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 · 2024
Microbiology Third Award
Phage therapy is a promising option to mitigate antibiotic resistance. Phages, a type of virus, are genetically diverse and globally plentiful. Yet only 14,500 phages have been discovered, m…
AJAS · 2024
Microbiology (inferred)
35,000 people die annually in the U.S. from antibiotic resistant infections (Antibiotics/Antimicrobial Resistance, 2021). Efficacy of antibiotics is endangered by rapid emergence of resistan…
ISEF · 2024
Microbiology
Mycobacteria remain a prominent problem, especially in developing areas in South Africa and India. Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes the pulmonary disease tuberculosis (TB) and is responsibl…
ISEF · 2024
Microbiology Fourth Award
Bats, like bees, are a keystone species benefiting the environment and saving farmers billions of dollars in chemicals. However, since 2006, millions of bats in North America have died of a…
ISEF · 2024
Microbiology Third Award
The natural production of antimicrobial substances by living organisms as part of their defense mechanisms has been well-documented. Among these substances, bacteriocins, a diverse class of…
ISEF · 2024
Microbiology
Bacterial biofilms, which contribute 80% of microbial infections in humans, are difficult and expensive to treat due to their antibiotic resistance. This experiment investigated the potentia…
ISEF · 2024
Microbiology
The researchers conducted experiments using Pestalotiopsis microspora in which the researchers created a non-toxic biodegradable process of decomposing plastic for a nutrient source and re-f…
ISEF · 2024
Microbiology
As the development of novel antibiotics slows and pathogenic bacteria develop mutations to counter antibiotics, understanding mutant genes contributing to resistance becomes critical. Among…
ISEF · 2024
Microbiology Second Award
Francisella tularensis, a gram-negative bacterium, is the causative agent of tularemia, a severe zoonotic disease which is highly lethal even with minimal exposure. Francisella is recognized…
ISEF · 2024
Microbiology Third Award
Diabetes poses a significant global health challenge, emphasizing the urgent need for insulin. Insulin costs a quite demanding as it is needed every year through one's lifetime. Meanwhile, s…
AJAS · 2024
Microbiology (inferred)
Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem in medicine, leading to an urgency for developing alternatives to traditional antibiotics. Recent research has investigated the potential of gold n…
ISEF · 2024
Microbiology
Escalating plastic waste demands breakthroughs. Promising biological plastic recycling (BPR)—using microbial-origin enzymes, is little explored for poorly recycled polymers like polyurethane…
ISEF · 2024
Microbiology
l-lactic acid is a key component of degradable plastics and an important platform compound used in chemicals, materials, health, and cosmetics. The production using agricultural feedstock ca…
ISEF · 2024
Microbiology
In 2019, bacterial infections were estimated to be the second leading cause of death worldwide, responsible for every one in eight global deaths. More than half of these were caused by bacte…
ISEF · 2024
Microbiology
Flocculation occurs during fermentation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The cells aggregate into dense masses that sink, separating cells from alcohol products easier, due to the binding betwee…
ISEF · 2024
Microbiology
Physarum polycephalum is an acellular, multinucleate organism that reacts to environmental stimuli (pressure, light, chemical stimuli, etc.). Physarum polycephalum's morphological changes in…
ISEF · 2024
Microbiology
I conducted this experiment to observe the air quality in agricultural settings once learning how unsafe the air pollution has become in these environments. I tested the air quality by placi…
ISEF · 2024
Microbiology
In response to the escalating environmental concerns of oil spills, this project investigates banana bark as a potential oil sorbent that can naturally degrade the absorbed oil. This study e…
CSEF · 2024
Microbiology Second Award
CSEF · 2024
Microbiology Fourth Award
CSEF · 2024
Microbiology Honorable_mention Award
CSEF · 2024
Microbiology First Award
CSEF · 2024
Microbiology Third Award
CSEF · 2024
Microbiology First Award
CSEF · 2024
Microbiology Second Award
CSEF · 2024
Microbiology Fourth Award
CSEF · 2024
Microbiology Honorable_mention Award