Every Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair project Fairfolio holds: 17,565 entries across 13 years, with the abstract, category and awards the fair published for each one.
Counts cover every year of this fair and use its own category labels, exactly as the source published them. Each one links to that category's ISEF projects.
17565 projects · showing 16771–16800
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
I inquired; Can artificial floating nests (AFNs) be used to improve Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai) reproductive success in a mangrove forest or at wetlands where no predator control is conducte…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
C3 plants open their stomata depending on blue light absorbed by phototropins during the daytime to get CO2 for photosynthesis and close stomata at night. By contrast, CAM plants like cacti…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
Last year’s project, “Got Insulation?” was based on testing unconventional but readily available products that could be used as heat insulators in houses. As the experimenter progressed thro…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this experiment is to determine how different factors affect the accuracy of artificial neural network, specifically for cancer detection. Every factor tested did lead to a ch…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of this test was to see if the flow rate of a hydropower plant would change the electrical output. This is significant because, it could result in more power being produced from…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
In our world, there is an incredibly vast range of planes, all with different purposes. To suit these purposes, different planes require specific characteristics. One major characteristic, w…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
My experiment consisted of testing the effectiveness of antacids in two different ways, and I also tested how long it remained effective. I started by testing the effectiveness by crushing o…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
The world is facing environmental and clean-water crises. In fact, 780 million people or 1 in 9 people are lacking or having no access to improved and clean drinking water (WHO/UNICEF, 2012)…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
In tissues bioengineering, synthetic or biological materials have been used as cutaneous substitutes for the treatment of large skin lesions. In this research, I developed techniques that tr…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical Second Award
Hybrid-electric vehicles are the state of the art in the automotive industry because they increase efficiency and reduce the negative environmental impacts of burning fossil fuels. The long…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
Temperature and salinity dominate the stratification of ocean waters, putting warm water with less salt in upper layers and cold water with more salt in lower layers. When a hurricane passes…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
Given a rapid rise in cyber security threats for Internet users, corporations, and governments, there is a dire need for safer cryptographic algorithms. The purpose of this 3rd year capstone…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
Hydraulic fracturing, pumping fluids at high pressures underground to fracture shale, releases natural gas (Wiseman, 2010). Fracturing fluids resurface as flowback water. Generally disposed…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Known as the third leading cause of death in the United States, cerebrovascular ischemic stroke leads to over 100,000 deaths per year. Furthermore, stroke causes long-term disabilities, one…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of my experiment Hydro Power is to find out what amount of blades set to different pitch angles would produce the most DC Voltage. In order to test this experiment I had to set u…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
The main problem for the experiment was: Can a conversion and calculation app be created without extraneous units, advertisements, and a need for a constant internet connection? I hypothesiz…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical Second Award
A novel, user-worn device (iAid) was devised to help visually impaired people navigate using an Arduino microprocessor and an Android platform. Voice commands were utilized to input the dest…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical Second Award
Ice floats on water, and upon freezing, exerts an outward force of over 700 megapascals (Mpa). The deepest spot on the ocean floor yet explored is within the Mariana trench, and only reaches…
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…