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
Translational Medical Science
Alphaviruses are a fascinating group of RNA viruses that belong to the Togaviridae family. Some cause severe diseases, while others have useful attributes as gene expression vectors. In some…
ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
To challenge a history of reliance on qualitative information for public decision-making purposes, this study develops a novel policy modeling approach by projecting the relative health, env…
ISEF · 2016
The Red Lionfish (Pterosis Volitons) has overwhelmed South Florida's coastal waters and needs to be eradicated before consuming unsustainable amounts of the native fish, which are utilized f…
ISEF · 2016
Approximately 12 million people worldwide are diagnosed with cancer every year, with 2/3 of the victims living in developing countries, and 8 million of them do not survive. The search for a…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science First Award
The risk of cardiovascular disease, the world's leading cause of death, is greatly increased by metabolic syndrome, a combination of hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and type-2-diabetes. A rapi…
ISEF · 2016
During the previous year’s experimentation, it was found that both honey and propylene glycol (two safe ingredients) showed significant signs of being able to replace methanol and ethylene g…
ISEF · 2016
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the number one greenhouse gas emitted from human activities through the combustion of fossil fuels from transportation vehicles and industry factories. Recent increas…
ISEF · 2016
Rapid increase in bacterial resistance to life saving antibiotics is a major threat to human health because antibiotics are becoming ineffective in treating bacterial diseases. Innovative cu…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
The economics of wind energy can become a lot more favorable with high power wind turbines which could be feasible with higher-field magnets. (Gd,Y)BaCuO superconductor tapes with embedded B…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of my project was to determine which varied combination and concentration of enzyme ingredients produced the highest fermentation yield in barley. In my project, I used barley as…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Purpose of the Experiment P. aeruginosa is responsible for the second most common hospital infection. Its ExoY toxin is a promiscuous cyclase similar to other toxins like the B. anthracis Ed…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Both biochar and layered double hydroxides (LDH) have received substantial attention for their abilities to adsorb chemical contaminants, yet little research has been reported on LDH/biochar…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Nosocomial infections are a potentially lethal and prevalent hazard in the hospital setting. There are over 99,000 associated deaths in American hospitals annually with 1 in 25 hospitalized…
ISEF · 2016
This study aimed to develop a new method for the searching and identification of galaxy clusters, and then to test the method to find new clusters. Algorithms are often used to search throug…
ISEF · 2016
Costa Rica experiences a high incidence of emergencies caused by gas leaks; 4700 events in total were reported in the year 2015 alone. Some of the factors that contribute to worsen the probl…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
As antibiotic resistance becomes an ever-greater issue, understanding of bacterial evolution is crucial. Growth advantage in stationary phase (GASP) enables rapid evolution in stress conditi…
ISEF · 2016
It’s very important to control and monitor gases that are produced by industrial applications since they can cause environmental pollution and health problems. Photonic Crystal Fiber (PCF) i…
ISEF · 2016
Every year over 3000 automobile accidents occur due to the sun impairing a driver’s vision for an extended period of time. While there have been attempts to solve this serious problem, such…
ISEF · 2016
By this project, it is easy to produce a good quantity of green energy from the sun directly . It is possible to convert the water from liquid at 20C, to vapor at 150C by simple and direct p…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
This study presents a method to regenerate the beat sound of King Seong-deok Divine Bell with a bicycle rim. The bell is a representative Korean bell of which weight is 18.9 Ton, mouth diame…
ISEF · 2016
The proposed prototype uses as a system of electric energy generation the Seebeck thermoelectric effect using Peltier cells, this effect was discovered in 1821 by the research physicist Thom…
ISEF · 2016
Personalized cancer treatments promise drastic improvements in clinical benefit over traditional therapies. To develop individualized treatments, accurate models to predict drug response fro…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
New prehistoric species, ancient hominid bones, potential martian astro-microbiology, and a wealth of soft tissues representing important evolutionary information are among significant speci…
ISEF · 2016
The objective of this investigation was to to design and test an economical, audio-based gunshot detection method which can be used in two different use cases to increase situational awarene…
ISEF · 2016
Biochemistry
A better understanding of cetacean populations in the Long Island coastal waters is greatly needed as environmental management issues emerge for licensing of offshore wind turbines. Data wer…
ISEF · 2016
Satellites have many uses, such as communications, monitoring, and navigation. Satellites orbit the earth according to Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation. According to this law, the perio…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
Increasing atmospheric CO2 levels and depleting fertility in agricultural soils is a world-wide dilemma. A variety of processes and interactions occur between plants and soil microbial commu…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
To solve the problem statement - of the 6.1 million mobility device users in the United States, those who push or pull on the walker when sitting or standing cause it to become unstable - th…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Several drugs, including aminoglycosides and platinum-based chemotherapy agents, are well known for their ototoxic properties. However, the ototoxic potential of most therapeutic compounds i…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this project was to construct a robotic prosthetic hand that functions as good or better than robotic prosthetic hands presently being developed or currently on the market. Us…