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 7591–7620
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Physical Second Award
The goal of this research project was to use antenna simulation software to model the gain and radiation patterns of a variety of novel, unconventional, and previously untested microwave ant…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Background Breast cancer, the most common cancer in women results in 40,000 deaths annually. Different breast cancer subsets are defined based on the expression of specific receptors: estrog…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
Iodine deficiencies are a major problem around the world, especially in developing nations where people do not get all the nutrients they need from their diets. Currently, iodized salt is th…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems
Thanks to the Baby Boomers of the 1950s and 60s, infant mortality rates extant today are fortunately much lower than that of early last century. However, distracted drivers are becoming much…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
Many bacteria have been observed to become more infectious in spaceflight, and astronauts are more susceptible to infection in space. Alternate sigma factor H (SigH) has been identified as a…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
The species Psidium guajava, commonly known as Cuban White Guava, contains various phytoconstituents with have the potential for use in the pharmaceutical field. One of these phytoconstituen…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
There are growing concerns about the health and environmental effects of chemical pesticides used to control mosquito populations and the increasing resistance of mosquitoes to pesticides. E…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences Third Award
The global rate of infertility stands at an all-time high and nutrition has been discussed as an impactful factor in such concerning trends. Stable oogenesis is continually threatened by gen…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics
Science and society go hand in hand. Now, more than ever, society is increasing the smartphone usage time by far. There are investigations that acknowledge all of the possible health effects…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
The purpose of this research is to develop a quick, accurate, affordable, and quantitative test for lead in water. Lead contamination in drinking water is a public health concern. The EPA’s…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
Jaundice is a condition where there's too much bilirubin in the blood which makes the babies skin and eyes look yellow-orange. It happens to 50- 60% of newborn babies and to 80% of premature…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
When typing on a keyboard, we typically only see the end result of neatly typed words. However, the process of typing in order to create those final words also takes into account timing (suc…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy Second Award
For millennia, humans have pondered the possibility of life on other planets. Since the first exoplanet, or planet outside our solar system, was discovered in 1995, scientists have studied e…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Ketosis is a metabolic state in which some of the body’s energy supply comes from ketone bodies, a product of the breakdown of stored triglycerides. Uncontrolled ketosis leads to an excessiv…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics
Understanding rocket propellants and how they work is invaluable to pursuing rocketry at high levels. In this project four different ways of making the common KN-Sucrose rocket propellant we…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems Second Award
Preclinical animal studies are crucial for evaluating the effects of novel therapeutics on rodent models before testing on humans. Unfortunately, it is difficult to confirm and replicate the…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics
In our project, we set out to create a device that could create density maps of plasmas inside of an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) D-D fusor. Going with our chosen architecture, w…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Methods were developed for the analysis of stimulant drugs, opiates, synthetic opiates, PCP, and benzodiazepines in wastewater samples using liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass sp…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of this experiment is to test if Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Escherichia coli, and Candida albicans can biosorp lead, which is currently one of the most problematic heavy metals th…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Digital learning tools are becoming increasingly relevant in the classroom as a growing number of schools consider their potential to reduce paper usage and spending. In recent years, an are…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
It can be found that lichen are commonly used as bioindicators by scientists in order detect air pollution. This project was targeted at evaluating if lichens can be used as bioindicators ju…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Auxin polarization induced by PIN3 genes is critical in effectuating plant phototropism. Upon activation by phototropins that detect light and inhibit the activity of the PINOID kinase (PID)…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Seventy percent of world's water is used for agricultural purposes which makes up most of our surface water and is needed to feed the world. We live in a desert which makes water even scarce…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
The purpose of this experiment was to simulate conditions of primordial Earth to demonstrate how life could have been created from the gases (nitrogen, carbon dioxide, ammonia, methane) pres…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Lack of effective treatment and substantial side effects of current chemotherapy have resulted in poor prognosis for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients. To avoid these side effect…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics
The dynamics of polynomials in the space of 2X2 real matrices of the form Q(Z) = Z^2+C with a Constant C consisting of complex eigenvalues, identical eigenvalues, and distinct real eigenvalu…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry Fourth Award
Lord Kelvin’s Thunderstorm, also known as Lord Kelvin’s Water Dropper, is a type of electrostatic generator that utilizes natural charge imbalances in falling streams of water to generate el…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Robotic arms are perhaps the most important manufactured tool in the world. However, manufacturing robotic arms are very expensive, costing over thousands of dollars. The project is presenti…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
This science project took a sample of terrestrial rock, basalt from the Flagstaff-Winslow area of Northern Arizona and compared it to lunar meteorites and samples brought back from the Apoll…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Satellite remote sensing of ocean color provides a synoptic view of global oceans, and has greatly improved our understanding of marine ecosystem productivity and the ocean’s role in Earth’s…