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 · 2020
Translational Medical Science
Millions of people worldwide suffer from chronic pain with few treatments other than opioids available. Photobiomodulation (PBM) and electroacupuncture (EA) are two treatments for chronic pa…
ISEF · 2020
Physics and Astronomy
From using the sky for navigation and time-keeping to sending probes and telescopes into space, one question that has always driven astronomy is: are we alone in the Universe? Although most…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machines automate the process of machining high-precision metal parts. However, tools attrition, combined with thermal expansion, results in fluctuations of…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Mealworms have the unique ability to break down plastic due to unknown bacteria in their gut. Plastic pollution and buildup is an issue that plagues society. This project aims to discover if…
ISEF · 2020
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
In the USA, 85% of our landfill content is compostable, recyclable, or otherwise reusable; on a global scale, 91% of plastics aren’t recycled, instead ending up in landfills and harming the…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
Cables transmitting electricity are placed underground for safety reasons. Overhead cables can be knocked over easily, and could create a potential difference across the cables causing spark…
JSHS · 2020
Nitrogen and Phosphorus are essential nutrients for photosynthetic plants and are used in fertilizers. Runoff from agrarian and urban areas contain large amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus;…
ISEF · 2020
Physics and Astronomy
In 1912, Victor Hess observed cosmic rays for the first time. With his discovery, physicists were able to detect and theorize new particles such as the positron, muon, and pion. Hess’ discov…
ISEF · 2020
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Approximately 55,000 patients are treated daily in ICUs within the U.S., most of whom are extremely sick and require rapid clinical decision-making. However, copious patient data engenders i…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
Plant diseases cause an estimated of 10-15% reduction on global crop yields annually and 47% of this loss is caused by viruses. CRISPR-Cas systems endow bacterial and archaeal species with a…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical Engineering
GOALS 1-Children break the fear barrier during diagnosis 2-Diagnosis during play PROCEDURE 1- Installing weight sensors under the car seat 2- Installing a temperature sensor on the seat belt…
ISEF · 2020
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
While deep reinforcement learning has achieved some impressive results in the past years, it suffers from poor sample efficiency and an inablily to generalize, since they learn to manipulate…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Opioid abuse is a significant public health problem. Despite over 130 overdose deaths a day and two million Americans with some form of opioid addiction, there are still very few predictive…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Introduction: Children with mutations in mannose phosphate isomerase (MPI) develop early liver fibrosis that can progress to require liver transplantation. We have previously shown that MPI…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Global warming has had a worldwide impact with methane gas being a significant contributor. According to calculations by the Environmental Defence Fund (EDF) based on a 2018 Intergovernmenta…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
The main objective of this applied science project is to demonstrate the viability of a novel, low-cost methanotrophic biotrickling filter with the ability to co-metabolise methane as well a…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
Reductive amination plays a key role in organic synthesis and pharmaceutical chemistry owing to its synthetic merits and ubiquitous presence of amines among biologically active compounds. Va…
ISEF · 2020
Materials Science
Micelle-templating was investigated as a means to obtain macroporous calcium carbonate (CaCO3) structures, with pores >50nm, suitable for applications such as bone grafting. Solutions of tet…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
Mass microalgae cultures, desirable for a number of environmentally-friendly applications, remain constrained by cost. A new paradigm posits the construction of artificial consortia to confe…
ISEF · 2020
Biochemistry
Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP) is a biochemical reaction that certain urease positive bacteria can perform. Through MICP, said bacteria can precipitate microscopic limeston…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Indian Monsoon phenomenon affects upwards of a billion people and through its influence on upwelling, ocean currents, and changes in salinity, plays a critical role in supporting marine…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
Iron and zinc are critical for human health. Iron anemia is the most common worldwide nutrient deficiency. Iron and zinc deficiency, particularly early in life, can cause permanent developme…
ISEF · 2020
Materials Science
Osteomyelitis is a bacterial infection that has the potential to affect bone microstructure. During the excision procedure for osteomyelitic bone, the surgeons categorize the affected region…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
Microplastics are very small particles mostly ranging from 0.1 µm to 0.2µm size and are found frequently in drinking water samples. These are difficult to identify or removed by existing tec…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Oysters are niche creatures within the marine ecosystem that filter phytoplankton to ensure clarity of water. As global plastic production reaches 4.8 - 12.7 million tonnes annually, their e…
ISEF · 2020
Embedded Systems
A report from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation reveals that 1.9 percent of the global population suffers from diseases that may render people para lyzed. These diseases range from par…
ISEF · 2020
Embedded Systems
A low cost miniature transmitter was constructed and flown on a .91 m diameter mylar balloon in order to determine the relationship between the free lift and the float altitude. The single b…
ISEF · 2020
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
I set out to find the similarities between different aggregating proteins’ amino acid sequences and 3D conformations in neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) using computational methods. Using t…
ISEF · 2020
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Mission-critical communications (MCC) refer to those that support operations involving high risk to human life and property. As RF spectrum becomes highly contested, ensuring mission success…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
According to US and Australian regulations, between 2 and 4% of all parking spaces in retail establishments must be allocated for accessible parking. In Australia, the Mobility Parking Schem…