Plant Sciences
In today's world, research about growing plants in space is being done against challenges in disoriented directions and slow growth rate of radicles. While plants on Earth shoot roots downwa…
Mathematics
Third Award
Make24 is a classic game where players compete to be the fastest to get to 24 using 4 integers between 1 and 10 inclusive. In the generalised version of this game, one is given k not necessa…
CYSF · 2025
This experiment is easy, interesting and very fascinating. The materials are easy to find and the procedure is also interesting as it teaches us chemical science and a cool new formula.
Mathematics
Fourth Award
Clinical trials often utilize composite endpoints to provide a comprehensive evaluation of a treatment’s effects by combining multiple related outcomes into a single measure. While tradition…
As carcinogens have become increasingly prevalent in everyday life through the growing accumulation of microplastics, harmful chemical usage, and other factors -- so too has cancer; breast c…
Chemistry
When AgNO3 and sodium alginate are mixed, cross-linking occurs by the cation Ag+ and anion Cl-, which can produce an AgNPs-SA gel. Through this research, it was found out that when this film…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Mangroves play a crucial role in coastal protection, biodiversity support, carbon sequestration, and water purification. However, between 1996 and 2020, the Philippines lost 7,934 hectares o…
CYSF · 2025
Gold Medal
This project looks for presence of microplastics in Calgary and their approximate size.
Biomedical Engineering
One of the biggest hurdles to Stem Cell Therapies' clinical applications has been the difficulty in delivering stem cells safely and retaining them at the target site without migrating uncon…
CYSF · 2025
Silver Medal
Testing different materials to determine what keeps water the warmest.
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The large amounts of CO2 generated by human activities results in an increase in ocean acidity on a global scale (Hill, 2018). The ability to determine long-term open ocean acidification tre…
Earth & Environment: Air/ Water
Honorable_mention Award
Oncolytic virotherapy (OV) is a form of immunotherapy that uses specific viruses to prevent cancer cell proliferation. Specifically, the Zika virus has shown promise in combating glioblastom…
Mathematics
Fourth Award
For the last 20 years, many researchers have explored divisibility properties of integer sequences arising from combinatorial structures. In particular, binomial coefficients have been the s…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Our project determined that resazurin, a synthetic fluorescing agent originally used as a bioburden detector, is a practical fluorescing agent for quantifying NADH in cell-free reactions. We…
Materials Science
This study investigates the impact of environmental temperature changes on the mechanical properties of two plastic polymers: polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG) and poly(3-hydroxybutyr…
The obesity epidemic, a leading driver of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and type II diabetes, remains inadequately addressed by current pharmacological treatments. GLP-1 ag…
Systems Software
This research project explores a novel media service platform designed to optimize video streaming. Modern media delivery faces two key challenges: inter-server video transfer inefficiencies…
Translational Medical Science
Each year, 1.9 million people worldwide are diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and early detection of cancerous polyps is crucial for treatment. Endoscopic imaging is a critical part of ident…
Environmental Engineering
The vulnerability of water bodies to human activities leads to a widespread problem of degradation of these environments and denounces the finitude of potable water in many regions of the Ea…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Chronic stress, doomscrolling and digital addiction contribute to declining memory and attention in children. These factors negatively affect cognitive development, making it essential to ex…
CYSF · 2025
Our project is about memory enhancement and our question is “What techniques can we use to enhance our memory and do they work?”.
CYSF · 2025
Bronze Medal
This project investigates how different learning styles—visual (seeing), auditory (hearing), and textual (reading)—affect a person’s ability to remember information. I aim to understand whic…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to understand the effect of working in a high-stress field like the agriculture industry. 1. Create a simple survey using Google Forms. 2. Publish the surv…
Environmental Engineering
Mercury (Hg(II)) continues to be one of the most serious contaminants in our global waters due to its high toxicity and mobility in our ecosystems. To address this issue, we explored the pot…
Biomedical Engineering
Organisms smaller than a grain of salt can convert carbon dioxide into carotenoids, which have a market demand of $2.5 billion. Carotenoids can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, cancer, an…
Biochemistry
Nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN), is a promising nutraceutical attracting much attention for its pharmacological and anti-aging efficacies. While NMN biosynthesis in Escherichia coli by met…
Chemistry
Current thermal and electrochemical green conversion methods are unsustainably powered by fossil fuels, necessitating a greener approach. Consequently, Researchers have turned to phototherma…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Melatonin made by insects and plants regulates growth and development. Ecdysteroids like 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) promote maturation, molting and butterfly emergence through oxidative stress…
Biomedical Engineering
The MetaMotion Meter is a biomechanical assistive device designed to advance hand physiotherapy by offering real-time feedback measurement of pressure exerted by the hand during physiotherap…