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 · 2025
Biomedical Engineering
Organ-on-a-Chip (OOC) devices have the potential to revolutionize drug testing as an ethical, in vitro alternative to traditional methods. However, further research and adoption is limited b…
CYSF · 2025
Why does the human brain see optical illusions? The neuroscience of optical illusions.
CYSF · 2025
14 participants will take a visual acuity test one eye at a time at different times of the day to see the decline of vision throughout the day.
ISEF · 2025
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
This project explores the design, construction, and optimization of a 3D-printed impulse turbine using compressed air for electricity generation, to reduce intermittency in renewable energy…
ISEF · 2025
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology is gaining interest in the scientific community as a promising alternative energy source. However, current MFCs have several limitations. Therefore, this…
JSHS · 2025
Achromatopsia is an inherited retinal degeneration disorder caused by a mutation in the CNGA3 (Cyclic Nucleotide Gated Channel Subunit Alpha 3) gene, affecting every 1 in 30,000 people. Muta…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic inflammatory joint disease affecting over 500 million people, leading to cartilage degeneration and severe pain. Current treatments are invasive, costly, and…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Space debris cleaning has yet to see a viable solution that would effectively remove debris while staying in good condition. Of the active methods of debris removal proposed, tether nets hav…
ISEF · 2025
Biochemistry
Ionizable lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are the mainstream delivery mechanisms for mRNA therapeutics. pH-sensitive protonation allows their membranes to favorably (de)stabilize based on the sur…
ISEF · 2025
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Academic burnout is currently a very widespread issue that is affecting students all over the world. This project analyzed the correlation between academic burnout and emotional intelligence…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In 2024, over 10,000 tons of oil were spilled into the ocean, damaging the environment and costing billions of dollars in mitigation efforts. This project is a continuation of previous resea…
ISEF · 2025
Materials Science
Purpose: Conventional paints pose significant health and environmental hazards due to heavy metal presence and volatile organic compound emissions, necessitating safer alternatives. I previo…
ISEF · 2025
Chemistry
Over 350 million tons of plastic waste are produced annually while less than 10% is recycled. Through catalytic hydrogenolysis, plastic waste can be converted into diesel with strontium tita…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Researcher's acquaintance has ADHD and takes Adderall and shared that its effect (attention improvement) reaches a peak and drops quickly, resulting in having to time pill’s intake with upco…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
The growing need for efficient and accurate detection of exoplanets, especially with limited datasets, presents a significant challenge in the field of astronomy. This project analyzes the a…
JSHS · 2025
Pulsejet engines offer an exciting avenue for research due to their simple design and unique combustion cycle. This study investigates how varying fuel compositions of propane and butane imp…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD)score, a widely used tool, predicts 90-day waitlist-mortality but fails to account for post-transplant survival, leading to suboptimal organ allocatio…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
This study aimed to enhance the efficiency of the biocontrol agent Steinernema carpocapsae, making it superior to chemical pesticides by increasing its speed in targeting pests and improving…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a betaherpesvirus that is typically latent in a human host, but presents dangerously in immunocompromised patient populations. CMV primary infection or reactivation…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science
Early detection is crucial for establishing a positive prognosis and outcome for cancer patients. Widely used detection methods, such as tissue biopsies and imaging, are cost-prohibitive, cu…
ISEF · 2025
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Perchlorates are environmental pollutants that damage the human thyroid gland, stemming from military operations, rocket propellants, and fertilizer runoff. They also compose 0.5-1% of Marti…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software
Quantum Machine Learning (QML) addresses complex machine learning problems that deal with intricate relationships in complex datasets. When applied to real world datasets however, translatin…
ISEF · 2025
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this study is to pursue utilization of the most advanced machine learning models in order to improve the accuracy and reliability of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) diagnoses.…
ISEF · 2025
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Electric vehicles solve for fossil fuel-induced environmental damage, but 70% of consumers cite limited battery capacity as a major drawback. Replacing traditional graphite anodes with silic…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
3D printing, or additive manufacturing, has revolutionized various industries but faces challenges related to structural instability and material waste. Globally, 3D-printed models generate…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
Supermassive black holes lie at the centers of most large galaxies and play a crucial role in shaping galactic structure and dynamics. Despite being effectively invisible, they are studied i…
CYSF · 2025
We are researching about the truly important term called Optogenetics, as it continues to develop for a better generation in personalized medicine. It is also related to other terms such as…
ISEF · 2025
Embedded Systems
Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCRs) pose a significant hazard to any spacecraft operating outside of the Earth’s magnetosphere, capable of penetrating through thick radiation shielding and damaging…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science
Oral cancer affects over 300,000 people worldwide each year and has a mortality rate of approximately 47%. Early diagnosis can significantly improve survival rates by up to 56%, but less tha…
CYSF · 2025
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