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
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The aim of this experiment was to expand upon the relationship established in previous studies between insulin-like signaling regulated autophagy in chemosensory neurons and lipid metabolism…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Europa is a satellite that has potential for life, as it actually has water. To sponsor further exploration, it is necessary to build a rover that will be able to traverse the terrain of Eur…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
The study of topological systems is a very active field. In 2016, the Nobel prize in physics was awarded to the pioneers who studied topological systems such as topological insulators and th…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Nearly 60% of anticancer treatments are derived from naturally existing molecules. If total protein from the sponge Spirastrella cunctatrix is purified, kept in native conformation, and adde…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
Preignition (PI) is an abnormal form of combustion that has recently emerged as a bottleneck towards engine downsizing and improved efficiency in spark-ignited engines. Several speculative t…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, approximately 39% of Americans live in coastal areas. In the wake of Hurricane Harvey and Maria, attention has been drawn to…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics
The five-story pagodas in Japanese ancient times have never been collapsed by earthquakes for 1,300 years. Therefore, they are highly earthquake resistant. Elucidation of this earthquake-res…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Interactions between NOD2 and TLR4 bacterial receptors play an important role in the maintenance of intestinal homeostasis. Dysregulation of the NOD2 inhibition of TLR4 has been highly assoc…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering First Award
By 2050, global population is projected to reach 9 billion people. Farmers need to implement innovative methods like Precision Agriculture to produce 70% more food to feed everyone on existi…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology
In most perennials, the flowering process is prolonged due to the extensive growth period, causing time gaps in plant research and cultivation. The purpose of the study is to assess the effi…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Chemical
Americans throw away 1 in 3 aluminum (Al) cans every year, worth ~$1 billion, although recycling scrap Al requires only 5% of the energy used to make new Al. The motivation behind this work…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences Second Award
The majority of Western nations are living on unhealthy diets with high amounts of sugar and few nutrients. This diet, coupled with a lack of exercise, is associated with higher incidences o…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
The main focus for this project is to develop silk fibroin solutions using the iron oxide nanoparticles to create a topical antibiotic that will be able to inhibit bacterial growth, withstan…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Melanoma is the most aggressive type of skin cancer. It is estimated that 7703 people will have melanoma and 2463 will die because of it in 2020 in Brazil. One of possible treatments for it…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry Third Award
Problems caused by wood decay fungi have been a potential problem to the environment and society. Therefore, a novel drug delivery system, named “Tree Plaster”, has been developed to treat p…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software
We designed TreLop as a mobile application in order to help the old people and also those who have problems with their memory. TreLop simply uses GPS and saves the information , analyzing it…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
From ancient times to modern times, Observation Astronomy have left us various astronomical charts. Among these charts is china’s celestial map known to be the oldest ever. But a chart named…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology Second Award
It is evident that the tongue perceives tactile sensation, but little is known about the neurons that mediate this. Since tropomyosin receptor kinase C (TrkC) neurons are mechanosensory in s…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the head and neck is the 6th most common cancer worldwide. There are 60,000 new cases and 10,000 deaths a year within the U.S. It is caused mainly by smoking…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems
As a result of the many challenges blind people face in regards to touchscreen technology, proper assistive technology is essential for making touchscreens accessible to them. Screen readers…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Hypothesis: CT scans are used to determine extent of traumatic brain injury (TBI), but are costly and have radiation exposure. Recently, the FDA approved the use of serum biomarkers in TBI,…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
In this study, I have designed a wearable device to be used for the injection of the medical agents such as adrenalin, avil and prednol etc. during first-aid interventions in case of anaphyl…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science Second Award
Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) according to World Health Organization (WHO) is an imbalance between supply and demand of protein and energy to ensure optimal growth, functioning of the bo…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Acute myocardial infarction, otherwise known as a heart attack, is a major cause of death in the United States. Cardiac troponins, which are structural proteins unique to the heart, are sens…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems
Blindness is the third most common disability in the world, around 36 million people are blind (Vos T et al, 2016). Visually impaired population ranges from total blindness to 20/200 visual…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry Third Award
Flaviviruses, such as the Zika and Dengue virus, are positive-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses that have caused widespread epidemics and morbidity throughout the world. Little is known abo…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Today, billions of plastic particles have entered the aquatic biomes of our planet. They will infiltrate, pollute, and slowly destroy our world for generations to come. As these plastics are…
ISEF · 2018
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
States and the CDC monitor accidental and intentional violent deaths to answer questions that are critical for the development of effective violence prevention strategies. The National Viole…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics Third Award
Biologically inspired airfoil designs have recently become of increasing interest to the aerospace industry for their aerodynamic versatility. One approach involves mimicking the undulating…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
vonWillebrand Disease debilitates 4+ million people in the US with most subtypes induced by mutations of the von Willebrand Factor (vWF) multimeric glycoprotein responsible for hemostasis. I…