Browse 3,401 real Physics and Astronomy projects from past science fairs, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2026
Electronics & Electromagnetics (Junior Division)
Adequate access to Braille resources is one of the largest challenges that can improve blind people's education level and social connectedness. The current embossers on the market are extrem…
CSEF · 2026
Physics & Astronomy (Senior Division)
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN smashes protons together at nearly the speed of light to search for particles never seen before, potential keys to understanding dark matter, extra di…
CSEF · 2026
Physics & Astronomy (Senior Division)
Detecting molecular species in exoplanet atmospheres through transmission spectroscopy is essential for exoplanet characterization, but traditional atmospheric retrieval methods are computat…
AJAS · 2026
Physics and Astronomy (inferred)
Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) are the most energetic particles in the universe and have been studied extensively for over 20 years; however, due to various limitations, their source…
CSEF · 2026
Electronics & Electromagnetics (Senior Division) Honorable_mention Award
This project presents computational techniques and hardware architecture for robust 3D perception in challenging environments, where signal degradation causes conventional sensors to fail. T…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
In quantum photonic systems, information can be encoded in the distribution of photons (Fock states) across sites at a time. This makes it important to have control mechanisms that guide pho…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
Ultra-sensitive, scalable quantum computing relies on the precise control of open quantum systems, where environmental memory effects lead to non-Markovian noise. As quantum systems continue…
CSEF · 2026
Electronics & Electromagnetics (Junior Division)
Pedestrians face significantly increased risk at night and during rainy conditions due to poor visibility, reflective glare, water-filled potholes, sidewalk cracks, and hidden obstacles. The…
CSEF · 2026
Electronics & Electromagnetics (Senior Division)
This project focused on the design and testing of an integrated electronic system capable of detecting, classifying, and wirelessly reporting damaging package handling events in real time. A…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
This project presents an in-line lens-free digital holographic imaging system capable of single-frame 3D reconstruction. I used a 532 nm monochromatic source to illuminate the sample, and th…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
Gravitational waves (GWs) are ripples in spacetime produced by massive astronomical events such as compact binary coalescences (CBCs) involving black holes and neutron stars. Although matche…
AJAS · 2026
Physics and Astronomy (inferred)
The first gravitational wave signal detected and interpreted by humans was observed by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) on September 14, 2015 (NASA, 2015). Sinc…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
Dormant black holes (BHs) are believed to be among the most common types of BHs in the Milky Way; despite this, dormant BHs remain largely unstudied due to limitations of current methods of…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
3D printing has the ability to control the internal structure of a product. Published research has not determined the strength-to-weight ratio of infill patterns. The isotropy of infill patt…
CSEF · 2026
Physics & Astronomy (Senior Division)
We used OpenGATE 10.0.0 to simulate PET scanners using LYSO and LXe detectors. Scintillation crystals were adjustable in width, which we used to do up to 20 trials with varying widths. Image…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
In high energy collisions the ability to isolate the strange quark is often compromised by the hadron is overlap where pions and kaons are overlapping in the high momentum spectrum it leads…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
The precise measurement of the Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa (CKM ) matrix element Vub is an ongoing gap in our understanding of quark flavor physics and provides an important test of the Standa…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
Dark matter dominates galaxy mass, but determining its central distribution depends on precise decomposition of total mass into dark and baryonic matter components. This study introduces a n…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy First Award
Efficient ion heating remains a major obstacle in magnetic fusion because radio-frequency waves often deposit too much of their energy into electrons rather than fuel ions. Existing ion-cycl…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
The goal of the research is to develop a method for rapid, non-contact surface microstructure analysis based on laser speckle imaging. The research aims to identify quantitative relationship…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
Standard rulers are astronomical objects with known intrinsic sizes whose apparent angular sizes can be used to determine their distance. Black holes (BHs) represent a potential standard rul…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Quantum computers promise computational advantages beyond classical limits. Although reported gate fidelities are high for modern devices, widely thought to indicate high performance, they d…
CSEF · 2026
Electronics & Electromagnetics (Junior Division)
The purpose of this project is to create a wearable glove that can detect specific American Sign Language (ASL) hand signs and convert them into speech using a computer. The goal is to reduc…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
This study presents a physics-informed Variational Quantum Algorithm (VQA) framework developed to accelerate high-dimensional parameter estimation. Using a 4-qubit RealAmplitudes ansatz and…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Most traditional detection pipelines miss eclipsing binary (EB) stars because they look for transit-like dips and disregard signals that occur between eclipses, dismissing them as noise. Thi…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
This project presents the design, construction, and testing of a miniature autonomous Mars rover The Red Planet Trailblazer engineered to investigate the feasibility of robotic missions for…
CSEF · 2026
Physics & Astronomy (Senior Division)
The purpose of this project is to develop an energy-efficient autonomous system for detecting satellites and space debris in high-resolution imagery. It was hypothesized that a deep learning…
CSEF · 2026
Electronics & Electromagnetics (Senior Division) First Award
On average, every 3 seconds a car hits a pedestrian, and every minute one is killed. This work presents a low-cost wearable sensor that alerts pedestrian users of vehicles approaching from b…
CSEF · 2026
Physics & Astronomy (Junior Division)
Have you done any exercise today? If not, you should try out road biking, an exercise for anyone. The purpose of my experiment is to figure out what the fastest bike position is, so the next…
CSEF · 2026
Physics & Astronomy (Junior Division) Third Award
Bending Beams is a project to see how different liquids affect light refraction. The hypothesis is that denser liquids will refract more than liquids that are less dense. A homemade light re…