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ISEF · 2026
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The field of humanoid robotics is currently bottlenecked by a lack of accessibility, high costs, high energy demands, and a lack of ease of manufacturability. This project aimed to create a…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Bronze Medal
Over 220,000 people live with ALS globally today, a number projected to rise 69% by 2040. Yet diagnosis still takes an average of 12 months after symptoms appear, no effective treatment is w…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Esophageal obstruction caused by cancer and benign strictures can severely impair swallowing, leading to poor nutrition and reduced quality of life. Although conventional stents are commonly…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
The increasing number of people with diabetes has made safe insulin storage an important issue. Insulin is a temperature-sensitive protein and if it is stored outside the 2–8°C range, it can…
CWSF · 2026
Natural Resources Silver Medal
Across the US and Canada, approximately 260,000 water main breaks occur every year, one every two minutes. Deteriorating pipeline infrastructure has become a prevalent problem in the 21st ce…
ISEF · 2026
Animal Sciences
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the accumulation of misfolded a-synuclein proteins due to impaired autophagy. Enhancing autophagy represents a poten…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Acid rain, microplastics, road salt, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are among the most harmful pollutants affecting terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Acid rain forms when sulfur dio…
ISEF · 2026
Technology Enhances the Arts
Communication between Deaf individuals who use Venezuelan Sign Language (VSL) and hearing people presents significant barriers in everyday, academic, medical, and professional settings when…
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace
In orbital simulations, mathematical methods called integrators are used to predict paths of objects in space over long time periods, however, in highly elliptical orbits, integrators requir…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a neurodegenerative eye disease that impacts roughly 200 million people worldwide. It occurs in the macula, which contains a dense number of photore…
ISEF · 2026
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Many current robotic control systems use either traditional joysticks or complicated code, which makes it harder for robots to respond quickly and accurately in high-stakes situations like r…
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace Silver Medal
With limited capacity to store food on spacecrafts NASA is currently investigating growing foods, in particular lettuce, while in flight and on other planets. Managing food contamination is…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
How does social media affect self-esteem in different age groups? We chose to study the relationship between social media and self-esteem in various age groups and many different relationshi…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Severe eutrophication causes hypoxic “dead zones” (e.g., the Gulf of Mexico). The mass death of marine life accelerates oxygen depletion, creating a vicious cycle. Conventional restoring met…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Marfan syndrome (MFS), a connective tissue disorder caused by FBN1 gene mutations, affects 1 in 5000 individuals. Current interventions for MFS are insufficient; they only mitigate symptoms…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
This study aimed to address the recovery and reusability limitations of conventional homogeneous catalysts. For this purpose, zirconium-based metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) were synthesized…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
With the rapid expansion of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) to EV cars and modern-day electronics, battery waste is projected to reach 8 million tons by 2040. Current recycling approaches, enco…
ISEF · 2026
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Many neurodegenerative diseases involve progressive neuronal dysfunction associated with mitochondrial impairment, protein aggregation, and axonal pathology, leading to detrimental motor and…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Yaupon Holly and Yerba Mate are two economically important, caffeine-producing holly (i.e., Ilex) species in America. Yaupon Holly is native to North America and Yerba Mate is native to Sout…
ISEF · 2026
Software Design
Effective communication between air traffic controllers and pilots is very important for aviation safety. In this project, I use automatic speech recognition (ASR) and natural language proce…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Silver Medal
A Technical Method of Responsive Cellophane Films for Real Time Spoilage Detection is a scientific innovation experiment that identifies and tests a cellophane film fabricated with red cabba…
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace Silver Medal
Our project tackles a big challenge: helping drones think and react more like humans in real time. Instead of relying on slow or limited systems, we designed a custom-built electronics platf…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
Ankle-foot prosthetics aim to recreate the biological motion of the ankle and restore natural gait to transtibial amputees. Achieving this requires motion in three dimensions and a variable-…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
AtmosNano: Development of a Low-Cost CubeSat Platform for Real-Time Atmospheric Monitoring Altynay Otetileu NIS, Turkistan, Kazakhstan Flooding affects millions of people annually, yet accur…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
The thermal decomposition of magnesium ammonium phosphate hexahydrate (MAP), a fertilizer recovered from wastewater, was investigated to identify reaction conditions that prevent ammonia los…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
In this project I tried to find new and simple ways to produce clean water anywhere in my community, or out on the land. Access to clean water for drinking and household use in my community…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Accumulated litter in community spaces has a negative impact on local economies and aesthetic appeal. While autonomous cleaning solutions exist, most current market products, such as the Roo…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Gold Medal
This project explores how a wearable tail could help seniors with Parkinson’s disease maintain balance, reducing their risk of falls. Using built-in sensors to detect when they are unstable,…
ISEF · 2026
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Structural comparison between proteins is key to many research tasks, including evolutionary analysis, peptidomimetics, and functional annotation. Traditional structure alignment tools such…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Traditional figure skating jump-assist devices often require manual coach operation and lack adaptability to varying athlete heights and weights. This project developed a universal kinematic…