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 · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals I chose to study lichens in the Coastal Sage Scrub Community of Northern San Diego county lagoons because lichens are very important to our Earth, 8% of our Earths solid sur…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Physarum polycephalum are a unique slime mold protist species that contain a primitive intelligence when it comes to navigation and response to stimuli. Since the species P.…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Third Award
The treatment of tuberculosis requires a minimum of 6 months of multidrug therapy. Antibiotic efficacy is complicated by a bacterial subpopulation of “persisters”. The persisters are genotyp…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if Mycoplasma bovis could be isolated from milk fluid, blood, lachrymal fluid, and nasopharyngeal cultures. The veterinarian collected milk fl…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Through this experiment, I was trying to find a new way to treat illnesses and diseases. Methods/Materials The materials used in this experiment include; 3 petri dishes, e c…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Fourth Award
On August 14, 2013, Nova Delphini was discovered by Koichi Itagaki. This nova erupted to a maximum brightness of magnitude 4.4 by August 16. The extraordinary brightness of this event allowe…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Second Award
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) is an opportunistic gram-negative bacterium that causes serious infection in immunocompromised patients. PA becomes much more pathogenic when it develops a biofil…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Third Award
The purpose of the project was to detect solar g-modes which would consequently confirm existing theories of solar magnetic fields. Viable sunspots were selected based on set criteria, and d…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology First Award
Young supernova remnants (YSNRs) are possible sites of cosmic-ray (CR) acceleration, thanks to which the CRs were observed to reach energies as high as 10e15 eV. However, such acceleration c…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
Asteroid orbits are subject to chaos theory, that is, extremely sensitive to initial conditions. Because of this, it is critical to obtain both accuracy and high precision when generating th…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
Bacterial antibiotic resistance has become a concern following this class of drugs’ widespread adoption and subsequent misuse. New methods to eradicate bacteria must be discovered and perfec…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
The Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) theory for dark matter predicts the production of gamma radiation from WIMP annihilation and decay. To examine the possibility of WIMP dark mat…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Recent research reveals that select phytohormones seem to have significant antibacterial properties and cause plant resistance to fungal disease, but little light is shown o…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine whether nitric oxide gas has any effects on Escherichia coli, and the effects of duration of treatment, temperature, and nitric o…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
This project focuses on predicting the strength of solar flares based on sunspot characteristics. It was hypothesized that the probability of generating an intense solar flare within a sunsp…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
Detection of disease in humans is primarily based upon symptoms an individual may experience. New research suggests that monitoring the oral microbiome for changes in the normal flora could…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
Abstract Ralstonia metallidurans to produce gold alongside other rare metals The Ralstonia metallidurans is a gram negative bacteria that lives in metallic environment in order to produce go…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
The purpose of this investigation is to relate the flow of Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCR) in the occurrence of Tropical Cyclones (TC) through the formation of clouds in the lower atmosphere. Gal…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Fourth Award
Asteroid taxonomy is the classification of asteroids on the basis of the shape of their emission spectrum and their color. These properties are believed to correspond with the surface compos…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment is to see whether or not soybean polyamines, found in soybean extract, play a role in stopping the breakdown of mitochondrial DNA, which could l…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus is a strand of Staph that has developed into a superbug that affects 500,000 patients in American hospitals annually. To help decrease this statistic the spreading of t…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
Noting the difficulty of locating a celestial body during an astronomical observation I developed a device capable of pointing an average power green laser for a chosen star, which was selec…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals To evaluate the optimal temperature at which to grow a kombucha SCOBY. I hypothesized that a higher temperature within the range recommended by many kombucha brewers would b…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to find the most effective method in fighting fungal infections while also maintaining a very minimal amount of side effects and using both na…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
The study of Dark Matter in galaxies generates new knowledge about the formation of the Universe. Some research works have found that inside Early Type Galaxies (ETGs) there can be up to 30%…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals Antibiotic resistance is a major health issue. My goal in this project was to understand how common bacteria like Escherichia coli develop resistance to antibiotics. Questio…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Multi-state outbreaks of E. coli have been reported over the past few years due to consuming raw or unwashed vegetables. The objective of this study was to determine if the…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General) Third Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment examined the ability of four antioxidants (vitamin C, alpha-lipoic acid, coenzyme Q-10, and selenium) to dampen the harmful effects of hydrogen peroxide on S…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Fungal agents have shown increasing signs of resistance towards regularly used antimycotic agents. With our research, we hope to find a combination of both antifungals & nat…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus agalactiae are considered as significant wound pathogens and produce a large number of enzymes and toxins which are involved in pathogenic processes i…