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 · 2019
Toxicology
Objectives Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) estimated that in 2016 lead exposure accounted for 540,000 deaths and 13.9 million years of healthy life lost worldwide due to i…
CSEF · 2019
Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The objective of my study is to determine if there is a natural repellent for the vine mealybug. My goal is to prove that organic neem oil will eliminate the vine mealybug the bes…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Antibiotic resistance is a growing public health challenge which affects about two million people in the U.S. annually. The search for new antibacterial agents is focusing on small drug mole…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Ovarian germ cell tumors are tumors that arise from the egg cells of the ovaries. There are different types of ovarian germ cell tumors including mature and immature teratomas, metastatic tu…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common form of liver cancer and is the third leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Over 90 percent of these cancer-related deaths are du…
CSEF · 2019
Toxicology
Objectives I wanted to learn how the Central Valley s most common water pollutants, which are chlorine, motor oil, and pesticide, affect the heart rate of Daphnia magna. My hypothesis was th…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science
Pneumonia emerges as the leading cause of death in children under five years of age worldwide, accounting for more than 1.6 million deaths each year in this age demographic. A combined 18% o…
CSEF · 2019
Toxicology
Objectives To determine if organic produce contains detectable amounts of pesticides, and to determine if there are options to remove pesticides from non-organic produce. Methods Organic and…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is an inheritable myocardial disease characterized by fibrofatty replacement of cardiomyocytes and is the leading cause of sudden cardi…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science
Piperlongumine (PLM) is a compound derived from the long pepper that can selectively kill cancer cells and cancer stem cells, which are often responsible for relapses. PLM has the potential…
CSEF · 2019
Toxicology
Objectives I wanted to see if there was a safe way to use pesticide around the house. Something that would harm ants but not humans or pets. I decided to use certain foods. Oranges, lemons,…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide, killing 17.9 million people annually and costing billions of dollars. The main cause of CVD is atherosclerosis, the buil…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Glioblastoma is a brain cancer that is resistant to treatment due to the migration of individual glioblastoma cells throughout the brain. This study measured the effect of NE-100, a sigma-1…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science
Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Rat Lungworm) is a parasitic nematode known to infect humans through ingestion of the third stage larvae and can cause inflammation and damage to the central ner…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science
Smart fine fiber scaffolds were developed to monitor and aid the healing process. Solutions of ECDA: 5,7 Eicosadiynoic acid (DA) with polyvinyl butyrate (PVB) were spun into fiber membranes…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science
Glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy are two of the leading causes of blindness in the United States today. Yet fifty percent of people with glaucoma are unaware that they have the condition an…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasingly recognized as a public health problem. It takes the sixth place in the causes of deaths in Egypt by 4%. The incidence rates of ESRD (end-stage re…
CSEF · 2019
Toxicology
Objectives The purpose of the project was to find a plant-friendly alternative to road salt (NaCl). Four types of salt were tested: calcium chloride (CaCl2), potassium chloride (KCl), ammoni…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Cancer research is a priority for medicine and modern society. Melanoma is considered one of the most aggressive forms of cancer, since this tumor has aggressive behavior and it is metastati…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis (IHPS) is a condition that occurs in newborns from 0-6 months of age. Food is restricted from passing through the pylorus causing the obstruction of t…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the mechanism by which flavanol (ZGM1,2-(2,3-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dimethoxychroman-4-one) changes the aggregation process of beta-amyloid (Abeta) and verify the pro…
CSEF · 2019
Toxicology
Objectives The objective is to determine if Wi-Fi signals affect the growth of pea shoot plant in terms of height, weight and number of leaves. Methods Materials required were:- Wi-Fi router…
CSEF · 2019
Toxicology
Objectives The addition of fertilizer in controlled amounts determines the effects of agricultural pollutants on the mortality rates of freshwater Daphnia and Cyclops in varying concentratio…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Alcohol and aspartame are commonly consumed substances. Alcohol, a depressant, is currently the most abused substance today. It slows down bodily functions and can severely damage the heart.…
AJAS · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) can occur when a pregnant woman consumes alcohol. Prenatal alcohol consumption may cause abnormalities in the fetus including craniofacial, neurobehavioral and c…
CSEF · 2019
Toxicology First Award
Objectives FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb declared the rampant youth nicotine addiction achieved through JUULs, the widely popular e-cigarettes, to be an epidemic, while UCSF researchers ha…
AJAS · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
Glucose has been shown to shorten the lifespan of the nematode C. elegans that has an evolutionarily conserved insulin signaling pathway similar to that of humans. This study examined the ef…
CSEF · 2019
Toxicology
Objectives The objective of this study is to examine the effects of microplastics in the soil on plant health and on soil properties. Methods A group of lettuce was grown in soil with a 10%…
CSEF · 2019
Toxicology
Objectives The objective of this experiment was to determine the effects of electromagnetic radiation on seed germination and plant growth. Methods I planted groups of radish seed that were…
CSEF · 2019
Toxicology
Objectives Utilizing 12 different concentrations of silver nanoparticles in Arcata Marsh water, determine and measure the effects of silver nanoparticles on the mortality rates of 10 freshwa…