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 · 2021
Chemistry
CO2 has great effect on the environment , the aim of the project is to reuse CO2 in cement industry to decrease its effect as greenhouse gas as well as using the waste from marble cutting an…
ISEF · 2021
Biochemistry Second Award
There exist evolutionarily-conserved genetic similarities between signals for planarian regeneration and human inflammation. The ROS-activated TRPA1 ion channel is implicated in planarian re…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
Chromatography is a well-known method for separating gas or liquid components from mixtures but is unavailable for mixtures of solids. Here, we describe a practical analytical method for sep…
ISEF · 2021
Biochemistry
Chemical disinfectants are added during the production of drinking water to prevent bacterial growth in the water as it distributed to consumers. Historically, in all 50 states, liquid chlor…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
Conversion of CO2 in a scalable technology has the potential for enormous energy and environmental impact but remains a challenge. I will explore the effects of earth-abundant perovskite oxi…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
Currently, reverse osmosis serving as the most widely used drinking water purification method is very costly and energy-intensive, which calls for innovative alternatives. Capacitive deioniz…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
Nattokinase is a serine protease that is used to treat Staphyloccocus aureus biofilm formation on surgical tools. Despite preliminary knowledge on the chemical structure of nattokinase, ther…
ISEF · 2021
Biochemistry
The purpose of this experiment was to determine the type of rice that contained the lowest starch concentration – raw, parboiled, jasmine, basmati, or sticky. The researcher hypothesized raw…
ISEF · 2021
Biochemistry First Award
Suitable vascular and porous structures are critical in tissue engineering scaffolds. Through years of convergent evolution, the geometry of plant and animal tissues has become increasingly…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
ABSTRACT Electroosmosis is the motion of an electrically neutral fluid under the influence of an electric field due to interface breaking of local electrical neutrality. We analyzed a simple…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
Perchlorate, an oxidizer found in rocket fuel and fireworks, has leaked into groundwater near military sites and factories. It’s consumption can have major adverse effects on health by disru…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are organic electronic devices which convert solar energy into electrical energy. Unlike the conventional silicon-based solar cell, DSSCs are lightweight a…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
Free sulfur dioxide, which preserves wine, is usually measured via an iodometric “Ripper” titration, where color change signifies the endpoint. However, most such methods are either ineffici…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
A number of genetic and oncological diseases are caused by malfunctioning proteins. For example, Williams syndrome (WS) is associated with defects in WBSCR27 protein. To develop an effective…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry Fourth Award
Photothermal therapy (PTT) has caught attention as a treatment for cancer due to its high control, noninvasiveness, and negligible side effects. However, PTT drugs require a vessel for nanod…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry Fourth Award
Two main issues within our global community are pollution and electricity access. The textile dye industry produces 7x10^5 tons of dye annually, approximately 20% of which pollute water sour…
ISEF · 2021
Biochemistry
WBSCR27-methyltransferase is associated with Williams syndrome. Williams syndrome is a genetic disease that is accompanied by a number of severe symptoms, including mental retardation, cardi…
ISEF · 2021
Biochemistry
Despite technological advances in biofuel viability, there are major flaws of this type of alternative source of energy. Implementation of ethanol is important, because substitution of biofu…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
Current chemical and physical processes to treat wastewater containing dyes have high costs and are contradictory because they produce more pollution during the process. Titanium (IV) dioxid…
ISEF · 2021
Biochemistry
Pulsed ultraviolet light (PUVL) serves as a processing method that retains natural appearance of foods, lacks residual compounds, saves energy, and is considered environmentally friendly. Al…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
Medicine should be available to all. But it isn’t. This is because many communities lack the resources for a medicinal cold chain, a distribution network that keeps medicine cold until it is…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
The inner bark of the Chinese cinnamon tree Cinnamomum cassia is commonly processed into cinnamon sticks. The chemical compound that gives cinnamon sticks their flavor and odor is (2E)-3-phe…
ISEF · 2021
Biochemistry Fourth Award
Although water makes up to 71% of the Earth’s surface, only 0.5% is fresh. Fresh water resources are getting exhausted at an exponential rate due to environmental changes, as well as the lac…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
Petroleum demand currently is ongoing, especially with the increase in industrial and construction evolution. Based on statistics, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is ranked second worldwide in o…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
Water removal through demulsification is a critical step in oil refineries. However, the mass production of conventional chemical demulsifiers is detrimental to public health and the environ…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry Second Award
Each year, 60 million tons of biodegradable and organic matter are thrown into landfills, where they are unable to decompose and continuously produce greenhouse gases. Despite a proposed cor…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
The recent characterization of the natural product Pannokin D (a novel benzoxanthone-type diprenylated flavonoid with cytotoxic activity and the rare biochemical capability of overcoming TRA…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
Transition metal-based layered double hydroxide (LDH) water-splitting electrocatalysts are known to have distinctive structural and electronic properties that facilitate the water-splitting…
ISEF · 2021
Biochemistry
Multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease that damages the neuroimmune system, is caused by the degeneration of myelin sheath, an insulating fiber located on a neuron's axon, which leads to the red…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
Research and detection of antiviral remedies, even alternative ones during the pandemic, is a current and global problem. In this context, we set out to investigate the antiviral potential o…