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 project intends to determine how much of a social media user’s interests can be predicted by Twitter’s algorithms. The idea for the project stemmed from an article detailing possible Ru…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Many people in rural, poverty-stricken areas of the globe lack reliable access to clean water and though treatment techniques exist, building the infrastructure required for a treatment plan…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software Third Award
In 2017, the World Health Organization reported that there were 285 million visually-impaired people worldwide of which 39 million are completely blind. According World Access for the Blind,…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software Fourth Award
As computing systems become increasingly advanced and as users increasingly engage themselves in technology, security has never been a greater concern. In malware detection, static analysis…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
In the search for Earth-like exoplanets that may harbor life, the most important factor is the elemental composition of the region of development. Exoplanets often form in planetary nebulae,…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Harmful Algae Blooms (HABs), which are fatal to aquatic ecosystems, human health, and water-reliant industries, largely occur because of an unnatural increase of Nitrate and Phosphate and ar…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
The purpose of this project is to determine whether two-mode squeezing (TMS) can be used for photon-number-resolving detectors (PNRDs) to generate an accurate photon count. We envisioned the…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that causes progressively decreased memory functions. Nearly 44 million people have AD worldwide. Moreover, AD cannot be prevented, c…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The purpose of this research is to create a new non-intrusive allergy test, that is less expensive, more time efficient, and can provide an alternative for not only the general majority of p…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software First Award
Medical errors caused by a lack of interoperability between healthcare entities are the third leading cause of deaths in United States, with a reported 250,000 deaths in the past year alone.…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The number of amputees is rapidly increasing worldwide with more than a million amputations annually. Unfortunately, the usage rates of upper-limb prosthetics remain as low as 27% to 56% in…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology Fourth Award
Kefir is fermented milk that is formulated with grains containing various bacteria and yeasts that coexist. In this study, the researcher has investigated the pro-apoptotic nature of kefir a…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics
I have designed and tested a plug-in hybrid motorcycle “backpack.” Essentially, it bolts onto the back of a large variety of motorcycles with little-to-no modifications. It is cost efficient…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software
Quantum computing is a quickly growing field, as it provides a potentially crucial method towards tackling complex computational problems. By relying upon subatomic particles and principles…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Carbon dioxide (CO2 ) is a major contributor towards the advancement of global warming as per scientific community consensus. Atmospheric levels of CO2 hit an all time high in 2015 as per a…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
The purpose of this study was to research if green tea, pure cranberry juice, and pure lemon juice affect the growth of UTI causing bacteria, and if those juices affect UTI causing bacteria…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Cancer is one of the most important problems for public health. This project tries to explore a new way to reduce its danger: VANGUARD is a multidisciplinary platform for the generation of u…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
Despite much progress, several important discrepancies between state-of-the-art models and observational studies in extragalactic astronomy subsist, particularly for star-forming galaxies. T…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
The purpose of the experiment is to determine if the input of environmental audio/frequency selections played to various crystals will remain constant in growth during various hours of timed…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
Each year, car accidents on United States roadways claim 37,000 lives and injure 2 million others. 47% of these incidents involve a combination of two critical pre-crash events: turning and…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Chemical
Vermicomposting is a very effective, eco-friendly, cheap and easy method of recycling biodegradable waste using selected species of earthworms. Vermicompost is also rich in metal ions, acids…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) causes the most cancer related deaths worldwide, and accounts for more deaths than the next three leading cancers combined (Key Statistics, 2017). At any s…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of this project is to test the effect of natural compounds extracted from seaweed and grains, in decreasing lung cancer cells viability. Lewis Lung Carcinoma cells were cultured…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology Third Award
The occurrence and spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria and genes in the environment is a global concern. The problem is further exacerbated when a single bacterium offers resistance to m…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
The problem of viscous fluid mixing is important for chemical technology and food industry. Molecular mixing – diffusion- takes too long, placing paddles of other bodies to the mixing area c…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software Fourth Award
Disease diagnosis today is often late, unreliable, and expensive, leading to ineffective treatments, decreased quality of life, and premature death. In this project, we developed a novel end…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) is a vein disease which affects millions of people around the world, which if left untreated, could cause death. At the moment, the commonly used techniques for…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems
People with walking disabilities Find difficulties in performing many activities including walking independently. This invention will help to improve and enhance the motor skill of walking p…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This study focused on a targeted cancer treatment through the use of Polybia-MP1 (MP1), a peptide found in the venom of Polybia paulista. MP1 selectively attaches to phosphatidylserine (PS)…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of the project was to contribute to seismic risk mitigation in homes and schools by increasing the awareness of high seismic hazard in a part of the population of the region Friu…