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
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Trihalomethanes (THM) are cancer group B, EPA-regulated disinfectant byproducts of chlorine-treated water. A survey of Fulton County, OH public school districts supplied by surface water con…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy
Although millions of dollars have been dedicated to warning people of incoming tsunamis, little has been done to neutralize the threat. To create a life-saving device that prevents the loss…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology
FBW7 is a substrate recognition component and a tumor suppressor in the E3 ligase complex. It plays a major role in combating oncoproteins and regulating different types of cancers, most not…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Modern rockets pump thousands of tons of soot into the atmosphere, and as human space launches are primed to double again by 2030, the development of more cost-effective and sustainable laun…
JSHS · 2023
Turmeric has been applied to a bleeding wound because of its antibacterial property and fast healing quality. But applying dry turmeric is significantly messier and troublesome to carry in a…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
An estimated 1 in 8 worldwide deaths each year occur from bacterial infections, and the threat of bacterial infections is only increasing. The overuse of antibiotics against bacterial infect…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Fourth Award
The hazards of fires are some of the most dangerous matters emergency-dispatchers deal with. A myriad of fatal-risks are linked to fires, including the quick spread of inhalable toxic-fumes,…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative condition, characterized by amyloid-beta plaque deposition in the brain. Focused ultrasound (FU) may have a therapeutic modulatin…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Epilepsy is a prevalent neurological disorder affecting 50 million individuals worldwide and 3.4 million Americans. There exist millions of pediatric patients with intractable epilepsy, a co…
JSHS · 2023
Listening to music has been found to have large impacts on the brain, especially for those with ADHD. Music can even decrease the amount of slow, or low frequency, wave activity in the brain…
ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences
In 2020, cryptocurrencies experienced significant growth due to increasing interest rates and a declining US dollar value. This resulted in a rapid proliferation in the price of Bitcoin and…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences
Coral reefs are essential to Guam because they protect the island from storms and aggressive waves. However, coral reefs have to encounter a problem known as coral bleaching; warm water temp…
JSHS · 2023
The intensity, duration, and frequency of wildfires has consistently increased across the US over the past few decades, which has had long-term implications for human health, infrastructure,…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development supports naval innovators to promote marine biodiversity, generate sustainable energy, and stabilize the climate crisis…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The goal of this project was to design and construct a Universal Screwdriver, a device that could unscrew any screw without the need for changing bits or other modifications. Using research,…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Ultra-cool (<600 K) brown dwarfs are elusive objects between the planetary and stellar regimes. Due to their faint magnitudes in common photometric bands, they are notoriously difficult to d…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
The coronavirus disease, caused by SARS-CoV-2, is arguably one of the greatest medical challenges of the past 100 years. Recent investigations have linked the nucleocapsid (N) protein of SAR…
JSHS · 2023
Coldwater Creek, MO was radiologically contaminated in the late 1960s posing significant 238-Uranium decay risk to locals. After the Love Canal disaster, the Environmental Protection Agency…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The project studied the effect of urea on Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs). Researchers have found MFCs to show the greatest potential for upscaling in the field of waste management. The cells co…
ISEF · 2023
Systems Software
In my country, Zimbabwe, there is a lack of utilities in many underserved schools. One of these is a record management system, to store data such as student details, grades and sporting poin…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
The Researcher plans to investigate the use of drones for air quality sampling in urban areas to detect harmful pathogens or toxic gasses. With his background in aerospace engineering and dr…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences
This research presents a machine learning computational model capable of identifying potential inhibitors of the glycoprotein B (gB) of feline herpesvirus 1 (HVF-1), the cause of feline vira…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
This research aims to study the effect of different concentrations of Borreria laevis (White Broomweed) tea on the solubility of calcium oxalate crystals. This herb is highly used on the isl…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
Among the worst domestic and industrial pollutants that affect water resources, we have oils, since one liter of this substance can contaminate up to twenty-five thousand liters of water. Al…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Regularly, the human body breaks down most of the food one eats, turns it into sugar (glucose), and releases it into the bloodstream. When there is an excess of blood sugar, the pancreas rel…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Paralysis is a medical condition that results in the loss of the ability to move some or all parts of the body. Even though treatments for some kinds of paralysis exist, there's currently no…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
According to a study conducted by the Reeve Foundation, approximately 2% of the United States population lives with paralysis, excluding those suffering from various motor control disorders…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
As burgeoning crises have exposed failures of the drug discovery cycle - an inability to quickly and effectively develop new drugs - artificial intelligence-based drug repositioning models a…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Air pollution, from the burning of fossil fuels, is associated with health issues and CO2 emissions linked to climate change. “Clean energy” sources reduce fossil fuel consumption but have o…
JSHS · 2023
In 2018, NASA initiated the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) to search for planets outside of our solar system. TESS has been gathering large sets of star light data, but the qua…