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
Environmental Engineering
Chromite mining has contributed intensely to pollution of soil and ground water by hexavalent chromium, a potential carcinogen and mutagen for plants and bacteria. In the present study, I re…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
Hydroponic, which is a new kind of agriculture that only depends on a fertilizer solution to provide plants with the required nutrients without the need for soil, has been widely used recent…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Worldwide, Pharmaceutical compounds, which pass through the human body, animals and pharmaceutical factories into sewage, are unaffected by wastewater treatment plants. Finally, Accumulated…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems
The number of reptiles kept as pets in the United States alone currently stands at 9.4 million and all of them are susceptible to lack of proper UVB exposure. UVB light is required for vitam…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
Concrete is the most widely used construction material on the planet. The production of Portland cement, concrete’s major component, contributes 8% of the world’s human induced carbon dioxid…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
In "Seimikaiso", the first Japanese systematic chemistry book published in 1847, the author wrote that " When we mix diethyl ether with the Au solution (which means Au(III) solution), Au is…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Chemical
In this research, mesoporous carbon was synthesized from garlic peel for cathode material in lithium-sulfur battery. Separated two samples were carbonized by normal carbonization (garlic pee…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
Electrolytes’ water solutions that are ionic conductors can change their specific electrical conductivity as function of ambient temperature, potential difference and current frequency other…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Nowadays, a dry hydraulic mixture, such as cement is one of the common building materials, thus reducing production cost and minimizing negative environmental impact is a high priority for c…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Chemical
Conversion of waste straws into high-octane gasoline represents a potential solution to the depletion of fossil fuels and pollution associated with their extraction and combustion. While cur…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Mimicking the human mind is paramount in modern research fields such as autonomous vehicle development. The accepted computational model of vision by Miconi et al. (2016) mimics the way huma…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics
Restoration efforts of wild oysters are often unsuccessful, in that they do not produce a robust population of oysters that are able to successfully reproduce. Furthermore, the dynamics of w…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences
Research was conducted to determine relationships between fish species growth within three freshwater bodies in agricultural communities in Fulton County, Ohio. The objective was to resurvey…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Antibiotic resistance has been named as one of the greatest threats the modern public health system faces. One method of tackling growing antibiotic resistance is to explore substances overl…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
PURPOSE OF PROJECT Diapers are thrown away as a method of disposing them, these result in litter as they contain plastic which is non-biodegradable therefore polluting the environment as wel…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software Third Award
The research project aims to reveal slight changes along specific user defined temporal frequencies in live videos. Video images are captured by a commercial video camera and rendered into R…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT, Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome) is a genetic vascular disorder arising from endothelial cell proliferation and hypervascularization. Patients with HHT…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences Second Award
Purpose of this project is to show whether the toxical pyrrolizidine alkaloids of senecio jacobaea can pollute the local honey. These toxicants are carcinogenic, mutagen and moreover accumul…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Physical
Modern industry is dependent mostly on fossil fuel energy and nuclear power generation. We were concerned about this undue value given on these types of generation and put our heads together…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Forest monitoring is crucial for prevention of wildfires and control of tree pathologies. The monitoring of remote forest regions by humans can often be complicated or impossible. Thus, deve…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Stroke is an increasingly common injury in the world today and it can cause serious long-term problems with mobility in many body parts, including the arms and hands. Many researchers have d…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology
GATA4 is a transcription factor critical in the developmental process and early differentiation of the gastrointestinal tract. Studies using genetically modified mouse models have shown GATA…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a musculoskeletal disease often caused by overuse or injury but recent literature has suspected G protein coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling of cell surface receptors a…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences First Award
Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), an aging related detriment, is the most common cause of mortality in the world. In addition, chemotherapy jeopardizes cardiovascular integrity and was shown to…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Chemical
Our project tested the theory that cattail roots could produce a sufficient amount of ethanol to be considered a viable supplement in the production of ethanol used as a clean burning fuel a…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Every year many people die from blood loss. There are some modern medical devices (coagulators) allowing to prevent extra bleeding. However, each of them has disadvantages. My goal is to exp…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
Emerging therapeutic techniques employ the use of drug-loaded gels, providing targeted treatment critical to prevent indiscriminate damage by drugs. It is essential to measure drug release r…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Physical First Award
In this integrative research, two tunable plasmonic nanostructures were used to significantly increase the short circuit current output (Jsc), total current produced (A), maximum optical gen…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
The leaves of Clinacanthus nutans (Sabah Snake Grass) have long been used traditionally in Asia for treatment of skin rashes and snake bites. This project investigates the effect of Clinacan…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Multicopters have a wide range of applications from search and rescue to package delivery and medical support. Although growing in popularity, they are not used yet on an industrial scale fo…