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 · 2015
Second Award
Algae are one of the most promising sources of biomass because of their environmental sustainability, and the direct use of algal byproducts as transportation fuels. Hydrogen is one of the f…
ISEF · 2015
Within the 45 actinomycetes strains isolated from schoolyard soil using agar plate culture, 21 strains showed some antibiotic activity for bacteria (Kokuria rhizophila, Bacillus subtilis) an…
ISEF · 2015
Titanium dioxide is generally considered an efficient metal oxide semiconductor for PEC solar cells. However, it absorbs only 5-7% of the solar spectrum, which is considered poor in terms of…
ISEF · 2015
Currently, the capabilities of optoelectronic devices such as solar cells and photosensors are limited by inefficient light absorption and slow charge transport. Graphene-colloidal quantum d…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
An experiment was performed at a residential high school incorporating the concepts of Mutual Engagement (ME) and classroom inversion along with the three most common teaching methods. Mutua…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
In the shore of the state of Santa Catarina-Brazil it is common the artisanal fishing of sea-bob shrimp using the method of motorized dragnet with rings. This continuous practice may interfe…
ISEF · 2015
Commercial silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have industrial and commercial uses, and are serious environmental threats due to their synthetic coatings. Industrial-use AgNPs were synthesized and…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Permanent environmental degradation caused by the global climate change, natural and technogenic factors is one of the greatest challenges of the 21 century. A global multiparameter environm…
ISEF · 2015
EppaBasic is a web browser based programming language especially designed for educational use. Our work consists of designing the language and writing a compiler, a runtime and an editor for…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
For the past three years, the effectiveness of antioxidants on cell viability and bacterial growth has been tested. It was determined that the addition of antioxidants from black raspberries…
ISEF · 2015
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), antibiotic resistance is one of the largest current threats to human health (Kaplan, 2013). Phytochemicals are currently being researched fo…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Discovering an alternative oxygen therapeutic for use in transfusions instead of human based blood products has been an ongoing objective of biomedical research. The giant extracellular hemo…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
This investigation evaluates how sodium ascorbate impacts the cytotoxic effect of novel chermotherapeutic TU100 to multiple transformed/non-transformed cell lines via means of ROS production…
ISEF · 2015
Water is a prominent resource used by agricultural farmers. The demand for water, however, has become more than the quantity available, especially in the Texas Southern High Plains. Therefor…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
The subterranean brahminy blindsnake (Ramphotyphlops braminus) is an extremely fascinating species. They are among the smallest vertebrate animals on Earth, and they are the most widespread…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Multisensory Integration (MSI) is the basis upon which perception functions, and enables humans to form meaningful interpretations of their surroundings. It is impaired in individuals afflic…
ISEF · 2015
Green coffee bean pills are often claimed to help facilitate weight loss due to their active ingredient: chlorogenic acid. Chlorogenic acid has been shown to help to reduce the absorption of…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science Second Award
Alopecia areata (AA) is one the most common autoimmune diseases resulting from T cell mediated destruction of hair follicles. Lack of understanding of immune pathways in AA has restricted AA…
ISEF · 2015
This is a Completely Hardware Device which is connected between computer motherboard and external ports. This hardware has no any link with PC Operating System or Bios, so it can not be hack…
ISEF · 2015
The objective of this study was to extract compounds from green algae, and evaluate them to see if they possess anti-oxidant activity for the prevention of cancer cell formation. Two unexplo…
ISEF · 2015
The following research is the study and use of the Lecanicillium lecanii fungus as bio-controller of Coffee Leaf Rust (Hemileia vastatrix) in coffee plantations affected in the Turrialba are…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
This engineering project is about investigating and developing an affordable system that is capable of controlling an electric wheelchair using ocular tracking based on electrooculographic (…
ISEF · 2015
Various technologies are used for focusing light rays in table lamps. The conventional parabolic and cylindrical back reflectors are generally used in ordinary table lamps. Recently the ener…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of our project is to invent an environmentally friendly Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC). DSSCs are photo-electrochemical cells based on principles similar to the processes in na…
ISEF · 2015
Today,the increase in population and rapid depletion of nonrenewable energy sources brings the need for energy.In this case,scientists are forced to develop technologies by using renewable e…
ISEF · 2015
Neuromorphic computing requires the use of electronic circuits which work analogous to the human brain. Teaching machines to recognize patterns as effortlessly as humans do, can potentially…
ISEF · 2015
Harnessing the fashion industry (worth $1.7 trillion) could expand the integration of photovoltaic (PV) energies (worth $80 billion) into daily life. Expansion could increase popularity of P…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
Northern diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) do not consume eastern mudsnails (Ilyanassa obsoleta), despite the snail’s abundance and availability throughout the mudflats of New York…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Rapid technological progress has contributed to the development of a wide range of telemonitoring systems which make treatment and management of chronic diseases as well as danger prevention…
ISEF · 2015
In modern algebra there exist a lot of abstract notions and problems but very few computational algorithms. My work is devoted to the notion of free group and a problem of commutator length…