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 · 2018
Biochemistry
Medical professionals have struggled to develop delivery systems for active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) to mitigate inconsistent dosage and inconvenience from traditional forms of drug…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals Dye waste generated by the textile industry is now the second leading pollutant of water worldwide and is expensive to remediate due to its chemical and physical properties.…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Worldwide, Pharmaceutical compounds, which pass through the human body, animals and pharmaceutical factories into sewage, are unaffected by wastewater treatment plants. Finally, Accumulated…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
In "Seimikaiso", the first Japanese systematic chemistry book published in 1847, the author wrote that " When we mix diethyl ether with the Au solution (which means Au(III) solution), Au is…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Nowadays, a dry hydraulic mixture, such as cement is one of the common building materials, thus reducing production cost and minimizing negative environmental impact is a high priority for c…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This experiment was performed to test how fast steel wool corrodes after being soaked in different acidic liquids. It was expected that if lemon juice is used, then the stee…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The project goal is to create a low-cost NiC(2)O(4) (nickel oxalate) catalyst for water electrolysis based on the hypothesis that porous structure leads to higher efficiency…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Clays are minerals, usually aluminosilicates, characterized by a noticeable variety of structures and physical and chemical properties. Their relevance is not only limited to geology, as it…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry Second Award
It is known that branching in aliphatic amines reduces their degradation in an organism by MAO enzymes. The main target of our project was to reveal the influence of carbon chain branching i…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry Third Award
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a promising technology that utilizes radiotracers for producing detailed, 3D images of the body. The radiotracer studied in this project targets the SV2…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry Fourth Award
Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) produces useful fuels and chemicals for various commercial industries while combating climate change. The purpose of this experiment is to s…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Polymerization is the process by which building block molecules (monomers) are joined together to form a large chain or network. The chemical properties of a polymer are determined by the sp…
AJAS · 2018
Chemistry (inferred)
The overarching goal of this project is to synthesize effective, multicomponent anti-cancer compounds by coupling derivatives of boron and natural products. Benzoboroxoles, (cyclic boronic a…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Metabolic reprogramming is a hallmark of cancer, and tumor cells with defective mitochondria use alternative, efficient metabolic pathways to produce ATP energy when the ele…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
Slowing down of apoptosis, a biological process of programmed cell death, is believed to be the leading cause of cancer. Caspase-3 (Cysteine-dependent aspartate-directed protease) enzyme pla…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is a highly lethal malignancy due to its late stage diagnosis and limited treatment options. Current treatment options are often counteracted by strong…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
More than 1 billion people in the world have some form of disability. This corresponds to about 15% of the world’s population. Between 110-190 million people have very significant difficulti…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Studies show that in the US alone, around 742 children have died due to paediatric vehicular heatstrokes since 1998. Around 42 of the deaths occurred in 2017, the highest temperature being 4…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
Methylotrophy is the means of obtaining nutrition via the assimilation of single-carbon compounds. It is employed as a sole means of nutrition by many bacteria; however, the enzymes used in…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry First Award
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a novel 3D-imaging modality, however there has been limited research utilizing OCT to study physiological impacts of ion-blocking drugs, namely Class I,…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
A study of the azo compound Mordant Yellow 10 (5-(4-sulfophenylazo)salicylic acid) was conducted, aiming to investigate factors contributing to its observed color. The compound was synthesiz…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
The goal of given project was to synthesize and biochemically characterize a new class of compounds that could report and block the abnormally elevated activity of Aurora B. The compounds re…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
This project was put forward in an effort to distinguish how the chemical structures of lipids and carbohydrates affect the amounts of energy released when heat ruptures the bonds holding to…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The eventual objective of this project is to isolate a small strongyle egg using density gradient centrifugation. Five different density gradient solutions are being compare…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if the properties of chitosan were significant factors in removing Azo dye from solution. Congo Red – a dangerous azo dye – is commonly found…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry Third Award
Alzheimer’s disease results in learning and memory deficits due to toxic changes in the brain caused by amyloid-ß plaques and oxidative stress (Alzheimer’s, 2011). Oxidative stress is caused…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry Fourth Award
The native Olympic Oyster, Ostrea lurida, once populated the pays on the Pacific Coast. During the California Gold Rush, these oysters were harvested to the extent that they disappeared from…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals I try to find out how the affect of changing molality of salts, effects the freezing point of water. This is relevant in that, today America spends millions on deicing roadw…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Many kids bring lunch to school, and we have been hearing suggestions about what foods are suitable for lunch packing, due to concerns of nitrite content in foods stored ove…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
The disposal of hydrogen peroxide is crucial for organismal health as hydrogen peroxide is a toxin that causes necrosis, apoptosis, gangrene, ulcers, susceptibility to other medical conditio…