11705 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.
11705 projects · showing 4921–4950
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
This study tested the effects of three medicinal herbs: turmeric (Curcuma longa), sprout barley (Hordeum vulgare), and ginseng (Panax ginseng). A variety of medicinal herbs have been used to…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Roughly 3% of all pregnant women consume selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), such as fluoxetine, to ameliorate symptoms of depression. SSRIs can be transmitted to the fetus thro…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry Fourth Award
It has been approximately 17 years since the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) epidemic and the world is presently facing the COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 vi…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Sharks are perceived as instinctual organisms absent of social intraspecific learning. The purpose of this study is to establish the social learning cascade of sharks through a model organis…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
As the percentage of brain tumor that is resected increases, a patient’s life expectancy drastically increases. Thus, neurosurgeons need to be able to differentiate between healthy brain tis…
ISEF · 2021
Plant Sciences
Last year, a soil surfactant and different rates of nitrogen fertility were tested to see if they affect the surface characteristics of turfgrass with varied ET replacement. There were signi…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology
Aspergillus fumigatus is a ubiquitous mold that poses a great risk to many immunocompromised patients and is becoming increasingly resistant to currently used azole-antifungal medications. P…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy First Award
The planetary nebula known as the Cat’s Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) has a complex, point-symmetric morphology that is unexplained by the current theory of planetary nebula formation, the Interacti…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Ulcerative Colitis (UC) is a disease hallmarked by continuous inflammation along the gastrointestinal tract, which is largely the consequence of autoimmunity. Its prevalence continues to spr…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Marine sponges (phylum Porifera) have the important job of controlling bacterial populations in coral reefs. The recent abundance of marine microplastics, however, which often harbor a micro…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences Third Award
Green crabs (Carcinus maenas) are an invasive species in Maine that have severely impacted marine environments and decimated commercially-significant bivalve populations, including the blue…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
Improving air quality is a goal of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The purpose of this study was to reduce pollutants in car exhaust using a filter designed and cons…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy Second Award
EXoplanet ConfIrmaTIoN throuGh transits (EXCITING) is a project that determines the validity of TESS Objects of Interest (TOI) exoplanet candidates. The project aims to identify false positi…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Due to technological advancements in artificial intelligence, computers can charter the path/course for a multitude of proteins/enzymes and their metabolites in order to diagnose and/or cure…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award
In the process of thermal radiation, many materials release heat as light. A transmission window in the atmosphere allows infrared light to pass through. Because of this, the heat that is re…
ISEF · 2021
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
T-cells are a class of lymphocytes that play an essential role in adaptive immunity and are known to develop in the thymus. However, functional T-cells are also found in animals lacking a th…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) is a premalignant condition at risk of progressing to multiple myeloma, a type of incurable blood cancer, and other type of plasma c…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering
Tissue engineering can address significant need through proliferation of stem cells to grow organs sufficient for clinical transplantation. By combining 3D-printing, with growth of layered s…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry Third Award
Background: Elevated serum uric acid (UA) is associated with obesity, hypertension, and metabolic syndrome. The goal of this research was to determine if a low-cost chemosensor-strip fabrica…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a significant debate about the correct and most efficient type of face-covering to wear, and research on this topic could save hundreds if not thousands of l…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
During this unforeseen pandemic, face masks have become a key part of our daily lives, with the majority of the population having to wear them for at least 8 hours daily. There are various t…
ISEF · 2021
Engineering Mechanics
Limited resources and increased demands for energy underscores the importance of alternate sources of efficient, renewable energy. This project’s aim is to develop a hydrophobic weatherproof…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
My project compares bird activity in the morning and the afternoon to determine if the time of day and temperature affect the diversity and number of birds found in my yard. Ornithology, the…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering
Falls are the leading cause of fatal injury in the elderly and are responsible for more than 32,000 deaths and $50 billion in costs annually. Presently available fall-detection devices have…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
Computationally determining protein structure and function is promising, but researchers currently lack a complete end-to-end open-source tool capable of sequence alignment, de novo protein…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology Second Award
Most HIV-1 drugs act as passive defenders to inhibit viral replication inside the cell, while a few function as gatekeepers to combat viruses before viral entry. These entry inhibitors are d…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Due to the global SARS COVID-19 pandemic, social restrictions have impacted human behaviors and states of mental well-being. While several studies observe the role message framing has, few e…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Cyclical loading causes bone formation, however, there is evidence that found that prolonged periods of continuous loading can cause a reduced bony response to the loading stimulus as the ce…
ISEF · 2021
Biochemistry
Caffeine is one of the most widely consumed and used psychoactive substances in the entire world. In North America, more than 90% of people regularly consume a form of caffeine. In children,…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
What is the optimal amount of water for the maximum launch height of a compressed-air bottle rocket? A model was calculated to find the maximum velocity rockets would go using equations of a…