38,465 real projects from ISEF, the Canada-Wide Science Fair, JSHS, AJAS, the Calgary Youth Science Fair and the California Science & Engineering Fair — searchable by meaning, and filterable by fair, year, category and award.
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Fragrance products have been on the rise in popularity recently. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which are toxic airborne chemicals, have shown to be most prominent in the product's ingre…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Bronze Medal
Our brains require proper neuronal cell communication to work. Between the gap where neurons connect (referred to as the synapse) are receptors, chemical transmitters, and proteins which are…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Moyle (1944) found that lakes with high sulfate levels do not contain wild rice. In wetland soil with low oxygen concentrations, bacteria convert sulfate from municipal or industrial sources…
CSEF · 2026
Chemistry (Senior Division)
This investigation explores how varying the mass of calcium carbonate affects the thermal insulation properties of a sodium alginate based xerogel. Biopolymer xerogels were synthesized using…
CSEF · 2026
Medicine & Physiology (Senior Division)
Seizures impact 10% of the global population, with epilepsy developing in 1-2%. Seizure duration is an important marker of severity, with longer duration leading to increased morbidity and m…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Three-dimensional (3D) cell culture is an emerging technique that allows cells to grow in a way that more closely resembles how they exist in the body. Unlike traditional two-dimensional (2D…
ISEF · 2026
Animal Sciences
Morphogen gradients determine distinct cell fate within tissues, and it has previously been thought that the cells affected by this determination are static. However, cells usually move duri…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences First Award
It's been hypothesized that carbonaceous chondrite meteorites can transport compounds crucial to planetary habitability. Meteorites generate hydrothermal systems through impact energy dissip…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Silver Medal
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global health problem where bacteria are becoming harder to treat with antibiotics. This increases the need for new solutions. In my project, I st…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Triple negative breast cancer is notoriously difficult to treat bacause it lacks estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors, and HER2 protein that drive the majority of breast cancers and th…
CSEF · 2026
Medicine & Physiology (Track 2) (Senior Division)
Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a highly-aggressive cancer that is difficult to treat because it lacks estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors, and HER2 protein that drive the maj…
CYSF · 2026
Gold Medal
Analyzing molecular clouds in the milky way galaxy through machine learning and statistical analysis.
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
Aerodynamics is heavily dependent on the four main forces of flight, weight, lift, thrust, and drag. Drag heavily impacts the aerospace industry's ability to create faster and more effective…
ISEF · 2026
Materials Science
This study investigates the environmental impact of petroleum-based plastics, which have created a demand for sustainable polymer alternatives. This study investigates the development of a b…
AJAS · 2026
Nylon-cotton (NYCO) fabric is widely used in military and workwear applications but is highly flammable due to the "scaffold effect," where molten nylon sustains combustion. Conventional fir…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Lung cancer remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide. In 2026 in the United States, an estimated 124,990 people are expected to die from this disease. In Hawai?i, the situation i…
CYSF · 2026
Bronze Medal
This project looks at whether spikes in local air pollution line up with increases in asthma‑related health incidents. It compares air quality data with reported asthma cases to see if pollu…
CYSF · 2026
Silver Medal
Making invisible ink with citrus fruits and seeing what difference they have.
CSEF · 2026
Earth & Environmental Sciences (Junior Division)
Problem: Microplastic pollution requires effective removal methods. This project tested whether combining ferrofluid magnetic separation and ultrasonic filtration removes PETE from ocean wat…
ISEF · 2026
Microbiology
Lactobacillus acidophilus produces lactase, an enzyme that hydrolyzes lactose into glucose and galactose, helping alleviate symptoms of lactose intolerance. However, the protective effects o…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
As Ambrosia artemisiifolia, an invasive weed species, expands its global presence, it generates significant yield losses of up to 50% in Zea mays L., destabilizing economies and altering soi…
CSEF · 2026
Medicine & Physiology (Senior Division)
Liver shunts can be a life-threatening disease in dogs and cats; these are abnormal blood vessels that bring blood returning from the intestines into systemic circulation, bypassing the live…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Gymnopodium floribundum (Dzidzilché) is a tree species of strategic importance for apiculture in the Yucatán Peninsula, a region that produces 35% of Mexico’s national honey output. Despite…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Fusarium species are plant pathogens that reduce crop yields and contaminate food with harmful mycotoxins. Because long-term reliance on chemical fungicides can lead to resistance and enviro…
AJAS · 2026
Voltage-gated potassium channels (Kv channels) are a large and diverse family of membrane proteins that are essential in regulating the resting potential in cell membranes throughout the bod…
CWSF · 2026
Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
My project is a device that uses high voltage to pull water vapour from the air. It uses the concept of electrons, traveling from positive to negative, and as that is happening, water drople…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
Biological molecules, such as DNA and RNA have a variety of pharmaceutical and medical applications and were heavily utilized within the creation of the Covid-19 vaccine. However, biological…
CSEF · 2026
Electronics & Electromagnetics (Senior Division)
Engineering Problem: In the area I live in, I always see roadkill, scraps/trash, potholes, and debris from accidents on the road. All of which could potentially cause accidents or even death…
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace
My Question was, do Different shapes of ion engines affect the amount of force they create? I took a common design off the internet, and I designed a few of my own to test against each other…
ISEF · 2026
Biochemistry Fourth Award
Silk fibroin is a sustainable biopolymer with extraordinary mechanical properties derived from its hierarchical self-assembly into ß-sheet nanostructures. Biological silk spinning leverages…