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
Physics and Astronomy
This project was executed in order to improve the acclimation of cassava vitro plants by applying CO2 to the explants during their in vitro period, so these can establish an autotrophic syst…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Daphnia Magna are invertebrate organisms that live in streams and rivers, and are used for medical research, environmental, pharmaceutical, and other types of studies. Many vertebrae animals…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
The project's purpose was to find an affordable way for farmers to check their crops for heat stress at the cellular level before they are mature, allowing farmers to react to the stressors…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
First of all, as a country with almost no source of petroleum, the Jordanian society faces countless issues in regards to any field that requires the use of petroleum such as industry, trans…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical Third Award
Cardiac arrhythmias are the leading cause of death in the U.S. and the developed world but remain poorly understood. Mathematical models of the heart have proven essential to their study, bu…
ISEF · 2014
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The purpose of this experiment was to test the efficacy of the nematophagous fungi Duddingtonia flagran's in reducing the L3 Strongyles migration. The hypothesis was: If Duddingtonia flagran…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry Fourth Award
The use of transition state analogs to inhibit protein and enzyme activity has an extremely powerful application to medical and biochemical disciplines. Kluyveromyces lactis, along with many…
ISEF · 2014
Systems Software
An electric point contact is used to identify the physical deformation of an object initiated by a nondestructive impact. The detection of electric signal allows a spatial sensitivity that i…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
Over the last years there is an intensive scientific interest to explore the binding modes of a small organic molucules which can interact with the DNA. It came out, that these molecules cou…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
The need for a material of lower cost, for electronic packaging as the main use, was the main motivation for the investigation. This objective brought to the question “Is it possible to make…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of the research was to investigate the effectiveness of the principal components of Bixa orellana L. seeds as a mosquito repellent. The hypothesis is that the components of Bixa…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
From fermented liquids such as beer or wine to a number of confectionery goods dry yeast is a necessity for the food industry. In industrial processes growth of yeast is closely monitored an…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Second Award
The effort to understand the microscopic mechanism of melting has intrigued scientists for more than 100 years, but many questions about melting mechanisms remain to be answered. The aim of…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
The project concerns the development of an energy generator capable to absorb kinetic energy of deep water currents in tidal regions. A linear device named “SEA-LEG” accumulating the action…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Glucose (sugar) is the fuel of the body, but does it actually result in better performance? I tested the mental and physical responses to glucose. My hypothesis was that there would be a sug…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
Population growth and climate change will increase global water demand while water supplies diminish. Creating a compact, inexpensive solar desalination device to salt water into drinking wa…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
In 2004, the State of Montana deemed the lower Sun River between the town of Sun River and the city of Great Falls impaired for conductivity, sedimentation, nitrogen, and phosphorous. The pu…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Inhaling carbon monoxide can be fatal. This gas is produced whenever fuel is burnt and the level of carbon monoxide exhaled can be life threatening without any visible warning signs. Therefo…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Taste sensitivity, known to be genetically inherited, varies greatly in individuals and has been shown to strongly influence food choices. There are normal tasters, non-tasters, recessive an…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Many cattle producers spend money on supplements that do not have an impact on the weight gain of their cattle. This research will help producers decide what they need to feed their cattle t…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Malonyl-CoA:ACP Transacylase (MCAT) is a mitochondrial enzyme needed for the functionality of pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH). PDH is known to play a critical role in a tumor suppressor network…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Fluorescence detection has had a broad application in the area of tumor diagnostics for many years. The new approach described in this work involves the intense illumination of tumor tissue…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
In many fields of work humans have been replaced by robots. So why not have spy robots that can replace human spies. This project is about making a spy robot that can be controlled using a c…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
Our world is running out of fossil fuels! Scientists are continually looking for ways of producing the power needed to sustain our way of life. Solar, geothermal, wind, and nuclear power are…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical Third Award
This work presents the concept of solar heat driven membrane water desalinator and its experimental validation. In the present research, the desalinator is designed, built, and experimentall…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics Second Award
The Bornean orangutan is endangered, threatened by illegal poaching and habitat loss, largely caused by land conversion to palm oil plantations. In December 2013, the world's largest palm oi…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science Fourth Award
There are nearly a billion people worldwide who do not have access to clean water and this lack of access has led to nearly 3.4 million deaths annually. This project attempted to determine a…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
While computers become more powerful every year, the means of interacting with them have not evolved greatly since the beginning - keyboards, mice, and lately touch screens. Intelligent devi…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Antibiotic resistance is a significant problem in contemporary medicine. Drug-resistant microbial strains limit the number of treatments available to patients, which has led to a push for ne…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Environmental protection, food availability and energy production are the most important issues in the 21st century. In comparison with traditional liquid base catalysts, solid acid catalyst…