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
Opioid administration is a common practice for pain management in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. It is important, then, to understand how opioids affect cancer cells. Previous stud…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Neuroblastoma is a highly lethal childhood cancer that derives from incorrectly differentiated stem-cell-like neural crest cells. Cell signaling appears to be crucial for neuroblastoma regul…
ISEF · 2016
It is approved by World Health Organization that 285 million people are estimated to be visually impaired worldwide: 39 million are blind and 246 have low vision. Neuroscientist Paul Bach-y-…
ISEF · 2016
Throughout history, bridges have collapsed due to various issues including design failure, environmental processes, and inspection inadequacy. Bridges are vital pieces of infrastructure and…
ISEF · 2016
Antibacterial toothpastes are widely used, likely due to the perception that less bacteria means better health. Does antibacterial toothpaste negatively affect oral health? There are over 50…
ISEF · 2016
Biochemistry
The purpose of this project was to find the effect of antibiotics on the growth rate of broiler chicks to maturity when they are processed. Research shows evidence of antibiotics producing a…
ISEF · 2016
It has recently been discovered that the C9orf72 gene mutation causes RNA molecules to block critical pathways for protein transport. Nerve cells will die off, causing degeneration in the br…
ISEF · 2016
The investigation and research with stressed plant growth has come to the forefront of the agricultural community worldwide because water has become very scarce. The purpose of this experime…
ISEF · 2016
This experiment was designed to determine if bacterial metabolism plays an important role in soil-based Microbial Fuel Cells based on its increase or decrease in voltage, amperage, wattage,…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this experiment was to study the effect of biomedical suture material on IgE levels in canine blood indicating allergic reaction. The hypothesis was If the sutures contain bio…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical Engineering
For over a century, silver amalgam has been successfully utilized to restore teeth worldwide. Despite its many advantages, there have always been concerns about this material’s safety due to…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of this project was to test the effect of Calcium Lactate concentrations on the process of frozen reverse spherification. The hypothesis of this experiment was that higher concen…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design First Award
Textile azo dyes are a significant pollution source worldwide. Azo dyes can be toxic and carcinogenic, and their contamination adversely impacts human and aquatic ecosystem health. Metal nan…
ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
Lowering a horse's heart rate is critical in many different situations. This study investigated the effect of classical music when grooming a horse on the neck and withers after exercise. Pr…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
Colorectal cancer affects more than 130,000 people per year. Currently, the available methods of treatment target cancer cells by eliminating all rapidly proliferating cells, including norma…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Recognizing and reacting to a hazard in sufficient time to avoid the hazard is essential to safe driving. Anything that detracts from the vehicle operator’s ability to focus on the driving t…
ISEF · 2016
The differentiation of CD8 T-cells in response to viral infection is a hallmark trait of the acquired immune system, and many genetic factors play into its development. The epigenetic mechan…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Bisphenol A (BPA) is present in a variety of consumer products and has been linked to numerous health effects in humans. Especially in food and beverage containers, the inner epoxy liner of…
ISEF · 2016
In a growing number if fields, robots are being used to carry out tasks ranging from delivering mail to carrying out drone strikes. Recently developers of these robots are focusing on a type…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly malignant astrocytoma due to an elevated reproductive rate and plentiful blood flow to the region. It is resistant to conventional treatments, and n…
ISEF · 2016
Biochemistry
Background:A Telomere is a repetitive base sequence found at the tip of a chromosome to protect the ends of the chromosome from degenerating and from fusing with neighboring chromosomes duri…
ISEF · 2016
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The researcher believes that if humans are exposed to human attractant pheromones, they will rate people as more attractive and believe each person is more successful. The experiment include…
ISEF · 2016
Ibuprofen is a pharmaceutical and Lubriculus variegatus is a freshwater oligochaete (Drewes, 2013). The question is: What effect does Ibuprofen contaminated sediment, incubated overtime, hav…
ISEF · 2016
Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) is a form of a cancer treatment that exposes a photosensitizing drug to a highly specific wavelength of light from a laser. This reaction produces a form of single…
ISEF · 2016
Animal Sciences
Local anesthetics are widely used in a variety of medical procedures. Although they are relatively safe and efficient in managing pain, complications can arise in what is known as local anes…
ISEF · 2016
This experiment focused on determining the effect of water cooling on the efficiency of solar panels. This experiment also analyzed the cost effectiveness of using a municipal water supply t…
ISEF · 2016
An unlined waste pond in Hartsville, SC holds 4 million tons of coal ash. In the 1980s, low-level nuclear waste containing cobalt-60 was added to the pond. In 2014, water below the pond show…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical Engineering
This project studied the genetic effect of an organophosphate pesticide, Malathion, on a human epithelial cell line. Specifically, what genetic changes result in the Retinoblastoma tumor sup…
ISEF · 2016
Since the US spends over $500 billion on energy annually, scientists try to find a cheaper, cleaner, and renewable source of energy. A great solution can be a microbial fuel cell (MFC), whic…
ISEF · 2016
Phylogenetic trees of evolutionary relationships are vital to understanding evolution. Phylogenetic tree inference involves the construction of a multiple sequence alignment, which itself de…