hairballs can get stuck in their diges…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The main purpose of the project is to determine the nature of malaria resistance and analyze how the differences in the gene affect it. The gene is called the Duffy antigen/…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to identify fruits which had protease enzymes and what treatment methods I could use to break down these fruit enzymes so that the Jello could gel. I expect…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals With this experiment, we wanted to find the effects of temperature on pigmentation. To obtain adequate results and ultimately conduct the most conclusive chromatography test…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine if foods of different glycemic values differentially affect the blood glucose levels of non-diabetic participants. I predict there will be a d…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project is to evaluate microRNA (miRNA) as a new treatment for pancreatic cancer. I believe restoring tumor suppressor miRNAs in pancreatic cancer cells will make them le…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if milk affects green tea flavonoid concentration, and if so, which milk causes the most change in amount of flavonoids. Flavonoids, which are…
CSEF · 2012
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determine if organic or conventional milk lasts longer by studying pH, color, odor and Bacterial growth for 3 weeks in refrigerator and room temperatures. I believe organ…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objectives of the project are to: 1) Develop a new method of modeling full-length membrane-bound proteins systems for the application of molecular dynamics; 2) Use molec…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals This model attempts to examine the effects of both angiostatic inhibitors, also known as angiostatins, and mitotic inhibitors on the growth of various attributes of a tumor…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The main goal is to improve the water solubility of resveratrol to prevent it from being metabolized too quickly. By polymerizing resveratrol with polyethylene glycol to mak…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Failures to maintain energy balance contributes largely to obesity. The body produces Leptin,a protein in proportion to food intake and stored adipose mass, and acts on brai…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this research was to define a novel method of detecting hematological malignancies (blood cancers) based on conductivity fluctuations within the blood. This…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals In my research, my goal was to determine if there were nucleotide sequences that are 100% identical between the human cDNA and other organisms. If so, I would determine what…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether organic or conventional tomatoes have more nutrients. Along with that, testing will also be conducted to determine which type of tomato…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals To design a novel vaccine that does not lose its potency upon freezing as an alternative to freeze-sensitive aluminum-based vaccines. A lipid blend-complex made of natural,…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The Polymerase Chain Reaction is a process that scientists use to copy DNA. They use a primer and anneal it to a selected piece of DNA, called a template. This experiment re…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Two important causes of oncogenic transformation, the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway and the STAT3 transcription factor, have until recently been thought to be sep…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The Objective of this experiment is to study the optimum conditions under which the enzyme cellobiase cleaves the control substrate p-Nitrophenyl Glucopyranoside and the mos…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Whooping cough, a disease characterized by a paroxysmal cough, is caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. The current study aims to demonstrate that the pertussis toxi…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My science experiment is determining which stage of ripening (ripe or spoiled) from fruits and vegetables obtains more extractable DNA.I am verifying whether these levels of…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to learn the effect of preservation technique on the amount of vitamin C in orange juice. Methods/Materials Orange juice samples were pr…
CSEF · 2012
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals Scientists have recently discovered that your washing machine contains many harmful bacteria and are currently evaluating the risk that these bacteria pose to humans. Bleach…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals There is a lot of talk these days about high protien versus no protien, and high carbohydrate diets versus low carb diets. I wanted to see which one of these diets would pro…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to measure how different sweeteners affect blood glucose and to determine which is the best sweetener to use. This project is important to socie…