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.
AJAS · 2022
Physics
The NASA Kepler mission is humanity’s most extensive survey of sun-like stars in the Milky Way for exoplanets. Even today, Kepler’s dataset is at the forefront of discovery; methods for vett…
AJAS · 2022
Environmental Science
In recent years, many severe and destructive wildfires have plagued the state of California. Extreme fire conditions, such as drought, that occur especially during autumn months in Californi…
AJAS · 2022
Environmental Science
As a relatively new pollutant, microplastics are an emerging threat. This small plastic detritus is a widespread ubiquitous contaminant which pollutes ecosystems around the globe. Microplast…
AJAS · 2022
Mathematics
We study the following geometric optimization problem: given a convex disk K of area 1 and a positive integer n greater than or equal to 3, what can be said about the n-sided convex polygon…
AJAS · 2022
Computer Science
Utilizing reinforcement learning and deep neural networks to optimize COVID-19 interventions. Under the umbrella of artificial intelligence, machine learning is a technique that allows a sys…
AJAS · 2022
Mathematics
Augmenting wireless networks with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly referred to as drones, offers a promising avenue for providing reliable, cost-effective, and on-demand wireless se…
AJAS · 2022
Environmental Science
Dams, such as the Wilder Dam, which spans the gap between West Lebanon, NH, and Wilder, VT on the Connecticut River, often have negative effects on the surrounding ecosystems. Dams cause wat…
AJAS · 2022
Medicine
Investigations indicate that diabetic patients with myocardial infarctions (MI) have an increased risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) post-MI. In diabetic MI, blood hemoglobin (Hb) rises, whic…
AJAS · 2022
Computer Science
According to the WHO, neurodegenerative diseases and cancer are progressively occupying a larger portion of mortality across the world, constituting 10 million new cases and over 600,000 dea…
AJAS · 2022
Computer Science
Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women worldwide, but early detection and diagnosis can significantly improve a patient’s prognosis. Conventionally, biopsy breast ti…
AJAS · 2022
Earth Science
The amount of land burned every year in Washington has increased about ten times over the last half century making the need for improved detection and identification of trends linked to wild…
AJAS · 2022
Plant Science
Plant pigment biochemistry is known to change during environmental stress. This work investigates the influence of artificial light-induced stress by exposure to light sources of varying wav…
AJAS · 2022
Computer Science
This research developed a millimeter-wave device that can accurately construct 3D human poses.
AJAS · 2022
Medicine
To develop an alternative solution for Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI) Stress urinary incontinence (SUI), is the leakage of urine by vigorous activities such as coughing and sneezing when…
AJAS · 2022
Computer Science
Dendritic spines are small, membranous protrusions from a neuron’s dendrite which are the hub for receiving signal inputs from axons at areas called synapses. The synaptic plasticity, or str…
AJAS · 2022
Medicine
The atrophic form of age-related macular degeneration (dry AMD) affects nearly 200 million people worldwide. There is no Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved therapy for this disease,…
AJAS · 2022
Biochemistry
Since its appearance in 2019, multiple variants of SARS-CoV-2 have emerged. The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies variants based on their levels of potential harm. Variants of Conce…
AJAS · 2022
Plant Science
The Cypripedium (Cyp.) genus of terrestrial orchids is limited to a narrow range of climates and habitats throughout the world. Climate change related habitat loss has profound implications…
AJAS · 2022
Biochemistry
Adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) are compelling prospects in neural regeneration because of neurogenesis related growth factors they produce, leading to the possibility of being a paracrine…
AJAS · 2022
Engineering
Millions of people worldwide have Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative disease that causes tremors, poor coordination, and even an inability to maintain balance. There is no known cure,…
AJAS · 2022
Engineering
Traditional silicon solar panels are too expensive to be widely implemented. While silicon is plentiful, manufacturing silicon into solar cells is a difficult and expensive process. This res…
AJAS · 2022
Engineering
Summary: SpeakUp, an Machine Learning based speech aid was developed to allow paralyzed individuals to communicate in real-time. SpeakUp captures subtle brain signals, sent to the throat, an…
AJAS · 2022
Mathematics
Vestibular schwannomas, also known as acoustic neuromas, result from an overproduction of schwann cells on the eighth cranial nerve. This benign brain tumor affects hearing and balance. To p…
AJAS · 2022
Microbiology
Mycobacteriophages are viruses that are parasitic to the fungus-like Mycobacterium, and with the recent increase in antibiotic resistance in these bacteria such as M. tuberculosis, more rese…
AJAS · 2022
Plant Science
Harvesting Limulus polyphemus (horseshoe crabs) to produce the Limulus amoebocyte lysate endotoxin assay for medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and drinking water is ravaging coastal ecosyste…
AJAS · 2022
Earth Science
Antarctica’s peripheral ice shelves are a critical component of the ice sheet’s mass balance, contributing to the sensitivity of the Antarctic cryosphere and global sea-level. Despite being…
AJAS · 2022
Physics
A defining, yet complicated aspect of tennis is the spin. It was evident that spin greatly alters trajectory after impact, but spin had also been identified to affect aerodynamics in flight.…
AJAS · 2022
Plant Science
Cypripedium arietinum, or ram’s head lady’s slipper orchids, are endangered in New Hampshire and threatened in Vermont. A genetically diverse population will be more able to adapt to a chang…
AJAS · 2022
Engineering
The goal of this project was to strengthen biodegradable, hydrophilic materials by adding chitosan and cellulose polymers as a substitute for single use plastic coating. The first expectatio…
AJAS · 2022
Cellular Science
Cartilage, when subjected to low-gravity environments, tends to degrade or weaken. A cell rocker was used to simulate the effects of microgravity through the use of fluid shear tension’s pro…