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
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Third Award
Superparamagnetic iron(II,III) oxide silver cysteine complex nanoparticles (SISCCN) is an innovative, economical and highly reusable invention. 1 g of SISCCN can adsorb 281.13 mg mercury(II)…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Climate change is the greatest humanitarian dilemma of our time threatening our public health, the environment, the economy, our national security and more. In the years to come, the combina…
ISEF · 2016
Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPRs) are genetic elements that function with CRISPR-Associated (Cas) proteins to cleave genes. The CRISPR-dCas9 system is modif…
ISEF · 2016
Over 4.4 million Americans have at least one internal fixation device (dental or orthopedic implant) susceptible to implant loosening post- surgery. Biointerlocking implant coatings often de…
ISEF · 2016
Sickle Cell Disease is a genetic condition present at birth. We screened willing participants within our area to indicate whether or not they had the trait or the disease. The screening cons…
ISEF · 2016
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
What I hope to achieve in this experiment is to determine the percentage of students who have anxiety disorders, if females have it more commonly than males, or vise versa, and what age grou…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Coffee and tea are the two most common beverages in the world. Generally coffee is made from beans, while tea is from leaves. Every year, the tremendous amount of used coffee grounds and tea…
ISEF · 2016
Biochemistry
Whiteflies (Bemisia Tabaci) are phloem-feeding pests that carry and spread diseases, with the capability of causing widespread damage to global food production. Thus, whiteflies are one of t…
ISEF · 2016
Previous research has shown evidence that Elderberry (Sambuscus) has synergistic effects against bacterias when used with Chloramphenicol, Ampicillin, and Trimethoprim. This study is an atte…
ISEF · 2016
Current methods for production of biodiesel are not cost competitive when prices of crude oil are low. This study proposes a biodiesel production method that produces surfactant as a coprodu…
ISEF · 2016
The present project aims to develop the mechanism for introduction of gold nanoparticles into a biological system. To achieve this, we are looking for biologically compatible matrix that on…
ISEF · 2016
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is ranked as the third major global cause of blindness as reported by the World Health Organization. At present posterior ophthalmic drug delivery proc…
ISEF · 2016
Hematite (a-Fe2O3) is a low-cost stable iron oxide phase used in various applications including solar cells and drug delivery. Its properties, which dictate its applications, are highly morp…
ISEF · 2016
Taj Eco board is a notice board that we produced from paddy straws. As we know, paddy straws are usually burned. However, paddy straws can be used in experiments incorporating paddy straws w…
ISEF · 2016
Running is an aerobic sport that requires training to help you improve. In my experiment I wanted to know: How does heart rate and respiration rate reflect upon a person’s fitness level? Hea…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
A growing body of evidence suggests that failures in aminoacyl-tRNA editing lead to perturbation of protein homeostasis, damaging the cellular environment. Studies in human cells lines have…
ISEF · 2016
Polymers, once mysterious chemical compounds, have now become among the most widely used products in the world. Whether in industrial equipment or office supplies, these substances play an i…
ISEF · 2016
* In Kuwait, the shortage of power supply occur during summer. This is the time, when the solar power is abundant and the temperature of air reaches close to 50o C. The average seawater temp…
ISEF · 2016
Though taxol (paclitaxel) is an anticancer drug used in many chemotherapy treatments, it is only found in its pure form in the bark of the rare Pacific yew tree. To obtain 1 gram of Taxol, t…
ISEF · 2016
A positron emission tomography (PET) scan is a popular imaging device that helps reveal regions of high metabolic activity correlating to cancerous areas in the body. This procedure involves…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this experiment provides research on the use of natural remedies instead of antibiotics against Salmonella choleraesuis. This helps society by providing a solution for a major…
ISEF · 2016
JQ1 is a drug that is very efficient in killing cancer by blocking the Brd4 signals that tells cancer cells to divide, but the drug is commonly associated with memory loss. Hermit crabs were…
ISEF · 2016
Finding new antibiotics are very important to the survival of humanity. This experiment was conducted to see if the extract from the inner bark of the Pau D'arco tree can hold up to the clai…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
The health of water in a karst system stems from the interaction between ground and surface water. Within the Ozark Highland region many people rely upon springs for their water. Unfortunate…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Tissues were obtained from a previous study in which rats were exposed to NM (.125 mg) or PBS (which was used as a control) through an intratracheal injection; after 30 minutes rats received…
ISEF · 2016
The inherent stability in algebraic K-theory proved in my previous paper suggests a general notion of stability in higher category theory. In this paper, I use the abstract notion of a scale…
ISEF · 2016
Experimentation was conducted to investigate the viability of natural fertilizers versus traditional chemical fertilizers on Zea mays. The water quality was also tested to determine the amou…
ISEF · 2016
Purpose: To find a conifer that inhibits bacteria growth. Hypothesis: I think there is a conifer that inhibits growth well. Procedures: KIRBY BAUER: 1) Selected 10 products known for having…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
The purpose of this project is to determine the applications of automated peristaltic pumping systems in high school classrooms and other chemistry laboratories. A lack of affordable, accura…
ISEF · 2016
Water quality detection in static water usually needs to be carried out by technicians on ship; it will consume manpower and material resources. If sensors are installed on a water robot, te…