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
This research establishes Drosophila oogenesis as a new system for the study of in vivo nuclear actin rod biology. The study examines the differences in length and frequency of the nuclear a…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine whether exposure to over-the-counter medications (aspirin, acetaminophen, diphenhydramine, pseudoephedrine) adversely affects…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
The increase of elderly people in society forces a smaller workforce to support a large dependent population. Cellular senescence may be one of the underlying causes of human aging. Curcumin…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science Third Award
The notion that antioxidants can help fight cancer is popular. However, the mechanism(s) for the effect of antioxidants in cancer is unclear. The goal of this project is to study the effect…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Oceanic metallic pollutants make it important to examine the effect on marine life. This project focuses on an essential building block in the aquatic food chain, algae, and…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Objective: What is the effect of third hand nicotine on daphnia magna? Purpose: Third hand nicotine is the residual nicotine left by smokers on many surfaces like clothes, c…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
Urolithin-A is a metabolite synthesized by the gut microbiota from compounds of fruits such as pomegranates and raspberries. Its therapeutic effects have been documented in prostate cancer a…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The object is to test if YO12N the affects Hymenochirus frog eggs and Ankistrodesmus algae growth. Methods/Materials Ankistrodesmus algae growth 40 test specimens; 10ea x 3…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The effects of collaboration on accuracy, retention, and productivity were measured through this project to determine if a factor such as collaboration can have a positive impact on overall…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of this paper is to determine the relative impact of credit union and large bank investment in business on the state level. This is accomplished by studying the relationship betw…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
For the past three years, the effectiveness of antioxidants on cell viability and bacterial growth has been tested. It was determined that the addition of antioxidants from black raspberries…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine if adding wood ash to top soil will adversely affect pesticide by making it more toxic or allowing it to last longer in the soi…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Multisensory Integration (MSI) is the basis upon which perception functions, and enables humans to form meaningful interpretations of their surroundings. It is impaired in individuals afflic…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science Second Award
Alopecia areata (AA) is one the most common autoimmune diseases resulting from T cell mediated destruction of hair follicles. Lack of understanding of immune pathways in AA has restricted AA…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Rapid technological progress has contributed to the development of a wide range of telemonitoring systems which make treatment and management of chronic diseases as well as danger prevention…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The focus of this experiment was to study frustration and how it affected dispositional learning for 80 middle/high school students. Each student was given a questionnaire form and their hea…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to study how metal contamination impacts biological organisms at a cellular level and how the growth properties of cells are impacted. The…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This 2nd year research presents a comparison between traditional classroom manipulatives, phase 1 (a set of single-valued radio frequency identification (RFID) magnetic cubes with solo reade…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Background: This study examines how physical activity and sleep patterns change over time, and how those changes affect physical/mental health among adolescents. Methods: A 3-section survey…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
CRISPR/Cas is a prokaryotic defense system that produces complexes that target themselves to and degrade specific foreign nucleic acids, such as virus DNA. The CRISPR/Cas bacteria Streptococ…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science Third Award
Due to the increasing prevalence of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and currently the absence of effective disease modifying drugs, there is a need for improved drug screens to identify plausible A…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Crumb rubber is used is playgrounds and turf fields because of its elasticity which provides a cushion for breaking falls. However, rubber has been found to contain many har…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Based on what research I have conducted, I believe by using nail polishes that contain one of the three chemicals, known as the "toxic-trio", and comparing the results to th…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science First Award
After over three decades of HIV vaccine research, no suitable vaccine exists for clinical use today. As a result, a novel HIV vaccine modality is urgently needed. Recently, fifty percent of…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder that has a variety of detrimental symptoms and a greater risk factor of suicide. In this study, magnetoencephalography, a noninvasive brain imaging…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
Huntington’s disease (HD) is an incurable neurodegenerative disorder characterized by physical, behavioral, and cognitive impairments. It is caused by trinucleotide repeat expansions in the…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (hMSCs) possess a unique immune-regulatory property, which makes them an attractive candidate for cellular therapy for a variety of human diseases such as auto-i…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
Lung adenocarcinoma accounts for 27% of cancer deaths. Research in ovarian cancer have evidenced the anticancer properties of ethanol extract of Alpinia purpurata. Protease caspase 3, produc…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to examine if a corticosteroid (Advair) and a non-steroid (Ventolin) will significantly affect Drosophila melanogaster's growth. Based on personal experience…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
Aptamers are short single stranded pieces of DNA with the remarkable ability to bind to cell surface proteins via shape specific recognition. The proper orientation for this shape specific r…