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 · 2025
Systems Software
This project investigated whether Meta's Interaction SDK was sufficient for accurate American Sign Language (ASL) detection. This was tested in a virtual reality (VR) environment in an attem…
ISEF · 2025
Embedded Systems
Refractive index sensing is a cornerstone of modern optical sensing technologies, enabling the detection of minute changes in material properties, environmental conditions, and biological in…
ISEF · 2025
Biochemistry
In this study, microbial fuel cells (MFCs) of our own design were inoculated with organisms of the species Shewanella oneidensis. S. oneidensis is a gram-negative, flagellum-motile bacterium…
CYSF · 2025
Gold Medal
This project investigates if microbial fuel cells (MFCs) can produce renewable electricity from mud/soil samples. MFCs were tested, results were analyzed, and the data was applied to the rea…
CYSF · 2025
Silver Medal
Using several materials, we will optimize microbial fuel cell technology to create renewable energy in remote villages.
ISEF · 2025
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Third Award
Worldwide temperatures are rising due to increased greenhouse gas emissions, and energy production and consumption are the largest contributors. The purpose of this experiment was to assess…
ISEF · 2025
Embedded Systems
The overarching goal of this work is to create a memcapacitor emulator platform that is accessible over the internet for anybody who would like to run their own tests on the emulator circuit…
AJAS · 2025
Energy and Transport (inferred)
Microgrids are small power grids that generate their own electricity and supply a local load. Renewable microgrids must find a way to distribute the variable energy generated throughout the…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Problem Most drug development costs go toward testing failed drug candidates, slowing innovation and ultimately costing lives. Even then, cardiotoxicity is a leading cause of drug recalls, s…
CYSF · 2025
Gold Medal
Biodiversity is the variety of all living things and their interactions. It represents the total variety of life on earth. Our project demonstrates the differences in organisms between movin…
ISEF · 2025
Chemistry Fourth Award
Hydrogen is a promising clean energy carrier, yet current production methods remain either carbon-intensive or economically unsustainable. Recently, attention has shifted to serpentinization…
CYSF · 2025
Gold Medal
How does the Stroop effect affect different ages?
AJAS · 2025
Engineering (inferred)
The rotating detonation engine (RDE) is widely considered one of the most promising and interesting areas of propulsion research due to its high levels of energy output and thermal efficienc…
CYSF · 2025
Gold Medal
The robot arm will mostly function like a real human arm and will be controlled with a joystick. As you can see, there are many different types of robotic arms with different purposes. Our c…
CYSF · 2025
Gold Medal
We will make a mini version of a defence radar system
CYSF · 2025
Gold Medal
How can different materials provide insulation from heat loss?
ISEF · 2025
Environmental Engineering
This research seeks to understand how biochar can be used to absorb heavy metals in soil specifically focusing on aluminum as a way to mitigate aluminum toxicity. Biochar has the potential t…
CYSF · 2025
Gold Medal
This project explores how Sodium Alginate-based hydrogel improve drought resilience in wheat under PEG 6000-induced drought conditions. The objective is to enhance wheat's ability to survive…
CYSF · 2025
Gold Medal
This project will create a blood glucose monitoring app that will allow users to log meals and receive pre-meal and post-meal recommendations based on their glucose levels. This will ultimat…
JSHS · 2025
Nanoplastics are artificial polymers ranging from 1 µm to 1 nm. There has been a huge increase in nanoplastics due to the environmental degradation of microplastics via wind, water, and UV d…
ISEF · 2025
Environmental Engineering
Nanoplastics, artificial polymers ranging from 1 nm to 1 µm, have increased significantly in aquatic environments due to microplastic degradation through wind, water, and UV exposure. Microa…
JSHS · 2025
Pressure ulcers, or pressure injuries (PIs) are localized areas of skin and/or underlying tissue decay that typically occur over bony prominences due to prolonged pressure or friction. These…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
In 2024 the American Cancer Society (ACS) reported a 78% death rate for pancreatic cancer. The 5-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer is 13%. ACS states the only effective method known t…
ISEF · 2025
Embedded Systems
Children's safety near fire or heat sources is a significant concern, as their presence poses a high risk of accidents and endangers their well-being. Additionally, gas leakage, particularly…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software
Cross-language interoperability is a persistent challenge in modern software development, where applications often integrate languages like C++ and C# for game development or Python and CUDA…
ISEF · 2025
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Over 300,000 cetaceans die every year due to human activity–primarily ship collisions and fishing entanglements–with roughly 67% of all whale deaths attributed to human interactions. Many wh…
ISEF · 2025
Embedded Systems
Over 57 million people worldwide live with an amputation, and more than 80% of them live in developing countries, where access to therapeutic remedy is especially constrained. To date, work…
ISEF · 2025
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Second Award
Avian influenza (Bird Flu) is a highly transmissive pathogen affecting over 166 million poultry and posing significant health risks to humans. Despite progress on surface proteins, differenc…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is an astronomical phenomenon that serves as a direct snapshot of the early Universe and is imprinted with the interactions of galaxy clusters. The most…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
Dark matter is theorized to comprise a fundamental component of the universe, but it has not been detected or identified. Detecting dark matter would advance our knowledge of the universe an…