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 · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This is a research of social support towards the psychological condition and the quality of life of cancer survivors. This study aims to determine: 1) What is the most appropriate form and s…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
There remains a continued need for inexpensive techniques for filtering out heavy metals from contaminated water. Studies have shown efficacy of biochar (pyrolyzed organic matter) for heavy…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics Third Award
This project, which is in number theory, explores the connections between quaternions and primitive Pythagorean quintuples. It is known that the square of a Gaussian integer (a complex numbe…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
In this research, MDA-MB-231 cells were placed in a microfluidic device in order to determine the effects of fluid flow on breast cancer circulating tumor cells. The cells were trapped in th…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Pneumonia affects 450 million people worldwide. It is believed that elderly individuals, 65 years or older, are more susceptible to acquiring the disease, due to changes in the aging immune…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Microplastics consist of small plastic particles in commercial products as well as plastics that degrade in the environment. Microplastic pollution is of growing concern because microplastic…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
Yang-Mills theory, one of the most important questions is to mathematically explain the mass gap, in quantum applications of the formulas. this research test the role of simulating the effec…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
The reason behind this experiment was to discover the identity of a material found in an old classroom. In order to accomplish this goal, we observed the physical characteristics of the meta…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
The misprocessing of amyloid-ß precursor protein (APP) has been genetically linked to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) as a major causative factor for the disease. Cleavage of APP by ß-site APP clea…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
This experiment was conducted as an effort to further technology utilized to better protect humans from this radiation. The goal in performing this experiment was to determine if carbon nano…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
In 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster released a considerable amount of radioactive materials into the environment. In the time after the disaster, the government had a deficit of…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Irreparable DNA lesions caused by radiation therapy induce apoptosis, a suicidal response that occurs in both cancerous and normal cells. Remarkably, mouse and human tissues in experiments t…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Having grown up in rural Australia, we are acutely aware of water’s importance in agriculture. In our rural area it’s common to go weeks or even months without rain. For this reason we are f…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems
Living in big cities is getting harder every day. Local governments are trying to find new solutions with smart city concepts to make more livable cities. However, smart city concepts are fa…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
Read4me is a device that enables blind, illiterate and dyslexic people to read paper books. It uses Optical Character Recognition to detect the text in the pictures taken by a camera attache…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
The reception of new biologically active substances on the basis of Curcumin is a research work about the synthesis of unknown for scientific literature, improved property-having biologicall…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
The goal of my project was to develop a polymer blend that would allow the consumer waste stream to be used as an additive manufacturing feedstock. I designed my experiment to determine if a…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This engineering project studies ancient art mediums by recreating ancient paints from iron oxide, charcoal, and animal fat. To test the experiment, iron oxide and charcoal were mixed with d…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Nanoparticle-based drug carriers are promising, minimally invasive candidates for cancer treatment. However, the challenge remains in how best to specifically target transformed cells. Upon…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
The agriculture industry contributes heavily to land, water and air pollution due to the poor management of agricultural waste products and wastewater. A potential method of addressing these…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is the most common type of open heart surgery performed in the United States, and the surgery most commonly involves harvesting the saphenous vein and…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Parkinson’s disease (PD), the second most common neurodegenerative ailment is characterized by muscular contractions and involuntary movement (dyskinesia). Its hallmarks include loss of move…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Test-Taking Anxiety is an issue that impacts students worldwide, it occurs through the stress-response system, the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. If Test Anxiety is untreated it can le…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Industrial pollution has been a major environmental concern globally. A significant type of these industrial pollutants is organic dyes, which have been found to negatively affect human heal…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In order to find a cost-efficient alternative method to treat Groundwater Under the Direct Influence of Surface Water (GUDI) wells, an experiment was conducted to implement an alternative wa…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
Turfgrass is extremely important to many homeowners, athletes, and other people. It gives homeowners’ lawns a healthy, aesthetic appeal. Athletes use turfgrass to play sports. One fundamenta…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
At first glance, diabetic kidney disease and cancer may seem to have little in common besides sharing high mortality rates. Diabetic kidney disease is a condition in which increased glucose…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
Medical professionals have struggled to develop delivery systems for active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) to mitigate inconsistent dosage and inconvenience from traditional forms of drug…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Microfluidics is a technology that operates with fluids in sets of miniature channels. Using small samples allows for reduced cost, harmful waste, reaction time, and analysis time. Microflui…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Research problem: Diabetic foot: It is a foot of diabetic. In 2014 there was 422,000,000 people diabetic. Diabetic foot is one of the most common complications of diabetes.it is leading to w…