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.
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences
Skin allergies in dogs are common, leading to discomfort. Medications used to treat allergies are expensive, not always working. To combat this problem, the researcher believes an Aloe Vera…
ISEF · 2023
Mathematics
Bipolar Disorder is a mental health condition characterized by its traits of mood swings/manic episodes. It consists of two varieties, Bipolar One and Bipolar Two, One displaying full Manic…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Over the past decades, robotics has become an increasingly popular method to engage students in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math(STEM). However, due to the lack of af…
JSHS · 2023
Every 40 seconds, a child is reported missing in the United States. In addition, about 10 million pets are lost every year. There is a strong need for location tracking devices. However, mos…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
Introduction: Climate change, population growth and poor water conservation continue to worsen water shortages in the world. Engineering Goal: To develop a low cost, water-on-demand, soil mo…
ISEF · 2023
Biochemistry
Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) is the most common inherited cause of Autism Spectrum Disorder. FXS is caused by transcriptional silencing of the FMR1 gene, which leads to the loss of the translati…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences
Climate change, ocean acidification, and decreased pH are causing detriment to kelp in our marine ecosystems. This decrease in pH is known to change the solubility of essential micronutrient…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Cancer cells develop resistance to chemotherapy by rewiring their metabolism. In Year-1 of our project, we showed that melphalan-resistant multiple myeloma (MM) cells had higher amounts of m…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a disease that causes extreme memory loss in people and can severely affect their day-to-day life. AB is a molecule that accumulates in the brains of AD patients…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy Second Award
Accurately determining the number of exoplanets in planetary systems is essential for gaining insight into planetary formation, the search for potentially habitable exoplanets, and the desig…
ISEF · 2023
Mathematics
Hampton Roads is located on the east coast of the United States, where it faces the threat of Atlantic Ocean hurricane season. Maximize the evacuation traffic flow is essential when facing s…
JSHS · 2023
Yield forecasting is critical for ensuring food security, especially given the rise of extreme weather events. However, the USDA NASS only provides state-level forecasts by conducting costly…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Flageolet harmonics is a playing technique on bowed string instruments, in which a player lightly touches a nodal point on a string with their finger. Previous studies have reported that the…
ISEF · 2023
Systems Software
American Sign Language is the third most-used language in the United States following English and Spanish. More recent studies on speakers of ASL show that there are around 500,000 who commu…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Every year, 124 million women receive Papanicolaou exams; and every year 4,000 die from cervical cancer. The root of this disparity lies in the outdated devices used to collect cervical cell…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
The aim of this project is to develop a mobile app that can detect drug/alcohol intoxication levels in individuals using eye-pupil analysis. The app will utilize computer vision algorithms t…
JSHS · 2023
Idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (iDILI) is a rare but potentially severe form of liver damage that occurs as a result of certain medications. It is characterized by liver inflammatio…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
The intent of this project is to identify the efficacy of antibacterial soap when compared to non-antibacterial soap. In 2016, the FDA banned antibacterial products which contained triclosan…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology Fourth Award
Doxorubicin is a globally utilized drug for cancer treatment. This drug has unfortunate cardiotoxic side-effects through drug-induced functional loss of iron-regulatory proteins (IRP1, IRP2)…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a novel therapy for Parkinson's disease, in which an electrode is surgically implanted into the patient's brain and remotely controlled to send an electrical…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Epilepsy is characterized by recurrent seizures and is often treated with anti-seizure medications. However, 30% of patients are refractory to this approach and do not experience seizure fre…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Developing sustainable technologies to harness solar energy for wastewater treatment and hydrogen fuel production is crucial for addressing global energy and environmental challenges. In thi…
CSEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering (Senior Division)
Wildfires are increasingly impacting the environment and human health. Among the top 20 California wildfires, those in 2020-2021 burned more acres than the last century combined. Lack of an…
JSHS · 2023
Low-field (LF) MRI scanners have power to revolutionize medical imaging by providing portable and cheaper alternative to high-field MRI scanners. However, such scanners are usually significa…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
3D printing is a groundbreaking technology that has enabled innovation in various aspects of our modern world, but one key issue that continues to limit its use is that of maintenance. In th…
ISEF · 2023
Materials Science
X-ray diffraction is the most common technique for determining atomic structures of crystals (e.g. semiconductors and proteins), and white-beam diffraction is such a powerful method that]pro…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
The Brazilian semiarid region has 27 million inhabitants who depend on rainwater for subsistence activities such as agriculture and livestock. With average rainfall of 800 mm annually and li…
ISEF · 2023
Biochemistry Third Award
Determining transdermal permeability of compounds facilitates an understanding of drug distribution, improving quality of medical care. The study’s purpose was to analyze transdermal drug ab…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Microplastics have been a significant environmental pollutant that are recently beginning to be studied within the past decade. While their threats have been well-documented among a variety…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy
Post-Asymptotic Giant Branch (post-AGB) binary star systems are surrounded by large disks of dust and gas (termed transition disk) that exhibit conditions reminiscent of young protoplanetary…