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
Supercomputers are computers with extremely high levels of computational capacity. The vast computational power of these devices stems from the number of processors. Whereas most modern home…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The Brazilian civil-military dictatorship (1964-1985) institutionalized the disappearance of individuals as a form of repression of social and political resistance. This resulted in the Clan…
ISEF · 2016
Biochemistry
Our world is undergoing a silent agricultural crisis, and it is all due to the fact that bees (the most crucial pollinator of crops) are slowly dying, along with their entire colonies. This…
ISEF · 2016
Plastic is the product most commonly disposed of inappropriately. Not only does plastic take centuries to disintegrate into the earth, but it secretes toxic chemicals in the process. The pur…
ISEF · 2016
Styrofoam poses a huge global threat due to its toxicity. Unfortunately, it is accumulating in the environment because it takes thousands of years to decompose. The purpose of this experimen…
ISEF · 2016
Data coincidences are an important aspect of our digital age. An example of this is the US No Fly List. Over 90,000 names are on the No Fly List. Given that more than 8 million people fly ea…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this investigation is to demonstrate that Brachiaria humidicola, a pasture that grows in cattle farms, provides great benefits both to the environment and agriculture. The pro…
ISEF · 2016
It is known that people with sensory disabilities suffer from vision and hearing impairment. That is why I have worked out a device that helps the disabled be able to communicate with people…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this project was to find relation between the volume of a prism and a truncated pyramid with regular n-sided polygon base and to show that the surface area and volume of the k…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of the project is to create strips that can detect chemicals released in the human breath by breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer cells, to be placed in a breathalyzer, creati…
ISEF · 2016
This project explores how temperature affects the reproduction system of the Pilobolus fungus. The accuracy of its launched sporangia changes through altering the temperature that the fungus…
ISEF · 2016
Reducing the concentration of anthropogenic carbon in our atmosphere is the purpose of my prototype design. My focus for this year is to automate the last step of this process, which require…
ISEF · 2016
The figure built by four different lines in general position on the plane as quadrilateral. Quadrilateral is called cyclic, if quadrangle, which appears in intersection of these 4 lines, is…
ISEF · 2016
Mutations in the SCN1A sodium channel gene are often associated with a variety of epileptic disorders, necessitating efficient model systems to investigate cellular mechanisms and analyze po…
ISEF · 2016
The Concentration Combination: Year III, investigated whether the combination of a spherical luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) and cylindrical solar water heater (SWH) was more efficient…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of this experiment is to determine if women with breast cancer are more likely to be supertasters than women who do not have breast cancer. The research hypothesis states that wo…
ISEF · 2016
Due to an increase in wounded veterans and an aging population, it is important to develop technologies for the treatment of damaged epithelial, connective, muscle, and nervous tissues. Unti…
ISEF · 2016
In electronic functions, the capacitors are components that store and displace electricity, supported by a stabilized flow of energy within electromagnetic fields. The majority of the electr…
ISEF · 2016
Purpose: Is to create a prototype of a system that will be, primarily, intended to the aged people and people with reduced capabilities, who sometimes may face with difficulties in household…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Arsenic poisoning is extremely severe in regions of Bangladesh, where the arsenic concentration in the drinking water of some tube wells can be as high as 100 times more than the recommended…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this experiment was to examine the cytotoxic effects of Moringa oleifera on human epithelial cells. The pH of the plant will also be held in account with its cytotoxicity. Wit…
ISEF · 2016
‘Genetic storage’ is the overall phrase that overlays this project, for it displays an important portion of the concept. By using strands of nucleotides, information can be encoded through t…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Optical Brighteners are frequently used as an additive in manufactured goods to enhance the appearance of said goods. Concerns regarding their toxicity in freshwater supplies led to an exper…
ISEF · 2016
Artificial muscles are identified by their ability to contract or expand in response to a given stimuli. Typically, artificial muscles are composed of carbon nanotubes, pneumatic bladders, m…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this project was to design and create a robotic humanoid to do sign language as a way of education students of American sign language. Testing of the robot included primarily…
ISEF · 2016
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Machines are used throughout the world to conduct non-invasive diagnoses. MRI machines, however, require a lot of capital and power as well as a special room…
ISEF · 2016
This project „The development and building of a low-cost filament extrusion system“ is about the construction and testing of a low-cost filament extrusion system that is capable of extruding…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Water pollution caused by Arsenic has become a major problem around the world, and more particularly in SE Asia. In this project I proposed a special type of a filter to address the aforemen…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this experiment is to develop a method to accurately detect mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer’s disease using positron electron tomography (PET) scans. Goal 1 is t…
ISEF · 2016
This study aims to develop composite coatings of Zn inner layer and Zn-PP outer layer, utilizing PP waste, on low carbon steel by using electroplating and simple spray methods, respectively…