20,037 real projects from ISEF, the Canada-Wide Science Fair, JSHS and the Calgary Youth Science Fair — searchable by meaning, and filterable by fair, year, category and award.
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy
The concept of causality allows physicists to study the universe under the lens of cause-and-effect relations, to achieve a deeper understanding of the connections between events. More forma…
ISEF · 2023
Materials Science
Effectively utilizing atmospheric water is a sustainable solution to short-term water shortages. Fog water meets international safety standards and reduces the technical complexity and cost…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry
Poor aqueous solubility is an increasing problem for achieving effective formulation and pharmacokinetic properties for novel small molecule oral therapies. This problem could be potentially…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
Water hardness, caused by calcium and magnesium ions, is a global problem that can have negative effects. In this study, we investigated the use of Jordanian zeolite as a cost-effective and…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
Management of waste plastic and the uneven distribution of electrical energy supply around the world are among the greatest challenges before the scientific community. The present work propo…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Based on the last three years of research into alternative energy sources using microbial fuel cells (MFC) that answered which Utah lake mud, which electrode material, and which diameter gen…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The world's increasing demand for energy, combined with concerns over climate change, highlights the need for more sustainable energy sources. Piezoelectric energy harvesting is a renewable…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Second Award
As the International Energy Agency (IEA) reported in 2021, CO2 emissions reached 36.3 gigatons. Therefore, there is a pressing need to find an efficient alternative for fossil fuels such as…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
Nowadays, rehabilitation engineering and biomedical engineering are always creating new techniques in order to improve people's quality of life. When talking about foot drop or steppage gait…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
E-waste is the fastest-growing waste stream in the world, producing 20-50 million tons annually, and it is expected to reach 120 million tons by 2050. It is dangerous due to its poisonous co…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology First Award
Mitochondria are highly dynamic organelles that interact with various cellular components, including the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). This essential interaction occurs through mitochondria-as…
ISEF · 2023
Mathematics
My research looks at a self-similar triangular fractal known as the Sierpinski Gasket through the perspective of graph theory, by replacing intersections of line segments in the fractal with…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Drug resistance is one of the greatest obstacles during cancer treatment. It is urgent to solve this clinical issue globally. Previous study indicated that USP24, a deubiquitinase, can promo…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences First Award
The acylated flavonoid glycosides (AFGs) in Pseudognaphalium affine (D. Don) Anderberg, a plant resource that has the concomitant function of both medicine and foodstuff in China, exhibited…
ISEF · 2023
Systems Software
Emergency Service Systems around the world have experienced unprecedented adverse effects during the Coronavirus pandemic, but few more so than Australia. Over thirty preventable deaths occu…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Introducing an innovative solution to a long-standing problem: Aphasia. This debilitating condition, commonly suffered by stroke victims, severely impairs verbal communication abilities by d…
ISEF · 2023
Mathematics Fourth Award
We investigate a special variant of chip-firing, in which we consider an infinite set of rooms on a number line, some of which are occupied by violinists. In a move, we take two violinists i…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Unreliable electricity and power outages significantly impact the lives of an estimated 3.5 billion people, primarily in developing nations. The Demand Response (DR) concept optimizes electr…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design First Award
The global electricity consumption due to cool air conditioning is huge, accounting for about 10% of the total global electricity demand. The self-powered energy saving device for air condit…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award
Centralized power grids in developed areas are currently the main benefactor of renewable energy advancements and are predicted to be completely renewable by 2032. However, with methods of e…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Third Award
This project explores the possibilities of pairing an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) with a deep-learning computer vision model for marine debris mapping. A cost effective, 3D-printed A…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
What is the most cost-efficient design of a completely biodegradable water treatment system that uses aquatic plants to reduce the amount of eutrophication in leachate canals feeding the Ind…
ISEF · 2023
Systems Software
This project created a programming language with innovative features designed to mitigate the problems with dynamically typed object-oriented languages. Research languages, such as this one,…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry
Recent years have seen the increased usage of lithium batteries as a compact and efficient power source for many consumer applications. From electronics to electric vehicles, these batteries…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Bone implants have a risk factor of 57.1% for infection, mostly caused by Staphylococcus aureus. These can transform into a deadly bone infection called osteomyelitis. Hospitals spend $17,00…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Third Award
By 2030, the world must ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable energy. However, the power generated from two potential renewable energy resources -solar cells and raindrop piezoe…
ISEF · 2023
Materials Science
The light-emitting diode (LED) has shown an increase in its applications compared to traditional forms of lighting due to its energy efficiency and positive environmental impact. Commercial…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
The significant increase in carbon emissions since the Industrial Revolution has disrupted the natural carbon cycle, and establishing a new carbon cycle pathway is crucial to address this pr…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Beta Carotene is an important organic compound with a bright orange color naturally produced in plants. It is hailed for its health benefits and antioxidant properties. In a previous study,…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Which variable will have the highest impact on increasing the effectiveness of antibiotics? Our goal was to find ways to increase antibiotic effectiveness. The real root of the issue is bact…