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 7291–7320
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
In the wake of the 2016 Presidential Election, Social Media giants such as Facebook and Twitter have implemented a variety of changes to their respective sites' user interfaces, in an effort…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
This research was conducted in the hopes of identifying a sustainable option for producing animal protein for developing countries and those wanting to have a sustainable food source. Develo…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
The objective of this project was to test the feasibility of a new treatment option for people with IBS and IBD. Scientific research has recently found a connection between IBS and IBD and b…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Cancer is one of the most prevalent diseases affecting humans today and its lack of early diagnosis is leading to many millions of deaths worldwide. Hypothesis, in order to help people scree…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
Every year, one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. A subtype of breast cancer is triple negative breast cancer, a disease in which tumors lack expression of estrogen recept…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
In 2017, Silver et al. designed a reinforcement learning algorithm that learned tabula rasa without any human-generated data. They applied this algorithm to the games of Go, Chess, and Shogi…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Huntington’s disease(HD) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder which affects around 1 in every 10,000 people. This autosomal dominant genetic disorder is caused by an expansion of the polygl…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
Runaway ramps have been used for years to help save runaway trucks; however, they are not always effective and can be costly. Can a parachute design be constructed to slow large transport ve…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
The efficiency of hydrogen gas production through electrolysis was explored by changing concentration of the electrolyte and its types, material of electrode, and voltage. A solution of diff…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of this project was to determine the effect of yeast-derived beta-glucan stimulation on the cytokine production and tumoricidal effect of macrophages. It was hypothesized that be…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
Efficient carbon dioxide (CO2) separation from mixed gas streams is necessary in industrial flue gas remediation, fuel gas refining, and chemical production such as sulfur, ammonia, and hydr…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to determine whether coniferous or deciduous trees remove more carbon dioxide from the air per year (kg/year) to look into the factors of reducing global w…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Autonomous vehicles have the potential to vastly increase road safety and reduce the environmental impact of personal vehicles. While this technology is still in development, rapid progress…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
Uncontrolled hemorrhage is the leading cause of preventable death on the battlefield, and the mortality rate for junctional hemorrhage in the field is exceptionally high. Researching this pr…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
The current limitations of our efforts toward exoplanet discovery can be attributed largely to the immense cost of the observational tools needed to look for signs of exoplanetary transits o…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology Second Award
Great advancements have been made in using adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors for gene therapy; however, the basic biology behind AAV capsid assembly remains poorly characterized. Discover…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
Sharks are one of the ocean’s most charismatic apex predators. According to statistics provided by Shark Attack Data (www.sharkattackdata.com), there were a total of 116 reported shark attac…
ISEF · 2018
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The bacterial species of Burkholderia are renown by scientists to be extremely difficult to distinguish. As a result, melioidosis, which is one of the many diseases caused by Burkholderia, h…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
The inspiration for this 3-year study comes from a desire to find a better way to prevent barnacle growth on marine vessels and to determine if the type of hull material used in the manufact…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences
The goal of my project was to determine the if preference of red in poultry is instinctual and, therefore, present from the time chicks hatch or if it is learned. I researched many experimen…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
The aim of this investigation is to determine the inhibitory effects of sodium bicarbonate and potassium bicarbonate on Aspergillus flavus and its hepatocarcinogenic metabolite Aflatoxin B1…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Endoplasmic reticulum calcium dysregulation caused by mutations in the presenilin has been implicated in neuronal death and in Familial Alzheimer’s Disease (FAD) pathology. The purpose of th…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics
Graph connectivity is a critical concept for a variety of applications in both pure and applied math. Identifying the connectivity of the graphs underlying neural networks, for example, woul…
ISEF · 2018
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Lichen species cover nearly 8% of the earth’s surface and are overlooked in genetic studies. Because lichen are composed of bacteria, fungi, and algae, separating and sequencing a three-part…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The amount of native forests left on Moloka‘i is only 15% (Sarhangi, 2017). On a field trip, we observed that non-native forest seemed to have a lack of variety in plants. However, the nativ…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Heavy metal contamination in soil negatively impacts the environment and human health. It has been linked to multiple disorders and symptoms such as bone fractures, kidney damage, neurologic…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
The objective of my project was to test the differences in types of bottled and tap water and develop conclusions on what type of water is best. My hypothesis was that there is not distinct…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software
Neural networks are widely used to either determine what group an item belongs in or what value a certain set of data would output using two basic types of derivative-based optimization algo…
ISEF · 2018
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
NFKBIA deletions are extremely prevalent in cases of both Breast Cancer and Glioblastoma, and this study aims at identifying genes disproportionately affected by these deletions. First, gene…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Derivatives of cobalamin (Vitamin B-12) are important to the function of enzymes required for metabolism. Failure to convert cobalamin into its derivative forms leads to build up of methylma…