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
Diabetes is a disease that afflicts more than 30 million individuals in America alone and is projected to cost almost $70 billion in reduced productivity. Clearly, new quantitative and preci…
ISEF · 2016
Annually, over 100 million metric tons of coal ash is created from the combustion of coal. Tens of millions of that waste ends up dumped in old mines, landfills, and slurry ponds which often…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
This project explores the water purification properties of the sapwood of Acacia Xanthophloea to provide safe and clean water to arid and semi arid areas in Kenya that is cheaper and easily…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
Cancer vaccines are a revolutionary field of cancer therapeutics that aim to utilize the body’s natural defenses to treat cancer. Through this research, I optimized an effective anti-cancer…
ISEF · 2016
Influence of three different aqueous ferro-fluids (containing iron oxide nano-particles in different templates), on the rate of germination and growth of wheat and barley was investigated an…
ISEF · 2016
This study is the first to examine the accuracy of Google Translate with American vocabulary from actual high school syllabi. Five sentences, chosen for their potential to pose complications…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Diabetes is a serious worldwide epidemic that affects a growing portion of the population. While the most common method for testing blood glucose involves finger pricking, it is painful and…
ISEF · 2016
Unfortunately the technical progress inevitably generates a lot of massive pollution, such as acid rains. There are not so many ways to indicate it. Most of the methods are expensive, and do…
ISEF · 2016
This study is a continuation of our previous study which found the effects of stealth aircraft design on an aircraft's aerodynamic performance. Our results from last years project showed tha…
ISEF · 2016
Heavy metal pollution is a serious ecological problem that our world is currently facing. Our blatant disregard for the disposal and release of heavy metals has allowed them to be allowed to…
ISEF · 2016
This project examined the abilities of Opuntia ficus-indica and Aloe barbadensis miller to reduce concentrations of Mn2+ ions and act as an oil dispersion agent. The Opuntia ficus-indica and…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
The purpose of this study was to determine the comparability of two lipopolysaccharides, from Escherichia coli serotypes O55:B5 and O111:B4, in their ability to stimulate the activation of R…
ISEF · 2016
I created an artificial muscle using monofilament fishing line. The muscle is heat sensitive, and by applying heat to the muscle, it contracts lifting weight. To make the muscle, a nylon mon…
ISEF · 2016
Developing a defensive barrier against invasive species that destroy native citrus populations is major problem for agricultural developers throughout the state of Florida and United States.…
ISEF · 2016
In our project we develop and construct devices for the use in microfluidics using surface acoustic waves. Microfluidics has become an important field of modern research and allows the const…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
To address global fresh water scarcity, a novel hydrogel based seawater desalination technique using a superabsorbent starch based polymer is proposed. Current approaches rely on thermal, me…
ISEF · 2016
Dynamical systems is an area of mathematics dealing with the study of constrained movement of particles or objects. This project investigates a common instance of such a system: a particle(s…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical Engineering
Glioblastoma is the primary cause of cancer related fatalities in pediatric and adult populations. The current standards for treatment have been unsuccessful in preventing tumor relapse due…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Zeolitic Tuff is a natural volcanic mineral that is mined in Jordan. It has a chemical structure of hydrated aluminum-silicates of sodium, three dimensional crystalline framework of tetrahed…
ISEF · 2016
Nanomaterial synthesis has gained widespread attention in personalized nanomedicine to offer promising treatments for combined therapy and diagnostics. Capable of disease detection, drug del…
ISEF · 2016
Many regions in the world are facing the dangers of water shortages, and are not able to produce enough food. If an agriculture system were extremely cost and water efficient, then farmers i…
ISEF · 2016
Hearing impairment and loss are common problems among the aged. Traditional hearing aids, which amplify the volume of sound, are not effective in solving high frequency loss. There are frequ…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Third Award
An efficient and economically profitable process for the electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide to valuable chemicals such as methanol and formic acid was investigated to address the s…
ISEF · 2016
AirTouch is an application aimed at providing hand hover user interaction on a webcam-enabled device using hand and face detection algorithm. I created this cross-platform, sensor-free appli…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
What if type-1 diabetes could be cheaply and non-invasively detected? Untreated type-1 diabetics produce large amounts of ketones, which are not otherwise typically produced in the body. Tes…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Surface plasmons are vibrations from free electrons residing on the surfaces of metals such as gold. Since the frequency (or the wavelength) of these vibrations is very sensitive to surface…
ISEF · 2016
Background: Today, part of our daily lives is handwashing. This is a common practice that every individual uses to clean their hands after they handle or touched certain objects that may be…
ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
A recent study showed that over half of Irish adults drink hazardously. Adolescents report increased levels of alcohol consumption. Previous research has inferred the influence of the parent…
ISEF · 2016
This project focuses on problems caused by forest fires. After thorough researches on internet or other current programs, it is possible to observe a high number of forest fires occurrence.…
ISEF · 2016
This project in its current form is the result of a three part experimentation on the relationship between the algae strain Chlorella and the amount of biofuel it produces. The purpose was t…