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 · 2014
Mathematics
The 70-kilodalton heat shock protein (HSP70) is a cytoprotective protein produced at an elevated concentration in individuals afflicted with atherosclerosis and has been linked to reduced ri…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Athletics play a important role in American society. Injuries in athletics are inevitable, however there are ways one can prevent these injuries from occuring. Approximately 15% of all sport…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals In the USA, there is huge demand for transplantable organs with over 110,000 people on the waiting list to receive an organ and, of these, 18 people die everyday. African-Am…
CSEF · 2014
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine at what grade level can children distinguish between candy and non-candy items. Methods/Materials To test my project, I tested 1…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
Fruits and vegetables provide us nutrition including vitamins and minerals to stay healthy – both mentally and physically. In pursuit of a pest-free produce, farmers use pesticides, far abov…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
For many centuries, ways of delivering secret messages that only the sender and receiver could understand have been created and used, but many were ineffective. First, there were eavesdroppe…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
The study of genetic variations that cause autism and the identification of associated defects in synaptic signaling pathways may lead to more effective treatments for autism. The hypothesis…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
Everybody loves his car, but imagine a person forgetting an innocent child in a car, which is closed and exposed to sunlight; moreover, the child will die due to the high temperature trapped…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
In this project, we built a mathematical model to automatically generate efficient transportation networks given a simulated urban environment with variable population distribution and other…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The project seeks to build a program that uses the FORTH 3D HandTracking Library (An API for a framework to track hands in 3D) in conjunction with a 3D camera to identify handshape, one of t…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
The goal of this project is to add auditory dimension to digital comics using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Text-To-Speech (TTS) technologies, as well as improving accuracy of exis…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Electrical activities in the heart can be detected using metallic electrodes in an electrocardiography procedure that produces the recording known as electrocardiogram (ECG). Characteristic…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
Automated point design and fabricator for orthopedic Kirschner pins was implemented in the National Children’s Hospital’s (In Spanish: Hospital Nacional de Niños) Maintenance Area in order t…
CSEF · 2014
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Finding the right songs to use in a video is a tedious process, as one must manually listen and evaluate many possible songs to determine whether they express the right mood…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The warmer weather and current drought in California can stimulate a rapid growth of algae, or algal bloom. This process is also accelerated by the contamination of nitrates…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals To chart was to see how different shapes and angles could be sensed more accurately than others. Three different shapes (cylinder, cube and rectangular prism), and two diffe…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
Visually impaired athletes that participate in the 100 meter sprint event typically run with guides. The guide runs besides the athlete and is joined by a non-elastic rope. However, this tec…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to build a belt that could be used by anyone who wants to correct their posture. Since reminders from parents are not always available, the be…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics Fourth Award
Cancer recurrence affects a large percentage of patients who have finished initial treatment. Unfortunately, with current detection methods, the chance of tumor regrowth can be high. Therefo…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To determine whether exposure to magnetism, UV radiation, or colder temperature affect the regenerative abilities of Lumbriculus variegatus. Methods/Materials Four environme…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Objective: The experiment was to measure the presence or absence of Escherichia coli (E.coli) in different samples of sand collected from different locations. It was expecte…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to determine whether E.coli would be inhibited more by natural herbs (turmeric, coriander, ginger) or commonly prescribed antibiotics (Amo…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which type of milk has the most bacteria; soy, pasteurized, or raw. I think raw milk has the most bacteria, then pasteurized milk and soy milk.…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to test which type of sanitizer kills bacteria most effectively. Methods/Materials Bacteria were swabbed from the bottom of a sink and streake…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The experiment aimed to determine the effect of caffeine extracted from used tea bags on the growth of E. coli. My hypothesis was that caffeine would inhibit E. coli growth…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
Biogeochemistry is the study of the relationship between the chemical processes of earth, and life. Understanding these chemical processes also provide further information related to environ…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General) Second Award
Objectives/Goals This project was designed to assess the bacterial populations found on commonly handled surfaces of fast-food restaurants. It was hypothesized that the bathroom floors would…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine the susceptibility of gut bacteria to natural antimicrobial agents compared to antibiotics. I chose two types of gut bacteria Candida Albicans…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals One of the biggest problems faced by our society is antibiotic resistant bacteria. One alternative antimicrobial strategy is photodynamic therapy (PDT), involving the use of…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
The aim of this project is to create a prototype of a bacteriophages concentrated cream, which can, in some way, prevent diseases caused by certain types of bacteria. Thus, it will be easier…