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
Continuous reliance on fossil fuels as a primary power source across the world causes carbon dioxide emissions to increase. Carbon dioxide inhibits the production of ozone, which results in…
ISEF · 2015
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Mytlius edulis, more commonly known as the blue mussel, is located in a wide area of locations that have colder water temperatures, such as the New England area. To determine if climate chan…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Cheating in academia has become a prevalent issue among students across America. This experiment aims to pinpoint the dynamics of cheating within the lives of different age groups: high scho…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of an over-the-counter analgesic, Acetaminophen (commonly known as Tylenol™) on the freshwater invertebrate crustacean species, Daphn…
ISEF · 2015
Rapid-prototyping technologies provide individually efficient alternative methods to the design and manufacturing process. With the rise of the rapid-prototyping technology of 3D printing co…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Last year the researcher experimented to see if smudging (burning) the four sacred medicines (sage, sweetgrass, cedar, and tobacco) emitted carcinogens. Sage is the most commonly smudged of…
ISEF · 2015
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) spreads infection throughout densely populated livestock operations and healthcare facilities, assessing $19.7B on US society annually. Cho…
ISEF · 2015
Cancer is a medical phenomenon that takes the lives of more than 1,600 people per day, in the United States alone (American Cancer Society, 2014). More than 14 million new cancer cases are d…
ISEF · 2015
Problem Statement Is there a way to eliminate contaminants from a body of water such as Benton Lake by utilizing the simple yet effective methods of my previous two years of experimentation?…
ISEF · 2015
The aim of the present project was to determine the effects electron beam (EB) dose on the modification of C60 films by studying their visible spectra proceeding EB irradiation. While other…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
This experiment is significant because it investigates the effects of the carboniferous period's atmospheric O2 levels on arthropod development and attempts to experimentally support the the…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
The purpose of this research was to determine the effects of enzyme inhibitors, kojic acid and phenylthiourea (PTU), on the melanization of hemolymph and its synergistic properties when comb…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
This project explored the carcinogenic effects of light exposure at night (LAN). This research is important because LAN exposure, causing circadian disruption, is becoming increasingly wides…
ISEF · 2015
As the world begins to reflect upon the severe effects of global climate change, many governments have been exploring alternative energy sources. Unlike many renewable energy sources, biofue…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of this experiment was to determine how contaminants such as soot, affect Lung surfactant. This experiment was conducted using model lipid lung surfactants; 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-gl…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software Fourth Award
Currently an additive in most infant formulas and energy drinks, taurine is an endogenous amino acid and neuromodulator that has been found to have possible effects on the development of the…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Technology plays a key role in today’s society, but with all the buzz about its benefits, the effects it has on our memory and mental well-being are often overlooked. Heavy technology use ha…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
The cattle industry has seen many changes in the field of animal husbandry over the past century. Recent technological developments in squeeze chutes have been intended to create a more calm…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Games have been a part of our lives since prehistoric times, an integral part of all cultures and are one of the oldest forms of human social interaction. In modern times, it is the largest…
ISEF · 2015
Ferrofluids are highly viscous liquids that develop the properties of solids whilst remaining liquids in the presence of a magnetic field. When Ferrofluid is heated in the presence of a magn…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
Gibberellic acid is a phytohormone that when applied to plants, is known to promote growth. In an effort to maximize the efficacy of this hormone, gibberellic acid was applied to Arabidopsis…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Pancreatic BETA-cells comprise the central regulatory tissue of the glucose homeostasis system. Glucotoxicity-associated loss of insulin producing BETA-cells is the most significant contribu…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is a major cause of non-genetic developmental delays and neural and physical abnormalities. Free radicals, highly reactive by-products of ethanol (EtOH) metabolism, ca…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Purpose of the Experiment The structure of most western languages is based on the syntactic notions of ‘subject’ and ‘predicate’. However, in other languages, the syntactic characteristics a…
ISEF · 2015
The research team of the Centre proposes a theoretical and experimental study to the harvesting field, which is concretized in an energy harvesting cube structure .The harvesting energy cube…
ISEF · 2015
This project presents a cost-effective, efficient way to grow non-food crops for biodiesel production through the implementation of a photovoltaic-powered drip irrigation (PVDI) system on un…
ISEF · 2015
The constant use of roads causes serious wear on asphalt. As a solution to this problem, the application of rubberized asphalt is used in Arizona, Southern California, and Washington. The gr…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
There is a fundamental limitation inherent in standard hearing aid devices- due to the fact that they amplify all ambient noise, use in noisy environments is both irritating and isolating. T…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
The sex ratio of Reeves’s turtle (Mauremys reevesii), a temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) species mainly inhabited in China, is closely related to the incubation temperatures. Se…
ISEF · 2015
The world is encountering unprecedented challenges related to growing populations and diminishing resources. Growing populations have created food shortages. Increasing food output means an…