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 · 2017
Plant Sciences (inferred)
Hormones play a wide variety of roles in plant responses to the environment; even changes in a single hormone can cause several different behaviors. Ethylene, long recognized to regulate abs…
AJAS · 2017
The purpose of this experiment is to investigate the effect of chlorine and bleach on pigskin, which is similar to human skin. This project will help people who enjoy pools, to determine the…
AJAS · 2017
Animal Sciences (inferred)
The purpose was to learn if sugar may serve as an effective treatment for Varroa destructor within an observation beehive. The varroa mite is an ectoparasite that feeds off the hemolymph of…
AJAS · 2017
In America, nearly 1/3 of the adult population or 70 million American adults have been diagnosed with the disease known as the silent killer: high blood pressure. This experiment was designe…
AJAS · 2017
This experiment tested the effect of gabapentin on Dugesia tigrina’s nervous system after forced split reproduction. This was chosen because only 10% of medications that are approved for the…
AJAS · 2017
The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a process by which epithelial cells lose their cell to cell adhesion, detach from the extracellular matrix, and transform into mesenchymal like…
AJAS · 2017
Environmental Engineering (inferred)
Oil spills are a pressing issue and cleanup methods often further harm the environment. Two eco-friendly methods of oil spill collection are mycoremediation and phytoremediation, which break…
AJAS · 2017
A primary characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease is the oligomerization of amyloid-beta (aβ) 1-40 random coil structures leading to the formation of amyloid plaques highly resistant to degrad…
AJAS · 2017
T-box transcription factor Tbx21 (T-bet) serves as a master regulator of T helper 1 cell commitment in CD4+ T cells and NK cells and acts as a major transcriptional controller of CD8+ T cell…
AJAS · 2017
The purpose of this research was to determine if exposure to UVB light had an effect on the blood vitamin D3 levels in green sea turtles, with the hypothesis being that UV exposure would inc…
AJAS · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
Research was done to find a potential solution to treating the wastewater, otherwise as known as leachate, using zeolites, an aluminosilicate, crystalline structure, and gravel. The purpose…
AJAS · 2017
The dangers of infected, non-healing acute and chronic wounds are a major medical concern. This study observed the synergistic effects of the non-ionizing radiation of near infrared (NIR) li…
AJAS · 2017
The Effects of Nickel Titanium (Nitinol) Wire on Impact Force A concussion is a very dangerous injury that can affect a person for the rest of their life. Concussions are incredibly dangerou…
AJAS · 2017
Toluene (methylbenzene) is a volatile aromatic hydrocarbon widely used in industrial paints, fuels, and nail polishes. There is evidence that toluene is harmful to the human central nervous…
AJAS · 2017
Energy and Transport (inferred)
It is critically important to effectively utilize solar energy to improve environmental sustainability. This experiment addresses a small part of a bigger idea on passive solar heating. The…
AJAS · 2017
Environmental Engineering (inferred)
Abstract Category: Earth and Environmental Engineering Purpose: The purpose of this project is to 1) examine the leaching of heavy metals from fly ash concrete by testing water samples for m…
AJAS · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
Glyphosate is the most commonly used herbicide in the world. Recent studies suggest that glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) have a higher toxicity towards animals than previously assumed by…
AJAS · 2017
Behavioural and Social Sciences (inferred)
Abstract The purpose of this research project is to determine if the Zeigarnik Effect can have any significant effect on the educational performance of children. I hypothesized that, if I co…
AJAS · 2017
Millions of people living across the United States suffer from discogenic lower back pain. Although there are various methods said to reduce this pain, there is a need for a more efficient,…
AJAS · 2017
Tumor metastasis is currently the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. A developmental process that initiates the metastatic state is the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) whose ini…
AJAS · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology (inferred)
Molybdenum is an essential trace element. In biological systems it exists as Molybdenum Cofactor (MoCo), the synthesis of which is performed by Gephyrin. Mutations in human Gephyrin lead to…
AJAS · 2017
Microbiology (inferred)
Pulmonary infections involving Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) are a complication faced by cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. The bacteria mutate to a mucoid state and form a biofilm that creates an…
AJAS · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (inferred)
Accurately determining the abundance of oncogenes and tumor suppressors is necessary to understand the pathogenesis and treatment of cancer patients. However, low purity, tumor heterogeneity…
AJAS · 2017
Glyphosate is a broad spectrum herbicide that is mixed with additives to improve its effectiveness in the field. Approximately 650,000 tons of glyphosate based herbicides (GBH) were used glo…
AJAS · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
Intestinal nematode worm infections are among the most common diseases faced by humans in developing countries. An estimated two billion people harbor these infections, as stated by the Worl…
AJAS · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
Introduction: The primary cause of morbidity and mortality in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is infection and on-going inflammation. Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) can fight inflammation, infect…
AJAS · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
Does loss of taxa affect trophic function? Taxonomic diversity and trophic function for aquatic insects were estimated across streams exhibiting a habitat degradation gradient. Data were obt…
AJAS · 2017
Mutations in the human ACVR1 receptor protein have been proven to cause the degenerative disease Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP). To date, in vivo methods of small-molecule drug…
AJAS · 2017
Alzheimers disease, the most common form of dementia, affects a significant portion of the elderly population in the US and globally. Additionally, five percent of adults over 50 years of ag…
AJAS · 2017
Systems Software and Computer Science (inferred)
Signatures are used daily, whether to sign for credit cards or for contracts. However the validity of a signature is often left up to a human, and isn’t checked for accuracy. 31.8 million Cr…