80 projects whose affiliated fair was here, most recently in 2026.
ISEF records a state or province for some finalists and not others, so these counts do not add up to the country total.
80 projects · showing 1–30
ISEF · 2026
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Thermoelectric materials convert thermal energy directly into electrical energy based on Seebeck effect. An effective thermoelectric material must simultaneously possess a low thermal conduc…
ISEF · 2026
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Individuals with non-fluent aphasia, such as Broca's aphasia, face profound communication barriers due to impaired verbal expression. Traditional assistive tools often rely on static image d…
ISEF · 2026
Mathematics
The classical Josephus problem involves eliminating individuals in a circle based on a fixed skip number. This research uses a similar rule, allowing skip numbers to vary according to a perm…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
With the advancement of vaccine technology, the need for safe and effective adjuvants has become increasingly important. While QS-21 is a clinically established adjuvant, it alone cannot ful…
ISEF · 2026
Animal Sciences
During cell development, gene expression is regulated by both external stimuli and internal chromatin states, and proper regulation is essential for normal cellular development. This study u…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This study investigates the unique, continuous upwelling flow lines at the river-sea boundary in Isfjorden, Arctic. To elucidate the mechanism behind this previously undocumented phenomenon,…
ISEF · 2026
Cellular and Molecular Biology
How do cells decide which lipid droplets to eliminate? Cells store excess lipids in lipid droplets (LDs) to maintain energy balance and protect themselves from lipotoxicity. However, when li…
ISEF · 2026
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Reading immersion (flow) significantly enhances enjoyment and satisfaction during novel reading, yet its neural mechanisms and relationship to event segmentation remain poorly understood. Ev…
ISEF · 2026
Embedded Systems
Patients with single-sided deafness (SSD) often struggle to determine sound direction due to the head shadow effect, limiting sound localization and potentially missing critical auditory war…
ISEF · 2026
Mathematics
The theory of isogonal cubics is a powerful tool in proving the relations of angles. A part of the theory is deduced from Newton's theorems on conics. It is known that Newton's theorems can…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
This study developed a high-performance poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) piezoelectric membrane using the Non-solvent Induced Phase Separation (NIPS) method combined with graphene doping, wi…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
Imagine your immune system is an army of tiny soldiers called T cells, and their job is to hunt down and destroy cancer. This is called T cell therapy, and it is a very hopeful way to treat…
ISEF · 2025
Microbiology
Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP) has been raging around the world recently, posing a threat to public health and also becoming a significant burden on healthcare systems. Although antibiotics were…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
The circadian rhythm is a 24-hour biological clock that regulates physiological and behavioral cycles in response to environmental light cues. While previous studies on circadian rhythms in…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science
Purpose: Understanding the coordination of glucose metabolism across brain regions can provide insights into energy distribution in cerebral function. This study aims to explore the interreg…
ISEF · 2025
Environmental Engineering
With the rapid expansion of global manufacturing, emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have surged, posing serious threats to both public health and environmental safety. However,…
ISEF · 2025
Chemistry
This study designed and synthesized a series of donor (D) molecules in an attempt to form exciplexes with known acceptor (A) molecules and to investigate the influence of the chemical struct…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software
Finger vein recognition is an emerging biometric technology offering secure and reliable personal identification, particularly valuable in digital financial transactions. However, current ap…
ISEF · 2025
Mathematics
This project investigates a scenario in which a group of houses is on fire, prompting the fire department to deploy helicopters. Each dispatch extinguishes the target house's fire, with each…
ISEF · 2025
Mathematics
This study is from 2023 IMO P5: “A Japanese triangle consists of 1+2+...+n circles arranged in an equilateral triangular shape, with each i th row containing exactly i circles, one of which…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
In this study, a salt-tolerant bacterium, Oceanobacillus aidingensis, referred as Oc2, was isolated from wetlands in Taiwan. In the absence of plant, Oc2 does not reduce soil salinity; howev…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Climate changes that include ocean acidification and global warming are serious problems in the ecosystem, affecting marine phytoplankton, including Nannochloropsis oceanica. In the effort t…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
This research investigates the extraction of fluid from a rotating cylindrical container using a straw-like tube, focusing on the fluid's viscosity, rotational speed, and tube friction as ke…
ISEF · 2025
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Rip currents pose significant hazards to beach safety. They are unpredictable and strong, quickly pulling swimmers away from shore, often leading to drowning. To mitigate the harm of rip cur…
ISEF · 2024
Systems Software
This project explores the application of language models in creating backpropagation-based neural networks for the detection of known and unknown malware. A representation learning model (RP…
ISEF · 2024
Animal Sciences
Polyclad flatworms have a highly branched digestive system combining features of the gastrovascular cavity and the gastrointestinal tract. However, the exact function of this system remains…
ISEF · 2024
Mathematics
For a fixed positive integer b?N, let the b-sight lines be defined by f(x)=ax^b, for a?Q, with the origin O as the observing point (the position of the eyes). A point in the square lattice V…
ISEF · 2024
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Both the disposal of rejected brine and CO2 emission are the most significant challenges associated with the desalination process. Herein, we present an integrated approach that utilizes a r…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry Second Award
Cathepsin B in lysosome is a cysteine protease that plays an important role in various pathological processes including many cancers. Therefore, it is a cancer protein biomarker. A method to…
ISEF · 2024
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
The endocannabinoid system (ECS) and autophagy are both essential physiological mechanisms within cells. However, limited research explores the relationship between endocannabinoids, specifi…