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 Engineering
The discovery of luminescent nanoclusters (NCs) takes photodynamic therapy closer to becoming a mainstream form of cancer treatment that is non-invasive and more targeted. With ultrafine siz…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Antagonistic drug interactions can negatively impact treatment effectiveness. This project investigated the antagonistic interaction between two heartburn drugs: aluminium hydroxide and calc…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of the experiment was to understand the physics behind heat transfers involved in fine particle forest fires, as well as to understand how radiation, convection, wind speed, and…
ISEF · 2015
One major challenge in the 21st century is increasing crop yield to feed the world’s growing population on diminishing arable land. Plant parasitic nematodes, including the Root-Knot Nematod…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science Third Award
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., and in 2013 was responsible for 611,105 fatalities, according to the CDC. GGF2 is a neuregulin-1, Type II protein isoform that mainly…
ISEF · 2015
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) refers to a group of factors that increase the risk to various health problems; these risk factors include abdominal obesity that is associated with low-grade infla…
ISEF · 2015
Propulsion created by motors can be affected by numerous factors. Information about this topic is vital, in order to remain energy and cost efficient, while researching maritime heritage, ma…
ISEF · 2015
Proper cell function relies heavily on the interactions between the cell and its environment. Mechanosensitive proteins, for example, sense external mechanical forces to initiate signaling p…
ISEF · 2015
Methylparaben is the preservative commonly used in cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and industrial products. It is a biodegradable substance, however; it cannot be completely removed during wastewa…
ISEF · 2015
The EPA is setting a new standard on nitrogen concentration in effluent water at water treatment plants; due to high amounts of nitrogen commonly present in this water, the current form of r…
ISEF · 2015
After deep and continuous searching for months in the field of optical lenses' cutting machines, and after reaching Jordan's biggest universities, and contacting many specialists and profess…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
This project was developed from an institutional program that looks to link curriculum content with specific problems of the community to which our school belongs. It is intended to transfer…
ISEF · 2015
Conventional water analysis typically makes it difficult to efficiently determine a broad range of water contaminants. To improve health worldwide, an economical method for determining water…
ISEF · 2015
Gas bubble disease, a disease that causes pop eyes or even deaths in fish has aroused much concern these days. This disease which is caused by supersaturation of different kinds of dissolved…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is an inherited disorder that involves muscle weakness and occurs in approximately 1 out of every 3,600 male infants. The average life expectancy for indivi…
ISEF · 2015
Amyloid proteins are the key proteins in Alzheimer’s disease. In humans, elevated levels of Amyloid Precursor Proteins (APP) can lead to a buildup of Amyloid-B plaques, which ultimately redu…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
We don’t think about it, but many of our daily actions require our hands. But the truth is not everyone is fortunate to have their hands by their side. Prosthetics are available but they eit…
ISEF · 2015
Due to daily development, actual ciphers became insecure, for instance AES-256 (Advanced Encryption Standard) which is the most used Symmetric Block cipher (version of AES that inputs a 256…
ISEF · 2015
Over the course of several geologic timescales, the geochemical compositions of agglutinated foraminifera change with the addition or subtraction of various trace elements into the marsh eco…
ISEF · 2015
Due to the finite supply of fossil fuels and the ecological dangers associated with their use, there has been a push in recent years to find new ways of efficiently producing energy. The dir…
ISEF · 2015
This project aimed to develop and test an inexpensive and effective detector of NO2 using LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes). I hypothesized that an LED that was configured as a light sensor would…
ISEF · 2015
The main objective of this experiment was to determine whether methods of phytoremediation could decrease the levels of radon found in different soil samples. Phytoremediation techniques use…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
The purpose of the project is to fix damaged, high pressure pipes in either extreme or domestic circumstances. I decided to use NITINOL alloy because of its form remembering effect (After de…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Plant cultivation in Saudi Arabia’s coastal areas is implemented mainly in greenhouses, which are located in humid environments. The ideal humidity for most plants typically ranges between 5…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
The fruits of Dendrophthoe pentandra, a parasitic plant, produce sticky sap which can adhere to the trees and attach their seedlings for seed propagation. I noticed that my father had to spe…
ISEF · 2015
Worldwide interests aroused in the field of solar water splitting and photodegradation of organic pollutants using semiconductor photocatalysts. Fabrication of nano photocatalyst can improve…
ISEF · 2015
This project was done in order to design a system that could assist the blind by providing information of their location. It was hypothesized that it could be possible to design a system cap…
ISEF · 2015
As blood flows inside stents/hemodialysis catheters, there is a tendency for elements of blood, such as fibrinogen, to adhere to stents/catheters, leading to clot formation and requiring fur…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this project is to help people with tinnitus. The experimenter created a computer program that uses generated sine waves and phase to cancel out tinnitus frequencies. First th…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Recently, fast food chains and local restaurants around the nation have been changing their menus from fried and breaded meat products to grilled meats. This change, while meant to be positi…