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 · 2016
Fourth Award
Prostheses are currently inhibited by the utilizing of costly apparatuses and inefficient technology. The design of this prosthetic hand looks to integrate cost-efficient devices to create a…
ISEF · 2016
DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) arise as a result of chromosomal replication errors or exposure to ionizing radiation or genotoxins. If unrepaired, DSBs may cause genomic instability and car…
ISEF · 2016
Electrochemical Advanced Oxidation Processes (EAOPs) have gained interest recently for their ability to continuously degrade waste compounds without the need for a constant supply of chemica…
ISEF · 2016
Numerous attempts have been made to develop standalone electroencephalogram (EEG) and eye tracking based human computer interface (HCI) systems, but the success of such systems when used ind…
ISEF · 2016
Rigid robotic hands are expensive and difficult to control due to their inherently complex multi-jointed fingers and lack of compliance. To address these problems in an interdisciplinary app…
ISEF · 2016
Marine pollutants such as microplastics and oil spills are major environmental hazards. The beaches of the Seto Inland Sea of Japan have become littered with plastics and polystyrene foam. I…
ISEF · 2016
Two Dimensional vortex flow models are extremely valuable to researchers, as they can be used to predict the formation and evolution of naturally occurring vortices such as Jupiter’s Great R…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Candida glabrata is a fungus that causes life threatening infection in humans. Recently, some strains have become resistant to current antifungal drugs such as caspofungin, and new drugs are…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award
This experiment investigates the synthesis, purification, and stability of encapsulated quantum dots. Quantum dots, specific types of nanoparticles ranging from 2-10 nm in diameter, emit spe…
ISEF · 2016
Programming robots can be slow and challenging. In trying to build a gesture based robotic manipulation , i asked myself whether it would not be possible to design an application that robot…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Changes in chromatin state have been linked to developmental defects and diseases such as cancer. Thus it is important to understand how chromatin states are established and maintained. Modi…
ISEF · 2016
Antibiotic resistances was one of the most health problem in South East Asia. Increasing the infectious disease will be increasing the antibiotic demand. Investigating the new source of anti…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical Engineering
Plantago major, commonly known as ribwort plantain is very popular used as a natural home remedies for stomach aches or skin infections. The purpose of this experiment was to prove if it rea…
ISEF · 2016
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The bottom part of the nutrient medium-filled test tube where Drosophila melanogaster larvae are kept doesn’t become moldy, while its upper part where adult flies are dwelling becomes moldy.…
ISEF · 2016
Antibiotics can be prescribed for infections too early, often, incorrectly dosed, or without consideration for least potent dosage first. Fortunately, some doctors practice caution when pres…
ISEF · 2016
Fire blight, caused by the pathogenic bacterium Erwinia amylovora, is one of the most destructive and thus very significant from the economic point of view, disease of apples, pears and many…
ISEF · 2016
The global prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis was 0.24%, DALYs increased from 3.3 million in 1990 to 4.8 million in 2010. The total costs attributable to arthritis and other rheumatic condit…
ISEF · 2016
With the rise of bacteria resistant to common antibiotics, scientists are having to research new sources of antimicrobial agents. Spider venoms have been shown to be of great potential as a…
ISEF · 2016
Medicinal properties of Cocos Nucifera are well known but lesser known substance of the Coconut palm, locally called manjh are used traditionally for wound healing. It is found at the base o…
ISEF · 2016
E-cigarettes are becoming even more popular than conventional cigarettes. Few studies have been done on the harmful effects of e-cigarettes as compared to conventional cigarettes. Since both…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
This study aims to develop mask containing pregnane glycoside extract from Sansevieria trifasciata leaves as harmful gaseous pollutants absorbent. The leaves extraction was performed with 96…
ISEF · 2016
Nanotechnology has integrated with bioscience to offer several remedial actions against cancer. In this study, the known cancer inhibitory action of the ellagic acid (EA) was tested on chemo…
ISEF · 2016
The project prevents accidents caused by leakages of toxic gases resulting from petroleum and petrochemicals companies which causes threat to people's lives and the environment, so we though…
ISEF · 2016
As we know that water sensor is widely used in our daily life, industry, agriculture, building and so on. But traditional water sensors need direct electricity supply, which is power-consumi…
ISEF · 2016
Triple-negative breast cancers (TNBCs) are one of the most aggressive subtypes of breast cancer. They have a higher concentration of cancer stem cells, which leads to chemoresistance and a l…
ISEF · 2016
Lacking reliable access to electricity is a major issue that impacts the lives of nearly 1.3 billion people around the globe. Without electricity, many individuals and communities cannot use…
ISEF · 2016
Food safety, quality, and composition have become major health concerns with ingredients sourced globally to satisfy our ever increasing demand for packaged, pre-cooked, and fast food. The s…
ISEF · 2016
With increasing irrigation and farming costs, new methods of remotely controlling and managing water use have to be created and applied. In 2012, a university began developing a collection o…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
The objective of this study is to test electroencephalogram (EEG) segments to determine if a logistic regression classification algorithm can predict epileptic seizures based on the variance…
ISEF · 2016
Differential gene expression analysis is commonly used to associate gene expression with a biological or clinical subtype of patients. However, patients rarely divide into homogeneous groups…