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 · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Currently, mutations in the BRCA1 and 2 genes are estimated to explain approximately 15 percent of hereditary breast cancer cases. However, studies have established that 50 percent of women…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Muntingia calabura Linn (Tingiaceae), locally known as Aratiles or Jamaican cherry in its native neotropics, is widely distributed in the Philippines. Despite the various claims about its ph…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Synthetic and natural turfgrass have been commonly used on athletic fields for a long time. One of the biggest concerns with synthetic turfgrass is the potential effect on players’ health. I…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
The purpose of this research is to Evaluate the Biodegradable Effect of Tenebrio molitor in Polystyrene to reduce Environmental Pollution and Generate Conscience. The procedures have an expe…
ISEF · 2019
Mathematics
This paper shows a thorough examination of fully homomorphic encryption schemes and their performance in programs. We do an analysis of one specific, widely-used scheme – the Gentry-Sahai-Wa…
ISEF · 2019
Materials Science
Measurement of gain in light-emitting quantum wells using etched facet semiconductors is time-consuming and may damage the quantum well material. Photoluminescence measurements of cleaved fa…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
Cystic fibrosis (CF) patients experience inhibited clearance of airways leading to a higher rate of colonization by opportunistic microbes. Approximately 60% of CF patients are infected by A…
ISEF · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
When conducting a study using fMRI, it is often beneficial to be able to track the eyes of participants, especially for experiments that require visual fixation. One method of achieving this…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Current methods of bacterial disinfection are unsuitable due to high cost and inability to kill microbes without altering the product composition. Pulsed magnetic field technology offers pot…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Huntington’s disease (HD) is a fatal, autosomal dominant, neurodegenerative disease that currently has no cure. Most neurodegeneration occurs in the striatum, which is comprised of 95% mediu…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
We researched the correlation between varying levels of carbon dioxide on the freshwater Malaysian Trumpet snails. This research was inspired by a well-known ocean acidification shell experi…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
A crucial part of an aircraft’s flight is the landing. The most common mechanisms used to assist with landings are flaps, spoilers, and airbrakes. These mechanisms work together during landi…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Important biotechnological challenge is prolonged expansion of hematopoietic stem cells (HSC), without losses in their functional activity and high levels of proliferation. Cord blood is rec…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Arsenic is a carcinogenic contaminant that pollutes the groundwater, a consequence of poor arsenic disposal. Current arsenic separating agents have a limited adsorption capacity. To address…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Chemical
Indonesia has huge potential on energy resources from biomass. One of them is marine microalgae plant such as Spirulina maxima. It has phycocyanin and carotenoid pigments that commonly used…
ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
For bloggers, video editors and composers, choice of music to video and video to music, which harmoniously combines and successfully share author's idea, is a complex and lengthy process. Be…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
Rendering virtual environments for simulated reality applications often proves to be a challenge due to the high demands of simulations capable of imparting enough detail to appease the huma…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry Third Award
During circulation, red blood cells (RBCs) experience shear stress. While RBCs are mechanically robust, extreme flows may compromise the spectrin network and lipid bilayer, leading to hydrop…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Physical
Purpose: To determine if vortex generators improve efficiency of 3D printed vertical axis wind turbines housed in a venturi. Vortex generators were positioned at the entrance of a venturi to…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
With issues of school safety rapidly becoming more prevalent, a need for a solution to this problem has equally risen. As it stands, no systems track both student location and the location o…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short sequences of RNA (about 22 nucleotides) that are involved in the regulation of gene expression. My previous study has identified the serum miR-134 as a new bioma…
ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
One day my family suddenly faced on “cancer” when my grandfather had serious lung cancer. I wished so much to save him if it was possible. I expect there would be better way to detect the ea…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
This experiment was designed to combat the problem of plastics staying in the environment for years and harming plant life. In order to make a biodegradable and edible plastic, an ingredient…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of preventable blindness in the world. Due to the necessity of expensive ophthalmoscopic equipment and a trained professional, the screening pr…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Chemical Fourth Award
Earth absorbs approximately 3850 zeta joules of solar energy year-1, which is more than enough to power the entire planet. Solar cell technologies have the potential to harvest this energy;…
ISEF · 2019
Materials Science
Micro-/nano-structured surfaces in nature inspire many cutting-edge applications. Chameleon skin contains flexible micro-/nano-structures that can be geometrically tuned in response to envir…
ISEF · 2019
Materials Science
PURPOSE: Extend the endothermic chemical reaction of ammonium nitrate by adding a hydrated polymer and alkaloid to create a survival shelter from a firetruck cab that won’t exceed 37°C of he…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Heaping behavior of granular materials under vertical vibration has attracted increasing interest in recent years as it is a beautiful example of gas-granular interaction and granular hydrod…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of the Faraday Return project was to pioneer innovation in the field of generator technology through a new generator technology that takes full advantage of Faraday's law of elec…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
There are many compelling reasons to explore Mars: to understand climatic changes, to understand ancient environment conducive to life’s origin, and to find a new home for the rising populat…