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.
CSEF · 2015
Plant Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals This study examined the effect of trigger hair stimulation on the generation of action potentials and their relationship to trap closure in a B52 Venus Flytrap (Dionea Musci…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology First Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine the effects of electromagnetic radiation on the growth of radish plants. It was hypothesized that the shorter the wavelength o…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Plants can communicate with each other through common underground mycorrhizal networks (CMN). In this study, we show that CMN can act as a conduit for signals that affect immune response in…
ISEF · 2015
Plantations of Guandu bean (Cajanus cajan, Fabaceae) are attacked by the fungus Colletotrichum cajani (Glomerellaceae, Ascomycota) which causes severe anthracnose in stems, leaves and pods o…
ISEF · 2015
The goal of this research was to determine how exposure to plastics affected the overall health of aquatic organisms. Plastics are the main source of aquatic pollution and are known to leach…
CSEF · 2015
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine which type of graphite is best for making graphene. Methods/Materials I used the graphite 2B, 3B, 4B, 6B, 9B, and the magic…
ISEF · 2015
Semiconducting polymers opened up new avenues in electronics device technology and with advantages such as economic feasibility, low temperature processing, large area and roll to roll print…
ISEF · 2015
Aspirin is one of the most beneficial analgesic drugs created, however it’s also one to which people are most allergic to; there for creating a microcapsule that is capable to control its re…
ISEF · 2015
A large volume of oil and its derivatives are routinely disposed in the sea during the washing processes performed in oil cargo ship tanks. This occurs because after the tanks are unloaded i…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award
The copper(l)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition(CuAAC) is one of the premier example of click chemistry, a term which means a set of 'almost perfect' bond-forming reactions useful for rap…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this work is to make a dye-sensitized solar cell with natural and synthetic dyes. The cell is usually made out of a platinum-covered cathode, which we intend to replace by a c…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Hard water contains a high concentration of calcium and magnesium ions usually obtained by the mineral build ups in pipes. While not hazardous to Heath, the hard water can c…
ISEF · 2015
An increasing human population needs more energy. The purpose of this project was to show that solar power could meet current energy demands and that a sun tracking solar charger could be mo…
ISEF · 2015
Bacterial collagen like recombinant protein, VCLCL, from S.pyogenes is hydroxylated with dual plasmid system that codes for human prolyl hydroxylase (P4H) enzyme and 1,4 arabinono lactone ox…
ISEF · 2015
This project aims at utilizing the previously wasted energy and channel it to a battery pack installed in the boot of the car. The current in the charged batteries was passed through an inve…
ISEF · 2015
It is becoming more and more necessary to find an alternative fuel to petroleum. In the last few years crops, waste oil, coffee grounds and different seeds have been studied to produce biodi…
ISEF · 2015
The project was designed primarily to solve the challenges of epileptic power supply in Nigeria and at the same time address the shortcoming of power generation through mechanical moving dev…
CSEF · 2015
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Magnetic shielding does not allow magnetic fields to interact. Magnetic shielding is used daily in televisions, microwaves, and cell phones. The better the magnetic shield t…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My objective was to predict and measure Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs). I plan to develop and implement an algorithm generated from an Excel graph, that spans an entire solar…
ISEF · 2015
Breast cancer continues to be researched, as it is still incurable. The grading system for breast cancer, while based off of numbers, is subjective as it depends upon the interpretation of t…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective is to predict the results of 40kb HinDIII Hi-C experimentation on the mouse ESC genome from 21 documented mouse epigenetic features. Methods/Materials Around 2…
ISEF · 2015
Fluid intelligence (gF) is the basis of innovation, problem solving, and leadership and evaluating gF is critical to the investigation, diagnosis, and treatment of cognitive and mental disor…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Diabetes is a disease that affects 250 million people worldwide, and is one of the fastest growing diseases. Once acquired, the patient is faced with lifelong medication, treatment, and risk…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Arsenic has long been seen as an environmental toxin and carcinogen. Recent studies on the drinking water arsenic levels in Chile suggest that low concentrations of arsenic could be preferen…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective was to observe ideas of racism in children ages 3 to 8 who are presented with identical dolls of different races and to determine if children ages 3-4 exhibite…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this paper is to establish a new perspective on the K-theory of exact infinity-categories. I show that if the definition of K-theory is slightly modified, one can interpret th…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to establish the foundations for a new perspective on the algebraic K-theory of exact quasicategories, so as to allow for a simpler way to a…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Purpose of the Experiment: Today, it is impossible to control inner-cast pressure during the patient's healing process. The human limb can change its volume after an injury therefore irregul…
ISEF · 2015
Microwave sintering is known to provide rapid volumetric heating that reduces processing time compared with conventional furnace sintering methods. With the application of uniaxial pressure,…
ISEF · 2015
Oral Streptococcus of the viridans group are common bacteria with disease-causing potential and a high prevalence of antibiotic resistance (Whitney, 2000). The prevalence of ampicillin resis…