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
Objectives Creating a sustainable, biodegradable plastic six-pack ring made from polylactic acid with an added plasticizer and an alternate form made of compost. Methods Hydrochloric acid, L…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Throughout Germany, uranium can be found as contamination in phreatic water. Especially in Saxony – being a former main region of German uranium mining - it has also migrated into potable wa…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Cisplatin is a platinum-based chemotherapy drug that targets breast cancer, head and neck cancer, lung cancer and testicular cancer. It is found to be very effective in treating testicular c…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
The reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) to energy rich molecules can reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and aid in limiting CO2 levels in the atmosphere. One aspect of these efforts involve…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Energy is essential for industrialization but traditional energy sources have a bad impact on our environment. Therefore, researchers are interested in using alternative energy sources such…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Tryptamine derivatives are well-known bioactive compounds. For example, serotonin, which is 5-hydroxytryptamine, is an important neurotransmitter. Various drugs based on the tryptamine core…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry Third Award
Nowadays, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1) is treated by inhibitors of various types, especially substances able to block key stages of HIV life cycle. Within the last years,…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives The goal of this project was the synthesis of Luteolin (3',4',5,7, tetrahydroxy flavone), from a commercially available flavonoid. Methods I conducted a sequence of three reaction…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry Fourth Award
Silver has been used since ancient times as a way to combat bacterial infections. Before the introduction of modern antibiotics, silver was mainly used for its bactericidal properties. Howev…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
In recent years, nanoparticles for therapeutic treatments of cancer has begun to show great promise. The nanoparticles used in this study were composed of silver that were chemically synthes…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Hydrogen energy is clean energy that would solve the current ecological problems while it is limited by consumption of noble metals. Transition metal dichalcogenides are very potential for r…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Cell-selective drug delivery can overcome the downfalls of non-specific cancer therapies, such as systemic toxicity and low effectiveness. Previous research has revealed that properly modifi…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives I wanted to learn how the presence of various solutes (sugar, NaCl, KCl/NaCL mix) in an aqueous solution would affect the reaction of sodium submerged in the solution. My hypothes…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry Third Award
Cancer stem cells are a subset of cells that are able to survive chemo, differentiate, and repopulate the tumor, leading to increased survival and disease progression. P53 suppression is lin…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives My goal is to determine the most effective method of water electrolysis. In particular, to determine the most effective method I measured which produced the most amount of gas. My…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Alport Syndrome (AS) is a rare genetic disease affecting 5,000 - 10,000 people in the United States. This disease is due to a mutation in collagen IV that leads to destruction of the basemen…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives The objective of this study is to learn about the different chemical reactions that take place within a homemade Lava Lamp. More specifically: I wanted to understand, why water an…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
The objective of this experiment was construct a Turbidimeter and Nephelometer for the purpose of quantitatively determining the chloride content of a sample of water. The chloride will form…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
In recent years, rates of colorectal cancer among young people have seen a shocking increase. Hydrogen peroxide is known to be a leading cause of cancer throughout the digestive tract. The b…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Dairy beverages contain a rich source of nutrients including vitamins, calcium which is essential for growth and disease prevention. Lactose intolerance hinders 65% of the world population f…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Daphnia Magna are planktonic crustaceans that are commonly known as “water fleas”. The Daphnia live in multiple environments varying from freshwater lakes to acidic swamps. Although, they ca…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives The objective of this project is to investigate the effect of acidity on the dye sorption of the animal fiber wool. Methods Dyebaths of various vinegar concentrations were prepare…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia that has no known cure. Many scientists believe that the disease results from toxic changes in the brain that include large deposits o…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry Fourth Award
Objectives We aim to develop methods to detect the amount of leaf pigments. We will then use the methods to study the effect of temperature and light exposure to the pigments in picked leafy…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry Fourth Award
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are a rapidly developing technology with applications in biosensorics, targeted drug delivery, cancer therapy, diagnostics, and purity testing. One of their proper…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives The purpose of this project is to see how water can be used as a renewable energy source by testing how efficient a cobalt-based catalyst will be in producing molecular oxygen fro…
AJAS · 2019
Chemistry (inferred)
Cotton balls were tested after being exposed to different substances. Combustion is when compounds combine with oxygen and produce heat. There are two types of combustion, complete and incom…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Paint coatings are widely used in the modern world, especially for corrosion protection of the metal with simultaneously formation decorative image. But the main disadvantage of pain coating…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
After investigating and selecting the different plastics considering that most plastics are frequently used, we begin to prepare the samples using the following recognition criteria to class…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives This research project aims to find trends, in reactivity and in chain length, among similar deep eutectic solvents (DES) in order to design more catalytically efficient DESs. Curr…