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 7711–7740
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The goal of this study was to analyze the expression of SLUG in ovarian cancer. The null hypothesis was that expression of SLUG would be the same between the two tissue types. This study use…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Oxidative damage in the genome occurs when reactive oxygen species (ROS), a byproduct of metabolism or from exogenous sources, come in contact with DNA. This has been suggested to play a rol…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Chemical
One of today’s most pressing healthcare issues is that disease diagnostics are immensely expensive, invasive, painful, and time-consuming. This study developed a paper-based microbial fuel c…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
For three years I have sought out a stellar parallax. This year I wanted to successfully measure a stars parallax and see if a stellar parallax is linear; meaning if I measure a stellar para…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Biomonitoring programs provide valuable information about trends in ecosystem health. However they rely on manual identification of biological samples, which can be both time consuming and s…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This study investigates the role of peer group influences on female high school students’ interest in STEM fields. Sixty-nine female 9th-10th graders participated in a survey that asked abou…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The overuse of antimicrobials in many aspects of daily life has ushered in a wave of antimicrobial resistance to antibiotics that have been effective for decades. Resistance to antibiotics i…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Chemical
A hybrid rocket engine uses both a solid fuel and a liquid or gaseous oxidizer. Hybrid rocket engines are generally safer, easier to store, and are simpler to manufacture. They have higher e…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
Light Emitting Diode (LED) displays recently become to replace conventional CRT and LCD displays and have witnessed enormous growth in the field with the costs of LED displays decreasing by…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
This experiment was conducted in order to evaluate the international protocols set forth by the World Health Organization regarding the protocols to identify pharmaceutical substances. Addit…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences Second Award
Plant growth and productivity is greatly affected by climate change, especially in hot and dry climates. Scientists use various methods to study gene families and find genes that respond to…
ISEF · 2018
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
P53 is an important tumor suppressor protein, that when mutated will lead to much higher cancer rate. This project constructed a phylogenetic tree using the mRNA sequences for p53 gene in 20…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
This experiment was done to help protect the environment from plastic waste in the landfills and oceans. Plastic waste is becoming a huge problem for the wildlife in the oceans and even for…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Bisphenol A (BPA), a widely used plastic monomer, is a known estrogen disruptor, which has massive potential implications for public health. Estrogen can cause R-loops, a three-stranded nucl…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
“Nighttime snowblindness” results from brightly lit snowflakes moving toward the driver/pilot/operator of cars, trucks or other equipment moving over ~20mph. Humans instinctively focus on br…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Introduction The oil industry is extremely important in the entire world. Although oil is a very important resource, it can cause devastating environmental problems if an oil spill occurs. T…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
The survival rate for metastatic liver cancer, such as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), is less than 3% over a 5 year span, so the need for a cure has never been more urgent. The use of a non…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences First Award
Developing countries often have poor monitoring and reporting of weather and crop health, leading to slow responses to droughts and food shortages. Here, new satellite data analysis tools we…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Parkinson's disease is a neurological disorder that affects the motor skills of patients, affecting nearly 10 million people worldwide. This neurodegenerative disorder negatively affects the…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of a Continuous Passive Motion (CPM) machine is to increase the healing rate of injured tendons, ligaments, and minor muscle injuries by moving a patient's joints. Our idea is to…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software
Domestic violence is a serious social problem that affects millions each year. Because victims are often afraid to seek help, prevention and early detection of domestic violence is difficult…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Nearly one in eight deliveries in the United States is preterm. Preterm birth has been correlated with oxidative stress, damage caused to cells by free radicals, in the uterine myometrium. O…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
Recently, topological superconductors have attracted great interest as a groundbreaking platform to allow for fault-tolerant quantum computing and overcome the limitations of classical proce…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics
Every spring, people drown in local rivers because they underestimate the power and danger of the river flow from melting mountain snow. A literature review uncovered no practical, low-cost,…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics
The focus of this study was to compare how a physical model of an aircraft that relies on both aerostatic and aerodynamic qualities in the structure to fly, based on the Northrop Grumman Ven…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
The advent of epidemiological concerns within recent years has promulgated a thorough premise for research rooted in preventative measures and protections of public health. This study was co…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common cancer found in men globally and has the highest mortality rate in men when compared to other cancers. However, early diagnosis of PCa has led…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the most common forms of dementia. The progression of AD occurs in the brain as well as in the eye. The retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells were recentl…
ISEF · 2018
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Sensory hearing hair-cells are vulnerable to multiple damaging agents. In mammals, which lack regeneration, hair-cell loss leads to permanent hearing impairment. In contrast, non-mammalian v…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The objective of this project was to characterize gal-7 as an antibiotic. The purpose of this research was to identify a model for glycan-specific antibiotics capable of reducing the risk of…