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 · 2014
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This experiment aimed to determine the effects of artificial night lighting on the life cycle of butterflies. Painted lady butterflies, Vanessa cardui, were exposed to various light sources…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
Breast cancer is the second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer deaths in American women and causes around 400,000 deaths per year worldwide. The primary screening tool for breast cance…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
The research deals with a problem of an increasing lability of regulatory mechanism of brain, which is solved by opening an indirect access link by means of automated detection of REM sleep…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical Fourth Award
Solution mining at the I&W Brine Well Site in Carlsbad, New Mexico has produced a large underground cavity that could result in a catastrophic sinkhole-inducing collapse. A church, feed stor…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Several studies have attempted to model territory establishment by small animals. However, verification of these models is often difficult by insufficient data. The small crab, Uca lactea, w…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
This project consisted of the design and creation of a system for prescribers to provide medication instructions to patients via translation, visual representation, and audio in order to rep…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical Fourth Award
Parkinson’s disease is a chronic progressive degenerative neuro-disease. About 90% of patients with Parkinson’s disease die within 15 years. Since its symptoms become worse as time passes an…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics Third Award
The effect of concussions on brain wave patterns was studied with a novel prototype device, incorporating a simple electroencephalography (EEG) headset, to assess its potential for concussio…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Infections due to polymers in implants (catheters, prosthetics, etc.) remain a constant threat to public health, as implant-derived infections make up 50% of all nosocomial infections and co…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics Third Award
Lymphosarcoma (LSA) is the most common malignant neoplasia in dogs. BIN1 is a 20 exon, ubiquitous membrane-associated protein that, in cancer cells, is alternatively transcribed to include e…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences First Award
A pencil doppler is the primary tool used in detection of devastating vascular tissue transfer-related ailments through analysis of vascular flow. However, the doppler is ineffective because…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
To separate and identify metallic ions, precipitation and filtration should be repeated. Furthermore, many kinds of reagents should be used and operations are complicated. A new method for s…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical Third Award
Thousands of humans have lost their lives while trying to protect others in settings such as nuclear waste disposal, biohazard control, and natural disaster reconnaissance. The purpose of th…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a disease destroying humanity. Researches suggest that the aggregation of misfolded beta-amyloid is responsible for Alzheimer’s disease. pi-Stacking, the key forc…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
New emergency power sources are continually being sought, particularly for use during natural disasters when power supplies are interrupted. Luminescent bacteria are currently widely used fo…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
The reason for choosing the research topic: The fact that normal electricity generators use much fuel and cause great pollution. The importance of the research: Producing low cost electricit…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics Second Award
Three years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake. In light of the nuclear power plant accident that occurred in its aftermath, the importance of developing environmentally benig…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The purpose of this study was to develop an in vitro multispecies biofilm that had more resemblance to the human oral biofilm than the models that were previously in use. It was hypothesized…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
MicroRNAs, an abundant class of small non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) that regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level, have emerged as integral components of the oncogenic and tumor…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Pollen allergy has remained an important cause of severe allergy worldwide. While skin prick test is a gold standard for investigating allergies, however it is not practical in some patients…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
A number of epidemiological studies and animal experiments have shown that individuals with preexisting diseases, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes melli…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Mammograms are the most popular method of early detection for breast cancer, the 3rd leading cause of death among women in the United States. In the United States, about 37 million mammograp…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is an autoimmune and neurodegenerative disorder characterized by disturbances in nerve-muscle communication caused by auto-immune system complications. Antibodies mist…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
I developed an approach for analyzing word-use patterns that could be used to create a diagnostic tool for post-stroke aphasia patients with discourse difficulties, who are currently severel…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
A byproduct of many cellular metabolic reactions is reactive oxygen species (ROS). An increase in ROS levels or a decrease in the cellular antioxidant capacity causes oxidative stress and is…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
A network of multiple wireless hubs is needed to provide Wi-Fi access to all buildings on the LSU campus. The primary objectives of this project were to use a Differential Evolution (DE) pro…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
The problem of storing large amounts of data is becoming more actual with the development of digital archiving technologies. Existing optical data storages almost reached the limit of the re…
ISEF · 2014
Systems Software
My project was to determine the effects of resistance on the trajectories of marbles and the difference between motions ideally and with resistance. I constructed a ramp that could be adjust…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
There are approximately 10^31 phages in the biosphere, making them the most abundant biological entities known to science. They are genetically diverse and play a primary role in bacterial e…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
This project focuses on identifying and characterizing DNA methylation patterns and motif reoccurrences in the Neuronal PAS Domain Protein 3 gene in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia was in the p…