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
Energy: Chemical
In today's society, counterfeit parts are a large problem. This project focuses on mitigating this problem by proposing an innovative, low cost inquiry-response system that works to detect f…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical Fourth Award
The authors aim to create an affordable electronic Braille display that can be widely assembled in most of the countries and well-equipped with essential functions. Feedbacks are collected f…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
The main objective of my project is to develop the simple, cost-effective, reusable electrochemical sensor (electronic tongue) that can simultaneously and accurately detect cadmium (Cd), mer…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
a) purpose of the experiment Air pollution is threatening to our health so we are going to invent a machine to kill bacteria and clean the air. b) procedures used First, some information was…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences Third Award
Following stromal wounds, instrasomal cells tranform in myofibroblasts. The ensuing fibrosis results in fibrosis. Particularly in the cornea, TGFß-1 regulated fibrosis may impair vision by c…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Second Award
Human Immunodeficiency Virus affects more than 33 million individuals globally and is associated with a progressive decline in CD4+ T cell count. The 3S motif of gp41 on the virus induces an…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics Fourth Award
In recent years, the ketogenic diet, a high-fat, low-carbohydrate and low-protein diet, has been shown to have potential as an effective adjuvant therapy for patients with malignant glioma.…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics Third Award
In the past decade, tuberculosis has become the most significant global health challenge due to co-infection with HIV/AIDS, antibiotic resistance and the ineffectiveness of BCG. Methylglyoxa…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Nobel Prize winner Ilia Mechnikof said that the dependence of the intestinal microbes on the food makes it possible to adopt measures to modify the flora in our bodies and to replace the har…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
The purpose of this project was to reduce the emissions from an engine using activated carbon (AC) as a supplemental filter while a catalytic converter is warming up. This experiment measure…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics Second Award
Fungal synthesis of lipids and ethanol using peracetic acid pretreated biomass was investigated. pentaacetate and hydrogen peroxide were reacted with sodium hydroxide to a pH of 11.5 to conv…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
NG2-glia are a class of glial cells in the brain that play a critical role in synaptic regulation and myelination through their structural support of axons and oligodendrocytes. In the insta…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Robots and other machines typically need to be pre-programmed with instructions to perform and are not actually provided with what their end goal is. This project aims to change that and giv…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
Congenital heart defects are the leading cause of death in infants and young children. Current surgical procedures are unable to replicate the anatomy and function of the native myocardium.…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
An energy harvester is developed via the pyroelectric effect that utilizes temperature fluctuations due to the sun and the wind on a lead-zirconate-titanate (PZT) disk to generate energy in…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
Is recognized increasingly the narrow relation that exists between energy and the environment, in fact, the energy and the environment they are indispensable for the sustainable development,…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical Fourth Award
Substantial challenges of drug delivery to treat various diseases exist in our modern world. The acidic environment of the stomach, combined with an array of intestinal digestive enzymes, po…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
Major advances in artificial vision have the ability to aid the visually-impaired and create systems designed to improve the mobility and independence of the affected individuals. In 2002, a…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Visualizing differentiation of cancer cells is a crucial method of measuring cancer progression. A novel fluorescent protein reporter construct was designed with the purpose of recombining t…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Cimex lectularius, commonly known as the bed bug, presents a resurgent public health hazard characterized by its hosts’ allergic reactions, secondary skin infections, and psychological distr…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
Immunoassays, involving the precipitate reaction between antibodies and antigens, have wide applications for the detection of disease-related molecules in patients or contaminants in food or…
ISEF · 2014
Systems Software
Botryococcus braunii race B is a green algae that generates large amounts of triterpene oils, such as squalene, which are known progenitors of modern combustible fuels. Triterpene methyltran…
ISEF · 2014
Systems Software Third Award
Algae are one of the most promising sources of biofuels because of their environmental sustainability, and the direct use of algal lipids as fuels. Conventional methods of extracting these l…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
This project was inspired by recent studies expressing a substantial need to increase food supplies. To accommodate the expected human population growth, developing more efficient protein so…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics Third Award
The genetic explanation of Type II Diabetes has been long explored in hopes of developing a therapeutic treatment. Recent developments have led to the discovery of Betatrophin, an adipokine…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
The objective of this study was to improve the accuracy of laser pointing by stabilizing the beam to stay constant on a specific target. To increase accuracy and stabilize the laser, a laser…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
In 2012, the World Economic Forum selected utilization of CO2 as a resource as one of 10 technologies which should be developed within the next three years. Also, many environmental problems…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
The growth of population has created problems like increase of fCO2, food shortage and contamination to our water resources. Would it be possible to create a self-sustaining small portable 7…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Environmental factors have a significant impact of the biological world. Much scientific research has focused on the adverse effects of endocrine disrupting compounds on wildlife and humans.…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Although there are some stove types in our life like gas stove and wood stove, all of these types can be harmful for humans and our environment. For example, the gas stove could burn the are…