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.
CSEF · 2017
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Previous studies have shown that BIBR1532, a non-competitive inhibitor molecule to the protein telomerase, may be a promising approach to inhibition of cancer cell prolifera…
CSEF · 2017
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, if antibiotic-resistant bacteria continue to impact the human population, by 2050, 10 million people will sta…
AJAS · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
To determine the translational potential of novel small molecules in combination with the DNA Topoisomerase I (TOP1) poison, camptothecin (CPT), the crystal violet method was employed to qua…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to learn what sweep of wing has the greatest lift to drag ratio. Methods/Materials 3 different wings, a fuselage, a wind tunnel. Results Each…
CSEF · 2017
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to find the effect of change in diameter on the amount of power generated by an oscillating water column. Methods/Materials My project method…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
10,000 of all known human diseases are monogenic, caused by a single mutation in the DNA. Scientists have tried developing the Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFN) and Transcription Activator-like Eff…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Purpose Claus Process is renowned for treating hydrogen sulfide, a toxic substance that is very dangerous to human causing bronchial, heart diseases, or even death when exposed to a high con…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics Third Award
Purpose: Given a prime p and polynomial f, how many pairs (x,y) are there such that y^a-x^b*f(x) is a multiple of p? Equivalently, how many rational points lie on a superelliptic curve? Answ…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering First Award
Objectives/Goals Heavy metal pollution is a pressing global environmental threat and public health concern, responsible for several hundred thousand deaths annually. However, current methods…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Heavy metal pollution is a pressing global environmental threat and public health concern. In this study, sustainable nanofiber coagulants were synthesized to remove heavy metals lead, cadmi…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Renewable energy is one of the major themes of research today; scientists are working on energy types such as solar energy, hydrogen fuel cells, and hydroelectric power, but…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
Elasmobranchs - commonly known as sharks, skates, and rays - are known to possess highly acute olfactory sensitivity, with large variation of the morphological structures across all species.…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals My objective is to find out which of these citrus fruits (oranges, lemons and grapefruits) will produce a consistent electrical current the longest when zinc nails and coppe…
CSEF · 2017
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The experiment was to see if changing the amount of potassium chloride(a compound mostly found in salt substitutes) and oxidane(water) would change the ampere and voltage a…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
Modern high bypass turbofan jet engines pollute the air and their optimal speed and altitude is fixed because of engine physics and economy. We propose using an electric motor paired with a…
CSEF · 2017
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to test how the conductivity of different materials change when pressure is applied to them. Methods/Materials 3 10in. pieces of wire, 9-vol…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
There is concern with respect to cars as producing environment contamination. This has led to the creation of hybrid cars also known as "sustainable cars". Is it possible to use the electroc…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of my goal was to see which electrolyte solution would conduct electricity the best through the process of electrolysis-saltwater, sodium bicarbonate + water o…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
When most people hear the word electromagnets, they instantly think of a magnet created with electricity. This has had practical applications as strong magnets able to be turned on or off wh…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Investigating CLEAN and GREEN next generation object launcher. Especially experimentally confirm how number of current sources (Capacitor) and number of wrapping of coils af…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
In this project, the planaria's actions towards a magnetic field is being tested.I believe that this is very important because this could lead to a discovery in a sensory neuron in aquatic a…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
My project is an innovative cloud-based operating system, that is fully compatible with Windows/Android/Linux and can run either on your real machine as a host operating system or in your br…
CSEF · 2017
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My research focuses on designing prototypes of novel wings with elliptical wingtip extensions that can increase the lift-to-drag ratio of an airplane. This research also see…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology Fourth Award
Escherichia coli O104:H4 is an enteroaggregative/shiga-toxin (Stx) producing strain and the cause of many fatal diseases. Recent literature identified a direct correlation between expression…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The RE-1 Silencing Transcription Factor (REST) is a central transcriptional repressor that regulates a wide range of neural genes. REST is highly conserved among vertebrates and modulates pr…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
Whenever disasters take place, it is literally difficult to design a strategy for goods distribution. It is believed that the effective strategy should yields equality, where disaster victim…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Fourth Award
Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) show great potential as sensors and optoelectronic devices. To enhance their potential, methods to functionalize TMDs’ fluorescence properties are of…
CSEF · 2017
Mathematical Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this research is to develop an algorithm that can analyze and accurately recognize the speaker's emotion from human speech using machine learning. This is not on…
CSEF · 2017
Behavioral & Social Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Differences between how females and males perceive social signals about feelings, intentions and motives of those around them and experience and display empathy for others i…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
The overuse of substances with antibacterial and antifungal properties cause drugs to lose their efficiency because of the resistance that microorganisms started to develop. By using the Jug…