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
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…
CSEF · 2023
Mathematical Sciences Third Award
This project is inspired from a personal experience of a delayed diagnosis and treatment of pneumonia, which partially resulted from an inconsistency in auscultation interpretation. This pro…
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…
CSEF · 2023
Computational Systems & Analysis Third Award
Although digital calendars are prevalent, they often face limitations such as a rigid adherence to specific dates and inflexibility. Consequently, users may have to limit the variety and num…
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…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The R.O.T. Slide, R.O.T. standing for “rate of travel” is an original project that was engineered to steady a welder’s arm while cutting metal. I decided to create a solution to a problem th…
CSEF · 2023
Toxicology Fourth Award
Objectives My objective was to see if the addition of a glyphosate-based herbicide, an endocrine disruptor, could decrease the gonad mass, this would show that the mussel has been feminized.…
CSEF · 2023
Mathematical Sciences Second Award
The Robinson-Schensted-Knuth (RSK) Correspondence is a mathematical mapping that takes a permutation and uniquely maps it to a pair of Young tableaux. This correspondence has been the subjec…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Conversational agents are increasingly used in a wide range of fields, from entertainment or manufacturing to finance or healthcare, since they facilitate human-machine interactions and can…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Over the last century, there has been an unparalleled focus on genomic techniques in cancer research which has resulted in a neglected understanding of cancer metabolics. Despite being disco…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This work presents the first study that examines the runoff of the herbicide, paraquat, and how it flows through the environment. Paraquat is a highly toxic herbicide that is widely used and…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
Walking through the streets of Budapest, Washington, and the biggest cities we can notice a common issue: we have failed to develop and sustain an accurate waste management system. Behind th…
JSHS · 2023
Every nineteen minutes an older adult dies from a fall, making falls the leading cause of injury death to that group. Cumulatively older adult falls cost upwards of $50 billion in medical co…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology Fourth Award
Despite the boom of metagenomics and metataxonomy, culture media are essential to identify organisms that have not been identified by these means; and to give insights of biological processe…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Second Award
The spread and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses can lead to various mutations that cause significant spikes in infections. It is essential for researchers to study virus genome s…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cardiovascular diseases in minority populations are grossly misunderstood and studies show clear data exemplifying disparities in screenings. Studies largely focus on exhaustively researched…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering First Award
Annually, Gastrointestinal (GI) cancer affects 4.8 million people worldwide, and has 5-year survival rates as low as 8%. However, the survival rate increases to 70% if GI cancers are detecte…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Fucoidans are sulfated polysaccharides that provide structure in brown seaweeds. Medical research has found a substantial amount of evidence for the investigation into fucoidan as an antican…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences
The morphological traits of a plant’s seeds impact how well they are able to disperse over time, which is a crucial mechanism for reproduction, gene flow, and the movement of plant species i…