38,465 real projects from ISEF, the Canada-Wide Science Fair, JSHS, AJAS, the Calgary Youth Science Fair and the California Science & Engineering Fair — searchable by meaning, and filterable by fair, year, category and award.
ISEF · 2019
Materials Science
The accumulation of dust and dirt on solar panels can reduce its efficiency up to 20%, as particles block the solar energy from passing through. To work towards this, this research tailored…
CSEF · 2019
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives An experiment was conducted to scientifically investigate which among the commercially available fruit fly traps (BEAPCO Drop In, Aunt Fannies Fly Punch, Terro Fruit Fly Trap) and…
CSEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Objectives Fossil fuels are non-renewable, and combustion of fossil fuels releases pollutants and greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, causing global warming. Ethanol is a renewable and env…
CSEF · 2019
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives Due to the limited availability and high prices of devices that measure body tremors, I developed a cheap, portable device that can measure vibrations in the hand. This can be use…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering
Tremors are a debilitating symptom of common neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s and Essential Tremor which affects over 10 million people in the US alone. Currently, non-invasive trem…
ISEF · 2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Broadly speaking, adolescence is a stage during human growth and development when the brain is not fully developed and matured. As a result, there are times of poor judgments that may result…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives This research project aims to find trends, in reactivity and in chain length, among similar deep eutectic solvents (DES) in order to design more catalytically efficient DESs. Curr…
CSEF · 2019
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives My question was, How can the way the brain interprets the scent of cinnamon change after the nose is exposed to a strong scent before hand? My hypothesis was, Based on my research…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The retrograde nuclear import is an important and conserved step in tRNA quality control in eukaryotes and is taken advantage of by retroviruses such as HIV to infect cells. Retrograde impor…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
Purpose: Smoke alarms are common life-saving devices. However, many nuisance alarms due to cooking-related activity can occur which can be very costly. It is hypothesised that water vapour t…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Tsunamis are often tragic events, killing thousands at a time and striking abruptly from distant locations. Two tsunamis in the last six months killed thousands of people with no warning. Cu…
CSEF · 2019
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives The objective of this project was to investigate the relationship between the slope of the seafloor and the inland travel of a simulated tsunami. Methods Used three identical wood…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this experiment was to discover whether coated acoustic guitar strings have less change in note frequency, compared to uncoated acoustic guitar strings, allowing guitar player…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science Third Award
I identified physical features in a candidate cancer vaccine that lead to improved anti-tumor response. Though cancer vaccines present an attractive strategy to coax the immune system to tar…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
The increasing incidence of antibiotic resistance in bacteria necessitates the development of a new approach to target such infections without the constant abuse of antibiotics. This project…
CSEF · 2019
Microbiology (General)
Objectives The increasing incidence of antibiotic resistance in bacteria necessitates the development of a new approach to target such infections without the constant overuse of antibiotics.…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
Last year, we made a conclusion that ice-nucleating bacteria could be an alternative to the chemicals that are sprayed in the atmosphere during cloud-seeding. However, we knew that some ice-…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry Third Award
Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) have recently been introduced as a possible drug delivery system due to their porous, three-dimensional crystalline structure, created by repeated reaction of…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Circulating tumor DNA in blood holds promise as a cancer-specific biomarker. However, detection of ultra-low mutation allelic frequency (MAF) of ctDNA at early stages of cancer is infeasible…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
Knives have several uses, varying from simple domestic uses to complex uses such as those used for precision purpose such as surgery. Being manual, their effectiveness is limited as human ef…
ISEF · 2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this experiment is to use multi-sound waves to visually see the behavioral changes of a Pink-toe tarantula known as the Avicularia Avicularia. Sound is produced when something…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
Since the cost of manufacturing and launching a nanosatellite is low, nanosatellites have become increasingly popular in the astronautics industry, thus increasing the demand for the develop…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering
There are approximately 30 million diabetics in the United States; over 15% of them suffer from plantar pressure ulcers. These ulcers, which are essentially open sores, are caused by pressur…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a hereditary blood disorder. People with SCD experience pain crises, hypercoagulation, and strokes, and suffer dramatically shortened lifespans. SCD causes indiv…
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology
Objectives The purpose of this project is to figure out whether different colors of light would affect plant growth, and whether the seasonal changes in sunlight affect how a plant from the…
ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Recent trending on Industrial Revolution 4.0 demands a dedicated tool or device such as a Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle (ROV) is required in assisting humans to perform their job effi…
ISEF · 2019
Embedded Systems
The aim of our research was to find out if the ATMega328p processor contains undocumented instructions, and if it does, how they effect and change the registers and contents of RAM. In order…
ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
A technical description of the device The device consists of those main notes: 1.Rotation section ,in which medication are placed. We have divided rotations section for 6 parts, each of the…
ISEF · 2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
There has been a great divide in perception of graffiti, from an artform to vandalism. However, as this binary begins to blur in present day, there is currently minimal analytical research f…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Diagenesis is the compositional change in geologic samples such as fossils, which are often used to date significant geological events in their vicinity. Fossilized dentin from teeth can und…