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
The purpose of this project is to demonstrate the mathematical principles of the Monty Hall problem. The Monty Hall problem is a three door probability puzzle loosely based on the television…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Glioblastoma (GB) is the most common and aggressive primary malignant brain tumor. Despite aggressive treatment, including maximum surgical resection followed by both chemotherapy and radiot…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Several high-profile deaths recently focused societal attention on the use of video footage as evidence. This experiment investigated how slow motion and jury instructions affect the judgmen…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Heart Disease is the top killer in the United States, causing 600,000 deaths annually. Current methods of prevention for this disease cause discomfort to 30% of the population and may be inv…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
Nilaparvata lugens Stal or brown planthopper is the dominant damaging pest found in rice field together with Cyrtorhinus lividipennis which is its egg predator. Using chemical insecticides e…
ISEF · 2015
Computer technology has made large impacts on society however, there are still areas in which new technologies can be implemented in order to improve lives such as in the lives of the visual…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
This multiphase study was conducted to evaluate the feasibility of utilizing a piezoelectric crystal tree to harvest electrical energy from rain water to use as a clean, renewable energy sou…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
The purpose of this experiment is to find a way to provide a constant supply of electrical power to a cardiac pacemaker utilizing cardiac and pulmonary motions in conjunction with piezoelect…
ISEF · 2015
The ozone layer is a deep layer in the stratosphere which surrounds the Earth. The layer shields the entire Earth from the harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation that comes from the Sun. However…
ISEF · 2015
Worldwide, Influenza kills more than 250,000 yearly. Despite this, the approach to flu vaccination has not changed in several decades. One novel technique in vaccine development is the use o…
ISEF · 2015
To help vaccinate the rural population of Africa, who do not have easy access to electricity and refrigeration, the thermophilic gene could be added to common vaccines to help them remain po…
ISEF · 2015
We find a depth-first search version of Dhar's burning algorithm that gives a bijection between the parking functions of a multigraph and its spanning trees. Thus we extend a result by Perki…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a rather widespread neuropsychiatric illness without defined causes. Studies have implied an immunological dysfunction hypothesis for SCZ by identifying differences in…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
The purpose of this research focused on whether or not thawing water temperatures made an impact on viability of bovine semen cells. Bovine semen was tested to find the prime temperature of…
ISEF · 2015
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are involved with gene regulation by obstructing translation or by helping with the deterioration of mRNAs therefore suppressing the gene. A lack or surplus of miRNAs is r…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Studies have shown an inverse correlation between prostate cancer incidence and ultraviolet (UV) exposure by region. Vitamin D (1,25(OH)2D3) is a seco-steroid hormone that is absorbed into t…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
This experiment pioneered a technique to locate the descent velocity at which an unmanned aeronautical vehicle (UAV) is susceptible to vortex ring state (VRS). VRS forms when a rotorcraft de…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this research is to control a wall-climbing reconnaissance robot using wifi technology. My research entailed designing the structure of the robot, selecting a wifi communicati…
ISEF · 2015
Near domestic and commercial agricultural settings, fertilizer runoff is a threat to freshwater ecosystems. Research by scientist Milena Beniolo and previous testing found that banana and or…
ISEF · 2015
Purpose: As the demand for fossil fuels grows, finding alternative energy sources for biofuel production that are sustainable, renewable, and efficient is becoming increasingly more importan…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Catalytic Reduction photosynthesis process is a useful technique for purifying contaminated water resulting from petroleum residues. In this project was to study the optical cracking ammonia…
ISEF · 2015
This project began as an initiative taking into account the serious problems in Nueva Palmira, regarding wastewater treatment (AR). Construction of sanitation is not expected until 2020 and…
ISEF · 2015
This experiment’s goal is to investigate feasible methods for the removal of common water contaminates (copper, barium and zinc) and determine which is most effective. Solving this problem w…
ISEF · 2015
With the population of Earth growing at an exponential rate, the need for clean drinking water is becoming much more important in todays society. To combat the problem of water scarcity, esp…
ISEF · 2015
The engineering goals of this project involved utilizing water siphon technology in order to improve modern hydropower designs by engineering and innovating a more efficient, economical, and…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
Nearly 1 million deaths a year are attributable to drinking polluted water. Currently a filter with the goal of removing heavy metals and bacteria does not exist. This study shows promise as…
ISEF · 2015
Alternative energy is important as the world looks toward an energy source other than the current use of coal and fossil fuels. There are currently several costly and inefficient methods of…
ISEF · 2015
A patch-test is a medical procedure in which UV light is administered onto a small patch of skin to calibrate skin sensitivity. Current patch testing methods involve covering the patient’s e…
ISEF · 2015
People are usually aware of their high stress levels only when it is observed by a physician by means of blood pressure measurements or other tests. By this time, stress has turned into a me…
ISEF · 2015
Temperature is the primary pollutant restricting salmon young from developing and completing their journey to the ocean. High stream temperatures reduce the survival of salmon, reinforcing t…