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
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives Renewable energies, such as solar and wind, are intermittent sources of energy. For renewable energy to become practical, we need a cost-effective method for storing energy so it…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Mosquitoes of the genus Aedes, Culex and Anopheles transmit diseases such as Dengue, West Nile Virus and Malaria, killing more than 755,000 people globally per year, costing around 25.2 bill…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Neurodegenerative disorders represent a global healthcare crisis impacting over 60 million individuals worldwide at an estimated cost of over 800 billion dollars, that is exacerbated by a re…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Chemotaxis is the movement of an organism up and down a concentration gradient. The aim of this project is to test and observe the effects of different concentrations of glucose on the chemo…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry Fourth Award
Chloramine in swimming pools is considered hazardous. It is generated by reaction of free chlorine with amine compounds including urine and perspiration. To eliminate chloramine, excessive a…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives Gold and silver nanoparticles exhibit intense colors, because of surface plasmon resonance. In this project, I demonstrate that this unique property can be exploited for the color…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
The purpose of this experiment was to create a customized painting kit for blind and visually impaired people using paints made with perfumes and other non-toxic materials extracted from pla…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Water is the most important source for life and for the well-being maintenance of the planet earth. Economic and viable alternatives have been proposed for the treatment of waters, among the…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
The purpose of this project is to identify the calories in freeze-dried and dehydrated foods and then conduct a taste test to discover which one people prefer. I purchased fruits, vegetables…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
This project was an analysis of how much Red Dye 40 various sports drinks contain. The negative effects of Red Dye 40, as well as the increasing popularity of sports drinks, were the motivat…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry Fourth Award
Currently, new alternatives for greenhouse gases are of great interest, and hydrogen is a major player in the race for a new source of fuel. Hydrogen can be produced through a photocatalytic…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives Currently, new alternatives for current greenhouse gases are of great interest, and hydrogen is a major player in the race for a new main source of fuel. Hydrogen can be produced…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Cu2O is a promising high efficiency photocatalyst which exhibits good visible light photocatalytic degradation to organic pollutants. A novel heterostructure Cu2O-based nanocomposite was syn…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives A recent study showed the global cost of corrosion is estimated at $2.5 trillion annually. Corrosion affects our lives directly include safety (collapsed bridges), health (contami…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Cellular stress is caused by the exposure of cells to environmental stressors and is extremely harmful, e.g., oxidative stress is caused by free radicals, and is linked to cancer, ADHD, etc.…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
The use of Silver nanoparticles (NPs) and Cadmium quantum dots (CdSe/ZnS)(QDs) is increasing daily in many commercially used products such as sunscreen, water resistant clothes, and may be u…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
X-ray crystallography is a widely used technique in pharmacy for drug design, development and, especially, for assignment of drug quality and detection of impurities. While X-ray diffraction…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Biofouling is the accumulation of microorganisms or plants on wet surfaces. It poses risks for humans and on a wide variety of surfaces. Biofouling also can af-fect industries like paper man…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry First Award
Objectives Heavy metal contamination continues to threaten the SF Bay & cleanup of mercury & copper from watersheds is costly & time-consuming. Designing a cheap & effective activated carbon…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
One of the greatest struggles of someone living a particular diet or lifestyle is the difficulty of finding foods which align with it. The question of whether or not specialty foods -- speci…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Lung cancer is an incredibly dangerous and deadly form of cancer without a consistent and inexpensive cure. Most lung cancer detection methods are expensive, complex, and detect the cancer a…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Voltammetry is a technique based on the application of potential to a working electrode immersed in an electrochemical cell. Depending on the applied potential, compounds in the cell may und…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives Understanding the chemistry of sulfites is necessary in viticulture and enology. The use of sulfite is important as it is one of the most safest and widely used preservative (Hann…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Viral particles used in vaccines and viral therapies are often damaged due to the molecular movement of their storage solution and require storage at low temperatures to reduce the velocity…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry Fourth Award
Objectives Develop a method to effectively replace Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) anodes with inexpensive Silver (Ag) anodes in thin film solar cells. Methods Used spin-coater to deposit polymer fil…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Development of a Method Towards the Metabolic Monitoring of TCA Cycle Compounds Observed in Rat Urine Using NMR Spectroscopy Sai Sumedha Bobba James Clemens High School, Madison, Alabama, Un…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
One of the most common health problems across the globe is the imbalance of hormones in the human body. However, although many suffer from such imbalances, most often, the affected people ca…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives 3D printing promises to produce complex biomedical devices according to computer design using patient- specific anatomical data. However, the application of such techniques in bio…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
There are two main types of HIV viruses, HIV-1 HIV-2. HIV-2 tends to progress slower than HIV-1 and it results in fewer deaths. This project was focused on testing a new category of novel Al…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
We noticed a strange oscillatory color change when observing the acid hydrolysis of potato starch using iodine. This change involved repeating deep and pale blue colors in the reaction sampl…