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 · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
Safety is the key to successful space exploration. Away from the surface of the Earth’s magnetosphere, astronauts require artificial shields, both physical and electromagnetic, to protect th…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
Purpose: Cancer is a leading cause of death in the United States. Research has shown that cancer is a genetic disease, and using microarrays to determine the expression levels of genes in ti…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Tomatoes, Solanum lycopersicum, are a staple food around the world. Their unique flavor and availability make them popular. In the United States, tomato plants are commonly established in gr…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Coagulation/flocculation is the process of treating turbid water by using coagulants to clump fine particles and collecting them into a floc for removal. American Samoa uses synthetic coagul…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
In aviation, the common problem that reduces the efficiency of an aircraft wings is wingtip vortex because it can reduce lift and increase drag. The attachment of wingtip can reduce the usag…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
Allelopathy is the process in which one organism produces compounds that influence the growth, development, and survival of other organisms in its vicinity. Although more commonly associated…
ISEF · 2019
Materials Science
Today, around the globe thousands of people strive for basic life necessities. One of their main needs is a shelter, as they have been displaced by armed conflicts, and natural disasters. Al…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Sterol regulatory element binding protein 1 (SREBP-1) is a master transcriptional regulator that controls the transcription of genes required for lipid and fatty acid production. Previous st…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
A way of potentially preventing the increase of water pollution is the process of bio-remediation. This process includes exposing microorganisms to wastewater and pollutants and using their…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Tropical cyclones (TCs, or typhoons in the western North Pacific) typically produce heavy rainfall within approximately 200 km radius. Some TCs induce extreme rainfall in remote areas when t…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
This study aimed to examine the efficiency of using Nano-Kaolinite (Al2Si2O5 (OH)4) to purify electroplating wastewater from Nickel, and to examine wither or not it offered functional and af…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
The widespread use of petrochemicals often leads to substance spills in aquatic environments during transfers or offshore drilling/exploration, resulting in catastrophic pollution, economica…
ISEF · 2019
Materials Science
The aim of the project was to propose the potential use of lignin in the prevention of UVA/UVB radiation in sunscreens and plastics. The subjects of the work were UV/Vis absorption and fluor…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
C. semigranosa is a small bivalve with a shell length of about 1.5 cm predominating in exposed sandy beach. Intensive field observations revealed that C. semigranosa accumulated around 610 i…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Can Raton Basin produced gas well water be reused for agriculture? Last year’s project determined produced water is comparable to other water sources for agriculture in a hydroponic system.…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
This research is motivated by a pure curiosity: While mosquitos enjoy bobbing up and down the water surface, why do they never get wet in their legs?- A phenomenon called hydrophobicity. We…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
DEFINITION OF THE THEME The idea of finding solutions to treat toxic wastewater into clean water, raising water-saving awareness to avoid waste and conserve water sources to provide clean wa…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering
Purpose: Microsurgery is a general term for surgery requiring an operational microscope. We believe that it is one of the most promising and complex branches of medicine, where we can hopefu…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
Ionizing radiation causes numerous adverse health effects. Concerns include an increase in nuclear energy consumption because it causes alarm for ionizing leaks, and human’s extraterrestrial…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
Water-borne skin-infection pathogens pose a significant threat to rural and occupational coastal environments, particularly in the fishing industry. While bee honey has been found effective…
ISEF · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
The goal of this project was to create a comprehensive test, automated and not requiring laboratory blood analysis, for the prediction of diabetic retinopathy and cardiovascular risk, utiliz…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Efficiency and resourcefulness are fundamental to all space missions due to an association to high costs and limited resources. Currently, however, products which are no longer required on t…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a cardiovascular disease that triggers sudden cardiac arrest in people of all ages. We conducted tests with six chemotherapy drugs that reinforced separa…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of this project is to study how the Toll-like receptor 8 (TLR8) pathway prevents tumor-induced T cell suppression. Tumor-induced immunosuppression is important to study because i…
ISEF · 2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The video game industry is worth at least 4.8 billion dollars as of 2019. This is mostly due to the games FIFA 19, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. The purpose of my proj…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Carbon dioxide is the most important greenhouse gas emitted by human activities and its quantity is constantly growing. 20% of rice production results to be waste and its ashes are rich in s…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
With 50% of all trips taken in cars being under five miles, electric skateboards are becoming the go-to eco-friendly way to beat traffic and save on gasoline. I wanted to improve upon the ma…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry Fourth Award
Life formed on Earth 4 billion years ago using RNA to store genetic information, but how RNA first synthesized is unknown, due to no enzymes. RNA bases underwent repeated wet-dry cycles in v…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Physical
This project, the Roadside Wind Converter, was a concept that my partner and I wanted to prove: Can the wind energy from cars be captured from a wind turbine like structure and turn that win…
ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Boosted by an increase in single-family housing, and the rising need for storm-resistant products, the demand for roofing in the U.S. is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CA…