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.
JSHS · 2023
Plastics are inexpensive, lightweight, and corrosion-resistant, but microplastics (MPs) that break down from plastics pollute the environment and pose risks to humans. Obesity has nearly tri…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology Second Award
Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) affects millions worldwide but has an exceptionally high prevalence in Hawaii, with a rate of 9% for all residents aged 18 or older. Of that 9%, 13.1% are Native Hawaii…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the changes in biodiversity and species composition of bryophytes (mosses and related species) within Hot Springs National Park in relation to the co…
JSHS · 2023
Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) affects millions worldwide but has an exceptionally high prevalence in Hawaii, with a rate of 9% for all residents aged 18 or older. Of that 9%, 13.1% are Native Hawaii…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
My project involved creating an autonomous robot that can identify and repair potholes on roads. The robot is designed to measure the dimensions of each pothole and use an eco-friendly mater…
JSHS · 2023
Have you ever wondered how the flowing of water can be turned into electricity? Normally, water and electricity cannot go together, so you would think it is not possible. However, with the h…
ISEF · 2023
Mathematics
A zigzag chord is a broken line with vertices on the circle and connecting in a zigzag way, and any two adjacent segments form a fixed certain angle. The initial observation of this project…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Wildfires pose severe health and ecological consequences. In 2021 alone, 58,968 wildfires burned 7.1 million acres across the United States. Large wildfires (> 300 acres) in the United State…
JSHS · 2023
Lung transplantation is the standard treatment for end-stage lung diseases. A crucial factor affecting its success is size matching between donor’s lungs and recipient’s thoracic space. Comp…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
On July 23, 2022, the World Health Organization declared the global monkeypox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. It is diagnosed through Polymerase Chain Reaction t…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) is a chronic, progressive condition that limits the heart’s ability to pump adequate volumes of blood to the vital organs, accounting for 1 in 4 deaths in the…
JSHS · 2023
Surgical resection remains the optimal treatment for early-stage lung cancer. However, the recurrence rate after surgery is unacceptably high (30%-50%). Despite the significant efforts, it r…
JSHS · 2023
America cycles 9 million people through jails and 600,000 through prison annually. Within three years of release, 66% of released individuals are re-arrested. Judges and officers use statist…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Purpose: This research explored if soil saturation contributes to the formation of sinkholes. This research also investigated if Khutsong households are at risks of new sinkholes. Method: Th…
JSHS · 2023
Invasion by non-native plants costs the US over $21 billion annually and can cause devastating effects on whole ecosystems. The best strategy of solving this problem efficiently and cost-eff…
JSHS · 2023
A prefilled syringe is a delivery device that ensures a safe, reliable, effortless, and dependable way to deliver a drug/medication to a patient in any setting necessary. Whether it be in an…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Purpose: As a specialty in the Northeast of China, breeding forest frog has high medicinal and economic value. However, the extensive storage method for overwintering has much reduced its bo…
JSHS · 2023
Pancreatic cancer’s extremely high mortality rate can be attributed to its high invasive and metastatic potential and resistance to traditional therapies. Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan 4…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry
The purpose of my experiment is to explore environmentally friendly solutions to solve one of the global environmental problems: OCEAN ACIDIFICATION. Water bodies including oceans are consta…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Background: Chronic kidney disease is a progressive and irreversible loss of kidney function. Panama, according to CSS statistics, there are more than 2,200 patients for the year 2020 in dia…
ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences
According to a UNICEF study in 2022, Brazil has around 2 million teenagers who have dropped High School before graduating. Shocked by these numbers, I started to think about what I could do…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Every year, nearly ? of America’s food is wasted and thrown away. Out of the 500+ metric tons of food wasted each year, a growing majority is due to bacteria growth or the produce spoiling.…
ISEF · 2023
Embedded Systems
Due to the rising cost of fabrication in the semiconductor industry, leading-edge integrated circuit design firms outsource fabrication to offshore foundries. However, third-party foundries…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Surgical Site Infections are infections that occur after a patient underwent a major surgical procedure. Those who contract them experience a decreased quality of life and an increased econo…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Pedestrian and vehicle trespassing is a significant problem in the railroad industry. According to the Federal Railroad Administration, 94% of rail-related deaths occur at railway crossings…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Antimicrobial Peptide(AMP) MicrocinJ25 (MccJ25) is naturally secreted by E.coli & is efficient anti-bacterial. MccJ25 reduces intestinal inflammation & promotes healthy gut-bacteria. Unlike…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
With over seven billion pounds of plastic trash globally, the material is abundant, and recycling is vital (UNEP, 2022). A large portion of this waste consists of single-use plastic bottles,…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award
Solar energy is a promising power source with potential to play a critical role in decarbonizing the electric grid. It is essential that solar cells efficiently convert sunlight energy to el…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Congenital cataracts are present in 20,000-40,000 births each year and are among the leading causes of childhood blindness. Surgery is currently the only available treatment due to a poor un…
ISEF · 2023
Materials Science
Millions of application-specific materials are currently in circulation, each with unique extraction, refinement, and synthesis requirements incurring severe environmental and economic costs…