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
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Second Award
Cells have evolved the process of translational regulation to rapidly fine-tune protein expression to suit intracellular needs. Ribosome velocity during translation elongation is a key contr…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry Third Award
As global carbon dioxide emissions increase worldwide, the research on carbon capture and utilization technologies has become increasingly important. The Sabatier reaction, which converts ca…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Second Award
Heart disease is the #1 global killer. Left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) analysis via echocardiography is crucial for heart failure detection. However, traditional EF calculation is a…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Despite vigorous recycling efforts, nearly 350 million tons of polyethylene terephthalate (PET)—plastic commonly used to package foods and beverages—accumulate annually, posing a serious thr…
JSHS · 2023
In our project, we wanted to test if we could control modern-day technology using an EEG headset. The purpose of our project is to see if we can improve and revolutionize mind-controlled tec…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
Excessive traumatic hemorrhage is the leading cause of mortality for civilians and military personnel under 50 years of age. The current treatment of donor derived platelet transfusions is r…
JSHS · 2023
Communication is a means of passing on information to other people through verbal, written, or visual means. It constructs our social world and allows us to create bonds with others. People…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Our project is heavily inspired by the utilization of drones in the current ongoing conflict in Ukraine. We focused mainly on 2 ideas. The first one being human detection for search & rescue…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
Each year, 76% of plastic waste is sent to the landfill, 16% incinerated polluting our airways, and 7% lost to pollute the environment. I wanted to find a way to recycle plastic water bottle…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This project demonstrates how carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is contributing to ocean acidification and coral bleaching. Through the course of a 4 year continuation on this project, this y…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences Third Award
Lead is one of the most common heavy metal pollutants, causing an estimated 1 million deaths each year worldwide. Current methods to purify lead-contaminated water can cost thousands of doll…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Coal ash is produced from burning coal and has accumulated for years in piles and landfill pits. Coal ash contains toxins like lead, arsenic, lithium, selenium and cadmium (Gopinathan, et al…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The goal of this project was to refine the previously developed propeller configuration and determine its viability in various form factors. This propeller configuration used a larger centra…
ISEF · 2023
Biochemistry
Metastasis is the growth of cancer at a secondary site, whether it be through the bloodstream or other pathways in the body. Metastasis is dependent on a multitude of factors, with cell moti…
JSHS · 2023
The United Nations deems clean water a human right. Even so, the World Health Organization reports that over 2 billion people worldwide still do not have access to clean running water. Low-i…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The purpose of this experiment is to be able to show a simplified replica of the complex systems inside of acoustic liners. This will demonstrate the destructive interference that an acousti…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Since 2001, actor-critic algorithms have combined “the strong points of actor-only and critic- only methods” (Konda & Tsitsiklis, 1999) to reduce the time needed to train a reinforcement lea…
ISEF · 2023
Materials Science
The high occurrence of fires and explosions worldwide makes fire prevention a top priority to protect people and property. Common fire-fighting materials include water, CO2 gas, fire fightin…
ISEF · 2023
Materials Science
Fire has always been a significant concern, causing substantial damage annually. An effective approach to address this issue is to conduct research and develop effective flame-retardant mate…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
Today, the largest economic activity in the Mixtec region of Tepexi de Rodriguez, Puebla is the marble industry. This has brought great benefits to its inhabitants. However, large amounts of…
JSHS · 2023
Physical properties of thermoplastic polymers can be improved with the incorporation of glass fibers into polymeric products, which significantly improves physical properties such as tensile…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Currently, massive shield muck generated from urban metro construction is being transported outside and dumped regarding its undesirable engineering properties. Meanwhile, large amounts of i…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Traditionally, in neurosurgery planning cortical language areas are identified by having individuals actively perform a language task while the magnetic resonance image (MRI) scan is acquire…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy
In the early 2000s, NASA sent Cassini to explore the outer reaches of the solar system. Onboard Cassini, the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) observed Titan, a moon of Saturn.…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Pancreatic cancer is among the world's deadliest cancers with a 5-year survival rate below 9%. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) encompasses >90% of all pancreatic cancers, and >95% ar…
JSHS · 2023
The Covid-19 pandemic induced a vast increase in adolescents diagnosed with eating disorders and hospitalized due to eating disorders. This immense growth stemmed partially from the stress o…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Fourth Award
A rocket, of 2.9 m height, made of fiberglass and measures all weather data during its flight such as: particulate matter, temperature, air quality, humidity, altitude, acceleration, rotatio…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry
What in the world would baking soda and vinegar have to do with a rocket ship? Let me explain! I have always had a love for rockets. So through my natural evolution of thought I somehow land…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences
Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), an aromatic polycyclic hydrocarbon, is an environmental contaminant and carcinogen that causes neurological and developmental effects to children when exposed in pregna…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
??Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible and fatal form of dementia caused by the degeneration of neurons in the brain. This disorder is characterized by the aggregation of tau protein, the…