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 · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Endothelial vascular leakage is responsible for the pathogenesis of diverse acute and chronic inflammatory diseases, such as COVID-19 and influenza, heart disease and arteriosclerosis. In pa…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology Fourth Award
In 2019, Microcystis aeruginosa, a cyanobacterium found in eutrophic environments, bloomed along the Mississippi Gulf Coast due to a sudden deluge of freshwater from the opening of the Bonne…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
An experiment was conducted to study the impact of dyes on water quality. Untreated dye wastewater causes hypoxia, and a lower living standard for populations relying on the body of water. T…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
This experiment was conducted to see the effects Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Fields would have on semen collection rates in cattle. There were three pulsing sessions completed over the course of…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering
During the pandemic, the surge in production and usage of single-use plastics known as personal protective equipment (PPE) include gloves, which are commonly manufactured with polyvinyl chlo…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
Transfer of data and information through computational systems is oftentimes unsecure. Confidential information and private knowledge from a source to a destination runs the risk of being ob…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This experiment will determine if different nitrogen:phosphorus:potassium ratios limit the growth of algae in wetland water. We hypothesized that if we test the effects of varying NPK ratios…
JSHS · 2022
Exposure to common household antimicrobial cleaning products may lead to an increased likelihood of developing respiratory diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering
Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae is a big issue today because it is destroying the ecosystems of lakes, streams, and other waterways. As the blue-green algae grow rapidly and sp…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Martial arts performance assessment of karate practitioners was conducted using a low-cost electromyography (EMG) sensor and data acquisition system. The participants were asked to perform k…
ISEF · 2022
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) can convert visible light into electricity through cell sensitization. As they’re cheaper and more environmentally friendly to produce than silicon photovol…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Acute temperature fluctuations due to climate change pose a threat to many aquatic species, yet it remains unknown how adaptive aquatic life is to such changes. Recent studies have demonstra…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
Metastasis occurs when cancer cells successfully evade a type of cell death known as anoikis, which allows them to travel freely throughout the body. Anoikis, when occurring naturally, is ce…
ISEF · 2022
Cellular and Molecular Biology
My research was on the uses of cellulase and how it breaks down cellulose. For example, in aiding cellulose digestion. The results of my experiment agreed with my hypothesis. My results were…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
The human kidney is the most transplanted organ in the United States, numbering more than 24,000 in 2021 alone! But kidney transplantation technology faces many challenges, including a short…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Some of the most common machine learning pipelines with real-world applications in the fields of healthcare, finance and marketing involve manipulation of tabular data. In recent years multi…
ISEF · 2022
Systems Software
Hash algorithm is an algorithm that scrambles and mixes any set of input data, and outputs a highly irregular fixed length summary, it's often used in the field of information security. The…
JSHS · 2022
Three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting, for the past decade, has been the catalyst for various advancements within the field of tissue engineering. 3D bioprinting will allow physicians to reduce…
ISEF · 2022
Plant Sciences
Decomposition is nature’s way of recycling. Organic matter breaks down over time and will turn into a black substrate containing nutrients that plants use. In this project tomatoes, bananas,…
JSHS · 2022
Billions of people use search engines, like Google, daily. These systems identify meanings of words using machine learning classifiers (MLCs) through a task called word sense disambiguation…
JSHS · 2022
Some studies have shown that damaged irrigation and drainage systems of agricultural nations have caused water-build up and increased soil salinity, which hinders plant growth and decreases…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
Amidst potential climate change conclusions and solutions, there are stellar influences on Earth’s climate called cosmic rays, which heavily impact the formation of clouds; therefore, they a…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Since 1991, the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) enacted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) aimed to provide regulation for lead (Pb) and copper (Cu) in public water systems (PWS). Durin…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology Second Award
Sounds influence on bacterial growth is a very new and unexplored research field. The field is still in its infancy and the question of whether sound and/or ultrasound is a growth inhibitor…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology
This paper is an exploration of the inhibitory effects of Tea Tree and Thieves® Essential Oils on Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm growth on Borosilicate glass and Stainless Steel washers.…
JSHS · 2022
The intestinal microbiome continues to be a growing area of research with potential benefits in human health. Studies involving collection of fecal specimens from human subjects usually empl…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
In the project, “the Introduction of Excess Calcium in Cancer Cells” liposomes/lipofectamines were used to transport calcium chloride into cancer cells. The purpose was to see if liposomes c…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Perceptual illusions are distortions that may inform us about the nature of human perceptual processing. I plan to achieve such predictions by looking at the Poggendorff Illusion. The Poggen…
JSHS · 2022
Perceptual illusions can be seen, interpreted and used in two aspects. The first is for recreation - to kill time, to entertain people etc. The second is to inform us about the nature of hum…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences Third Award
Parasitic wasps (parasitoids) are often applied as biological controls in agriculture, but it is difficult to achieve 100% control of pests with parasitoids alone. This study aims to find po…