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 · 2019
Increasing lipid content in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Chlorella vulgaris, two green algae species, can increase the efficacy of algae as an alternative fuel source. The retinoblastoma (R…
AJAS · 2019
Permafrost, a layer of frozen soil under the Arctic surface, stores nutrients that are typically inaccessible to plants. As climate change warms the Arctic, the melting permafrost releases t…
AJAS · 2019
According to the US FDA, use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) has reached “an epidemic proportion.” Although they are marketed as a healthier alternative to traditional cigaret…
AJAS · 2019
Plastic is now the most common container material for bottled water. Concerns have been raised that plastic may not be safe for storing water because the plastics or additives to the plastic…
AJAS · 2019
Behavioural and Social Sciences (inferred)
The purpose of this project was to attempt to find a correlation between stress hormone levels and detected symptoms of stress in different personality types. We predicted that although peop…
AJAS · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
Microplastics are defined as plastics under 5mm in diameter, and can be divided into five groups: fragments, fibers, beads, foams, and films. It has been documented that microplastics can em…
AJAS · 2019
Animal Sciences (inferred)
Ecological light pollution implicates physiological disruption to individual organisms and the ecosystem structure as a whole particularly with the involvement of keystone species. The major…
AJAS · 2019
Animal Sciences (inferred)
This project was conducted in Merrick County, Nebraska, to compare differences in prevalence of Baylisascaris procyonis (raccoon roundworm) in areas in close proximity to human dwellings and…
AJAS · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that is thought to be responsible for mood in humans and other multicellular organisms. Many people take prescription drugs that are thought to increase level…
AJAS · 2019
Mathematics (inferred)
Saito (1988) establishes a relationship between two invariants associated with a smooth projective curve, the conductor and discriminant. Saito defined the conductor of an arbitrary scheme o…
AJAS · 2019
Approximately 60,000 Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease every year Parkinson’s disease is caused by the death of dopaminergic neurons in the midbrain. Previous work has identif…
AJAS · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology (inferred)
The synaptic hub protein Munc13 plays a pivotal role in almost all known forms of fast chemical synaptic transmission. This essential protein has also been shown to mediate several forms of…
AJAS · 2019
Engineering (inferred)
Physical winglets offer widespread lift to drag force improvement for commercial and cargo aircraft; unfortunately, their improvements cannot be applied to fighter or short take-off and land…
AJAS · 2019
Plant Sciences (inferred)
There has been recent photographic evidence that, as average temperatures increase, areas of Alaskan treeline, the northernmost latitude where trees are able to survive, have advanced northw…
AJAS · 2019
Biomedical Engineering (inferred)
This project will help individuals who suffer from chronic thyroid disease such as hypothyroidism by making it easy to check one’s thyroid hormone levels in the comforts of home. Thyroid dis…
AJAS · 2019
Energy and Transport (inferred)
Student name: Deepti Nandakumar School: IB World School Sponsor: Ms Julie Baker Research Category: Engineering Research Project Title: Transolar Tower – A novel method of generating and tran…
AJAS · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
The endemic Dendroctonus ponderosae, or Mountain Pine Beetle, has long been present in the coniferous forests of the western United States. However, this species has begun to reproduce at ex…
AJAS · 2019
Animal Sciences (inferred)
Rockfish support one of the largest fisheries in California. Due to overharvesting, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife began closing the fishery from January to February in 2002…
AJAS · 2019
Regarded as one of the most painful conditions for human beings, Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) is a rare chronic pain disorder that affects the trigeminal nerve and induces excruciating facial p…
AJAS · 2019
Since 2002, the rate of overdose deaths involving opioids has increased by 410%, and currently, more than 115 people in the United States die every day from an opioid overdose. Suicide rates…