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
Materials Science
Microplastics found throughout our environment have caused increased health concerns. Recent research showed that plastic, pyramid-shaped tea bags were a significant source of microplastics.…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
BACKGROUND: According to the International Diabetes Foundation, there are over 415 million people worldwide diagnosed with diabetes [1]. In the United States alone, there are 29.1 million pe…
JSHS · 2020
Cindy Raines The purpose of my project is to see how efficient waxworms are at eating plastic. My hypothesis is if 100 Waxworms are placed in one cage with polyethylene plastic and another 1…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
Question: "How can a traditional wing be simplified to benefit stealth?" To create the hypothesis, Bernoulli’s principle, aerodynamics, and wing control were used to design a flapless/slatle…
JSHS · 2020
This research proposes X-Net, a novel deep learning architecture that enhances airport security through the detection of threats in X-ray luggage scans. Scanning of luggage is a critical par…
JSHS · 2020
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Crystallographic studies of the structures of proteins help explain how those proteins function as enzymes. The field of crystallography has advanced in the…
JSHS · 2020
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse During the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle of cell metabolism, the enzyme fumarase catalyzes the reversible hydration of fumarate to S-malate. Fumarase has a…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
The drag characteristics of an aircraft are heavily influenced by the lift distribution along the span of its wing. A bell-shaped lift distribution results in induced thrust instead of induc…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Honey Bees are extremely important, performing 80 percent of all pollination worldwide. Their population has been rapidly declining at an alarming rate. Multiple studies have shown declining…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Influenza infects ~35 million people and causes ~79,000 deaths in the United States annually. Vaccination can be highly effective, but is often a neglected tool for preventing infection. In…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Research problem: Some evidence that is presented to prove the personalities of criminals is not sufficient to prove the identity of the criminal and take long periods of time in the search…
ISEF · 2020
Biochemistry
Butterflies use multiple ways to communicate. From their colorful wing patterns to signaling molecules, butterflies use and respond to multiple pheromones and volatile compounds in the envir…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of the project was to construct an eco-friendly and cost effective alternative for heat exchanger by using naturally occurring Zeolite, which can store heat for an indefinite tim…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Zinc-air batteries (ZABs) have recently drawn wide interest in electrochemistry because of their high energy density, low cost, and environmental friendliness compared to the lithium-ion bat…