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 · 2023
Physics and Astronomy
Classical cryptography cannot realize whether eavesdropper exists. By introducing quantum mechanics to cryptography, finding out eavesdropper is possible. We are aiming to investigate the E9…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences
Purpose: Over the last century, the global population has quadrupled. To combat future food demand, farmers worldwide will need to increase crop production, either by increasing the amount o…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness, affecting 1 in 100 people worldwide. Unfortunately, due to its asymptomatic nature, it often goes undetected leading to permanent vision lo…
ISEF · 2023
Systems Software Fourth Award
This project began as a chance discussion with peers regarding incorrect retrospective GCSE subject choices which restricted A-level options and ultimately career opportunities. A survey of…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
VisiAide uses a novel context-based machine learning approach to use mobile devices to guide the visually impaired by detecting obstacles along their path, identifying objects, and detecting…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences
During in vitro fertilization (IVF) human embryos are incubated without light, and these conditions do not ensure embryo survival. In this study, I explore whether environmental conditions c…
ISEF · 2023
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
Visually impaired individuals encounter numerous challenges while walking. Navigating unfamiliar paths without a caregiver's assistance is daunting, and despite various walking aids, the ris…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Lung cancer is one of the most significant causes of death among all diseases. Specifically, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for 87% of this daunting disease. Single-cell RNA-seq…
JSHS · 2023
The goal of this project is to use a single radar for contactless, continuous and unobtrusive biometric authentication (BA), which involves determining the identity of a user by comparing th…
ISEF · 2023
Embedded Systems
According to World Health Organization (WHO), there are 1.3 billion people who experience significant disability. This represents 16% of the world’s population, and persons with disabilities…
JSHS · 2023
Arkansas Electric grid is rapidly transitioning from fossil-fuel-based centralized generation to inverter-based renewable- energy distributed generation. This necessitates the synchronized o…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Monitoring of the SARS-CoV-2 virus variants prevalence in a specific area is usually done by sequencing data analysis of infected individuals’ test samples, however, there is another approac…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is a problem that has been escalating for decades. With pharmaceutical drugs becoming less and less effective, the blame is often shuffled toward the notion of antibiot…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences
Which marine pollutants are the most harmful to marine life? Seeing as water Daphnia are an imperative piece in the marine environment's food web, the goal of this experiment is to test the…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
Over 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s, with the number projected to more than double by 2050. The number of people with various dementias is also expected to increase from 55…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences
Purpose: To optimize the effectiveness of fertilizers. Maximizing the productivity of the fertilizer leads to preventing overfertilization. Overfertilization negatively affects the environme…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry
Volatile organic compounds are significant precursors of atmospheric ozone and secondary organic aerosols, and different compositions of VOCs have different effects on atmospheric reactions.…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
The vast majority of eukaryotic diversity is made up of protists, diverse groups of unicellular microorganisms found throughout terrestrial and aquatic environments. Amoeboid protists are re…
ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Students who exhibit more helpless behaviors will almost always perform worse in school. Schools may be inadvertently teaching these students more helpless behaviors through current methods.…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Across the United States, 34 million people suffer from food insecurity. Many of those in need do not qualify for federal nutrition aid programs, and as such must rely on their local food ba…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy
Galaxy morphology classification is an essential step in extragalactic astronomy to understand galaxy differences and uncover new structural features. With an enormous number of galaxies (up…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Wind energy currently comprises 6% of world energy production and continues to grow in response to the need for climate change action. Savonius vertical-axis wind turbine systems could make…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this study was to test different hydrogels made by the researcher and compare how much moisture they held in soil. The researcher wanted to find an alternative to polyacrylate…
ISEF · 2023
Embedded Systems
As America ages, it's estimated that by 2024, nearly 45% of the country's population will be over the age of 50. While retirement years may be filled with travel, hobbies, and time with fami…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Second Award
By designing and building an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of autonomous dynamic soaring, I demonstrated that UAVs have the ability to harvest wind energy to soar nearly indefinitely…
JSHS · 2023
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the top 10 global public health threats. T o combat this global health threat, it requires new antimicrobial drugs from new natural sources. The bact…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
This project engineered a continuous charge pump for a biodegradable piezoelectric transducer made from wood shavings infused with Rochelle salt. Initially, electrode layout and material wer…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Plastic is produced for its convenience, lightweight, and inexpensive but this innovation comes at a price. There is a growing problem of plastic and Styrofoam filling landfills and water wa…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences
Cabbage is a vegetable commonly eaten by insects, but lettuce is not. The difference between these two vegetables is whether or not they contain latex. Figs, mulberries, and sun spurge—like…
JSHS · 2023
Radiologists are heavily reliant on X-rays for precise medical diagnosis. However, the acquisition of suboptimal views during X-ray imaging can lead to misdiagnosis, potentially putting pati…