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 · 2014
Plant Sciences Third Award
The L-Asparaginase enzyme is largely used in the treatment of the people who have the acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). It transforms the energy source of the cancer cells, the L-Asparagin…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
The isopod, Armadillidium vulgare, or pill bug, is about 1 cm long, has 14 legs and no wings. Isopods tend to turn in alternating directions—that is, to turn in the opposite direction of the…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals One of the opportunities to save water is in Agriculture irrigation, which consumes almost 61% of total water consumption and there is wastage of > 50% due to runoff. This p…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
The initial studies evaluating the anticancer activity of urocanic acid were performed in the 1980s. Though, if administered as a free agent, urocanic acid is known to be rapidly degraded in…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
The production and application of natural enzymes is an emerging interest. Bromelain is a proteolytic enzyme useful in the production of pharmaceuticals. Brazil lacks low-cost alternatives f…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
In the past ruthenium compounds with desirable photophysical properties have been synthesized for the purpose of creating organometallic probes. It has recently been shown that these compoun…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
One of the largest biological supply companies, commonly utilized by science professionals, has received unofficial reports of male fragility in Drosophila melanogaster with Antennapedia mut…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Purpose: The principle of this study is to identify possible mechanism of apoptotic actions of colloidal silver and bromelain on pheochromocytoma cells (PC12). If colloidal silver and bromel…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals Wild beet poses a major risk to the 1.2 billion dollar sugar beet industry in the US, since hybridization will allow the glyphosphate resistance gene to transfer to the wild…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this experiment is to prevent the deacetylation of microtubule-associated tubulin protein through the use of the inhibitory mechanisms of histone deacetylase inhibitors, thus…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
In this project, photovoltaic characteristics of two novel, low-band gap, semi-conducting derivatives of poly(2,7-carbazole) were studied. The first derivative (PCBTDPP) possesses the carbaz…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences Second Award
After working in an Indian Hospital, I realized that surgery for eye diseases is costly, unavailable, and inefficient, while the alternative is a drug in the form of eye drops. Current ocula…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences Second Award
In this current study, highly crystalline undoped, N- and P-doped tin dioxide (SnO2) nanocrystals were successfully synthesized and gas sensors fabricated achieving exceptional sensor perfor…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Megacopta cribraria is a newly invasive stink bug species significantly reducing soybean crop yield across the southeastern United States. Chemical pesticides are a limited method of control…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Demyelinating diseases, such as multiple sclerosis (MS), are devastating disabling neurological disorders most commonly affecting millions of young adults worldwide. Microglia represent rati…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences Third Award
Our project analyzes the utility of amorphous silica produced from rice husk biowastes in producing higher quality, thermostable pigments. Heating the husks produces rice husk ash (RHA) cont…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
When equines fracture their phalanx, the most common ‘treatment’ is euthanasia because of the high cost and risk of surgery. Additionally, few non-invasive preventative measures and/or treat…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Phthalates are used as plasticizers in many consumer products found throughout the household. Little research has been conducted on the effects of these phthalates as potential endocrine dis…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine how the main chemicals in plant fertilizers individually effect plant growth. Due to my research, I found out each chemicals b…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to test the rate of plant transpiration under different light sources. Methods/Materials Two experiments were conducted. In the first exp…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Dengue fever is a viral disease caused by the dengue virus, which affects 390 million people worldwide every year. It is transmitted through the bite of the Aedes aegypti female mosquitoes a…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals This experiment was conducted, to discover if one specific nutrient was more important for a seeds growth than another. The expected results were, that the Potassium solutio…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
In this study, a graphite atomizer, flame ionization atomic adsorption analysis, Inductively couple plasma spectrometry and cation inhibition were used for determination of the uptake of cad…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
The chiral structure of glucose, fructose, and galactose rotate plane polarized light. This angle changes depending on the concentration of sugar in a solution of sugar and water. The purpos…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Nanobiotechnology is a relatively new science field, and today silver nanoparticles are the most common nanoparticles used in industry. Recently, the safety of such materials has been questi…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Soil compaction, the compressing of soil particles which lessens pore space, limits circulation of water, air, and nutrients throughout the soil. A major issue in many agric…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Various silver pastes of different glass frit compositions and concentrations were prepared in this study to determine the effect of glass frits in front-side pastes on solar cell efficiency…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
The aim of our project is to create a product which results effective in the fight against overweight lately affecting more and more young people. Our attention addressed a particular cause…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Lionfish (Pterois volitans) have been commonly found in the waters surrounding St. Croix and the US Virgin Islands for six years now, and it has become common to see lionfish while diving. T…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Daphnia Magna are invertebrate organisms that live in streams and rivers, and are used for medical research, environmental, pharmaceutical, and other types of studies. Many vertebrae animals…