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 · 2018
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals Achieving solar powered photochemical synthesis has long been the dream of scientists. Unfortunately, flaws with existing photochemical reactors and the solar spectrum's lac…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a very deadly form of brain cancer. The effects of hybrid compounds of heterocyclic rhodanine and arylidene (boronic acid) were tested on GBM cancer cells. T…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to determine if horse manure is a viable source of energy compared to traditional sources of energy such as wood and coal. Methods/Materials I buil…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals To measure and declare the rate of burning between initial and final times between different household substances. Methods/Materials Our materials include: Baking soda (sodi…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals I studied if the melting temperature of an oil could predict its soap's hardness. I hypothesized that the higher the melting temperature of the oil the harder the soap it wo…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Objective: To find out which food sample (Hamburger patty, small potatoes, and dried blueberries) contains more calories, by using a calorimeter. Methods/Materials A thermom…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to show how much red dye we ingest by consuming a common sports drink or soda. I also want to learn which drink has the most red dye, so if you…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
Cheese whey is a by-product of cheese manufacture. A daily production of 10.000 liters of whey causes a load of organic pollutants similar to a city of 5.000 inhabitants. The diversified use…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
Invertebrates, unlike their counterparts, vertebrates, have no adaptive immunity for protection and hence can only rely on biochemical based innate protection to defend themselves against pr…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
P27kip1 (p27) is a tumor suppressor protein that is often deregulated in aggressive cancers. Recent evidence from the Sheaff lab suggests p27 deregulation provides a growth advantage by allo…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
General theme of the project is exploration of indenyl rhodium complexes. The relevance of this study is that organometallic complexes are widely used in organic synthesis as catalysts. For…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals As battery technology, specifically lithium-ion, reaches a physical limit, it is crucial to study the roots of electrochemistry to identify possible improvements so as to fo…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals There are many ways to put a fire out, but how does Co2 put out a fire? This is the question that is on our minds. We decided to choose this topic because we are curious abo…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
The species Psidium guajava, commonly known as Cuban White Guava, contains various phytoconstituents with have the potential for use in the pharmaceutical field. One of these phytoconstituen…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The question that is trying to be answered is if there is life on Mars.The purpose of this project is to find evidence that life might have existed before on Mars.The main g…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
The great amount of pollution generated by the chicken feathers from butcheries, as well as family growths of Jonote (Heliocarpus appendiculatus) for the production of fig tree paper, favore…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Supercooling occurs when a liquid obtains a temperature lower than its freezing point without exhibiting a phase change from liquid to its solid state. The properties of liquids exhibiting t…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Methods were developed for the analysis of stimulant drugs, opiates, synthetic opiates, PCP, and benzodiazepines in wastewater samples using liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass sp…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of Melia azedarach fruits on removing heavy metals from industrial wastewater .The study methodology contained four steps. First, Melia azedarac…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
The purpose of this experiment was to simulate conditions of primordial Earth to demonstrate how life could have been created from the gases (nitrogen, carbon dioxide, ammonia, methane) pres…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to learn which liquid between orange juice, water, nail polish remover, and rubbing alcohol would evaporate the quickest. Methods/Materials 4…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry Fourth Award
Lord Kelvin’s Thunderstorm, also known as Lord Kelvin’s Water Dropper, is a type of electrostatic generator that utilizes natural charge imbalances in falling streams of water to generate el…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
Ferrofluids mainly consist of stable colloidal suspensions of nanoscale magnetite (Fe3O4) particles. (Magnetite particles can be manipulated through magnets in order to change the solution’s…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
This project is aimed to test the feasibility of Manihot esculenta as a raw material for the production of biodegradable plastic. Manihot esculenta commonly known as bitter cassava, tapioca,…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
Larrea tridentata and Juniperus osteosperma are two plants used by Native Americans for a variety of medicinal purposes. In this study, the leaves of Larrea tridentata and the "berries" (con…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals I wanted to know the exact ratio of iodine to bleach to make 100mL of water stay clear. What is the bleach doing to the iodine in this demonstration? Why is it happening? Wi…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry Third Award
Biosensors are of quintessential importance in optimizing industrial production of biomolecules such as antibiotics. Optical biosensors have therefore received considerable attention due to…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry Fourth Award
The objective of the project was to create new nanostructural catalytic systems capable of effective electroreduction of oxygen, which can be used in the construction of low-temperature fuel…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of this science fair project was to determine the effectiveness of natural pigments at dyeing a Tagua nut, an Ecuadorian plant also known as "vegetable ivory"…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
Abstract Produced by traumatic brain injury such as concussions, free radicals cause many problems when released in the brain including memory loss, attention problems, depression, and disor…