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
Cellular and Molecular Biology
This experiment looks into differences in protein content in Ichthyophonus positive and negative Halibut from the Lower Cook Inlet area. The Halibut these samples were taken from were caught…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
The optical mouse has replaced the mechanical mouse as the major pointing device for desktop and laptop computers due to its ability to work on a wider variety of surfaces. Although vision-b…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
The coast of Paraná in Southern Brazil presents increasing pollution levels and incipient monitoring systems. To overcome this deficit, we sought to identify relationships between phytoplank…
ISEF · 2014
Systems Software
Hypothesis: If I conduct a polymerase reaction using microsatellite markers, a positive amplification of DNA will suggest the presence of a cold tolerance gene in napiergrass accessions. Pro…
ISEF · 2014
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The purpose of this research was to identify a differential diagnosis method between Anxiety disorder and ADHD, leading cause of behavioral issues in school-aged children. They have symptoms…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
?This experiment's purpose was to elucidate mechanisms of the interaction between AB toxins (responsible for cholera, pertussis, ricin, etc.) and host protein, protein disulfide isomerase (P…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics Fourth Award
Clostridium difficile and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have been the main source of nosocomial infections in North America since 2003. There is currently no effective a…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
Gastric cancer causes the second most death each year. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) secretes GroES, one of the critical carcinogens, which infects gastric epithelial cells and causes infl…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science Fourth Award
In the United States, obesity is estimated to cause 111,909 to 365,000 deaths per year, while 1 million deaths are linked to obesity in Europe. On average, obesity reduces life expectancy by…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The role of the gene IKKß in the development of lymphocytes, macrophages and neutrophils is well known, but little is known about its role in the development of dendritic cells (DCs). In thi…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This project was to create a program that would analyze digital images of pollen cells and quickly identify them. A digital library of images was created of the pollen grains then each image…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
A novel study was designed to investigate the effect of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), a natural inhibitor of pectin methylesterase, at various concentrations on Vitamin C retention and qu…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Purpose of the Experiment As the demand for oil products increases so does its maritime transportation and thus enhance the risk for an oil spill to occur. Oil Spills can cause major environ…
ISEF · 2014
Systems Software
Running is a sport with high potential for impact-related injuries. On which surface would a runner experience less impact: concrete, asphalt, turf, or earth? It was expected that earth and…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
The goal of this project is to obtain optimal network-on-chip topologies by using optimization techniques that consider adaptive routing algorithms. As a particular example we'll be implemen…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences First Award
Water scarcity is a huge problem in our world today. Although essential for life, almost one billion people lack access to safe drinking water. Scientists at Rice University recently discove…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
Multiplex automated genome engineering (MAGE) is a versatile tool for efficient genome-wide genetic modification. Serious limitations of MAGE's applicability include high cell death rate and…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Among the universe of stem cells, adult mesenchymal cells have demonstrated a great potential to many disease treatment. Although these cells are disseminated in the human body, and neither…
ISEF · 2014
Cellular and Molecular Biology
This project, as a continuation upon the previous year’s project, centers around the ultimate goal to solve the mystery that is Colony Collapse Disorder. Colony Collapse Disorder is a multit…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science Fourth Award
Bioindicators are a widespread and effective tool for evaluating ecosystem condition. Weight-length models are essential to using fish as bioindicators, providing estimates of expected weigh…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Water use has been growing more than twice the population rate in the last century. Considering the sources of seawater account for as high as 97% of all water on the Earth, seawater desalin…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
Background: Refractive error is common among general population, and it can be corrected with special glasses called "pinhole glasses". These glasses are used for specific purposes such as w…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) are a type of network in which every device acts as a router, capable of both receiving and transmitting data. Due to the unique nature of their design, MANET…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
Today, the fossil fuels in the world are being depleted; and the tendency to use alternative sources is rising day by day. A small proportion of the energy comes from the solar power. It is…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
During the past two decades, unique photoelectric properties of titanium dioxide (TiO2) have attracted a lot of interest in the research of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). One limitation…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) is a powerful tool for detecting chemical properties in nanoscale with extremely high resolutions. For example, TERS may be used in cancer research to…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems First Award
The Western North Pacific Ocean is the most active and hazardous tropical cyclones (TCs) region in the world. Each year, 20-30 TCs (also called typhoons) impose severe threats to a billion p…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences First Award
In medicine today, treatments for patients are based on the diagnosis, not the patient individually. It has been shown that this is only effective for about 60% of people. To help treat more…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems Second Award
There are many applications for indoor navigation, from navigating hospitals, airports and shopping malls, to mining and disaster response. Despite intensive research, the problem of develop…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Animals are currently used in most models for research. Although they have been a significant part of research it often takes many years for them to translate into clinical studies. Models u…