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
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…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
The intent of this project is to identify the efficacy of antibacterial soap when compared to non-antibacterial soap. In 2016, the FDA banned antibacterial products which contained triclosan…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology Fourth Award
Doxorubicin is a globally utilized drug for cancer treatment. This drug has unfortunate cardiotoxic side-effects through drug-induced functional loss of iron-regulatory proteins (IRP1, IRP2)…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Microplastics have been a significant environmental pollutant that are recently beginning to be studied within the past decade. While their threats have been well-documented among a variety…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
This project analyzes the efficacy of osmoadaptation systems in the algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in response to osmotic stress caused by brine dumping cycles from desalination plants. As…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology Fourth Award
Chronic wounds are a significant healthcare threat worldwide, affecting an estimated 6.5 million people in the U.S. and costing the healthcare system an estimated $25 billion annually (10).…
CSEF · 2023
Microbiology (General) First Award
A big challenge of long term space travel and habitation is bacteria proliferation in the spacecraft and space station. Bacteria form threatening biofilms that jeopardize equipment and the h…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
According to the World Health Organization, there are 600 million cases of food borne diseases and 420,000 deaths each year. This disparity can be especially harmful and prevalent in develop…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Hot Springs, Arkansas is a tourist town known for its geothermal hot springs, which contain microbial thermophiles that thrive at high temperatures. These springs have several sources of wat…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Humans are commonly exposed to infectious fungal agents that live in the environment, the most common type being yeast infections. Global warming appears to be a contributing factor in the p…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Experiment using in vitro science to offer an intelligence on the most synergistic combination between antibiotics and antipyretics against a familiar biofilm-forming pathogen, Staphylococcu…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology Third Award
A big challenge of long term space travel and habitation is bacteria proliferation in the spacecraft and space station. Bacteria form threatening biofilms that jeopardize equipment and the h…
CSEF · 2023
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
The bathroom is considered the second dirtiest place in your house. This place is used by many people each day, so it's good to frequently clean it to keep all of the nasty germs, bacteria,…
CSEF · 2023
Microbiology (General) Third Award
The purpose of my experiment was to identify a natural alternative to stop the growth of E.coli. I tested both Neem, and Betel leaf extracts against E.coli. These infections are one of the d…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Overuse of chemical sterilization has applied selective pressure to the bacteria that colonize our surfaces, increasing their pathogenicity and resistance to treatment. A possible solution t…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology First Award
Staphylococcus aureus (SA) kills over 330,000 people yearly, is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, and can stop wounds from healing. This study engineered bacterial cellulose-ca…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Can natural disinfectants, such as essential oils, be as effective as more potent, commonly used disinfectants? The goal of this experiment is to compare the effectiveness and safety of comm…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Purpose: To determine the best way to store your toothbrush and the best way to decontaminate your toothbrush. Procedure: Colonization Process 1. I brushed my teeth, and then right after bru…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Water from the naturally carbonated springs in Soda Springs, Idaho, is commonly believed to be safe for human consumption. Using samples from a variety of carbonated and non-carbonated sprin…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Acinetobacter baumannii is a pathogenic bacterium associated with multi-drug resistant nosocomial infection that has been classified as an urgent threat by the CDC. Phage therapy is promisin…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology First Award
The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes fatal and chronic infections, with 124,000 deaths annually, due to its beta-lactamase-mediated resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology Fourth Award
Microorganisms are essential to our environment because of their importance to many ecosystems. As a result of improper disposal, a wide variety of substances pollute the environment, includ…