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
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This 2nd year research presents a comparison between traditional classroom manipulatives, phase 1 (a set of single-valued radio frequency identification (RFID) magnetic cubes with solo reade…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Background: This study examines how physical activity and sleep patterns change over time, and how those changes affect physical/mental health among adolescents. Methods: A 3-section survey…
ISEF · 2015
Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD) is an immune-mediated disease and a complication of allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplants (BMT). It develops in between 20 to 80% of those who’ve undergone a BM…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
Four hundred tons of sulfamethazine are fed to livestock annually in North America to prevent disease and promote growth, but most of the drug is excreted unmetabolized into the environment.…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Problem: 285 million people in the world are visually impaired, representing a staggering 4% of our population. Currently-available assistive devices for the blind are either somewhat crude…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
CRISPR/Cas is a prokaryotic defense system that produces complexes that target themselves to and degrade specific foreign nucleic acids, such as virus DNA. The CRISPR/Cas bacteria Streptococ…
ISEF · 2015
This project’s aim was to investigate how changing the distribution of mass around a central point of a pendulum affected its motion and to then use the data collected to model a method of s…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
H.E.R.O. presents a novel approach towards assisting the visually impaired during navigation through the development of an Arduino platform based, multimodal, haptic feedback device that all…
ISEF · 2015
Our project is concerned with the construction and programming of a six-legged exploration robot. The intention of using it for exploration in danger areas such as buildings at risk of colla…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software Fourth Award
Patients with inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) have a very poor prognosis. Their tumors are not responsive to chemotherapy. Previous studies have suggested that metastasis in IBC is driven b…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
The high frequency resonant transformer, more commonly known as the Tesla coil, is a device that combines different physical phenomena in the field of electromagnetism. The existing literatu…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Phase-locked loop (PLL) control has been widely applied, for example, in hard disk drives, which require extremely precise control of their rotational speed. The present study is the develop…
ISEF · 2015
Development of miniaturized Nanosensor for detection of CO (Carbon Monoxide) gas at low temperature, with lower detection limit and long term stability. Several nonmaterials in particular Se…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
An indigenous Fynbos plant, such as Leucadendron species, adapted to the Western Cape’s harsh conditions would be ideal to replace foreign crops that are grown currently because these need f…
ISEF · 2015
I have synthesized the high temperature superconductor YBCO (YBa2Cu3O7) on top of perovskite dielectric BCT (Ba(Cd1/3Ta2/3)O3) using pulsed laser ablation. Growth of this structure has not b…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science Third Award
Due to the increasing prevalence of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and currently the absence of effective disease modifying drugs, there is a need for improved drug screens to identify plausible A…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Hirudo medicinalis, a medicinal leech species, were used by the Ancient Egyptians for bloodletting and are now approved by the FDA for their use in reconstructive surgeries and finger reatta…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Approximately 1.2 million individuals in the United States are living with HIV. Antiretrovirals (ARV)effectively manage viral loads, both preventing progressionto AIDS and enhancing patient…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
Marine biota living in and below the Mesopelagic Zone (>200 m depth) are rarely studied due to the challenges of conducting observational studies in deep water. Since 2009, several projects…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
How honeybees accomplish the construction of their delicate combs was repeatedly examined by many investigators. Precise mechanisms are however still not clear. The shape honeybees need is a…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
Mikania micrantha is an weed, that has become a significant issue around the world disturbing natural interactions between plants and their environments. It destructs native plants, and thus…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this experiment is to test whether or not different colors of light change the time it takes for the robot to make a 180 degree rotation by following the light. The procedure…
ISEF · 2015
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this experiment will expose the importance of why adults should be educated on medicine prescribed to them. Due to the similarity between methylprednisolone and prednisolone,…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
The purpose of this project was to investigate how seasonal temperature changes affect Cyrtobagous salviniae density patterns. The thesis for this investigation states: If Cyrtobagous salvin…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Horses can get pneumonia if they are not cooled down properly after exercise. This experiment tested how grooming different areas of the horse reduced the heart rate after exercise, for a mo…
ISEF · 2015
To ascertain how fish condition and energy density varied with fish habitat in the Alaskan Arctic, three major habitats were sampled; Elson lagoon, the Chukchi Sea, and the Beaufort Sea near…
ISEF · 2015
Mycobacteriophages are Viruses that infect Mycobacterium smegmatis. Iron doped Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles can increase Mycobacteriophage Oliver Walter's Infection of Mycobacterium smegmati…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
To determine how temperature affects the growth of Pacific blue mussels (Mytilus trossulus), we grew eighty mussels for two months at four different temperatures. After growing the mussels,…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
I successfully integrated graphene onto a BaTiO 3 /SrTiO 3 (BTO/STO) ferroelectric superlattice to create a graphene-ferroelectric field effect transistor (GFFET). I achieved ferroelectricit…
ISEF · 2015
While controlled bombardment of cancer cells via ionizing radiation remains the leading form of cancer treatment, its effectiveness is often limited by damage caused to neighboring healthy t…