Every American Junior Academy of Science project Fairfolio holds: 1,041 entries across 8 years, with the abstract, category and awards the fair published for each one.
Counts cover every year of this fair and use its own category labels, exactly as the source published them. Each one links to that category's AJAS projects.
1041 projects · showing 391–420
AJAS · 2022
Environmental Science
Microplastics are the most prevalent type of artificial debris in most waterways. There is little knowledge about the effect microplastics have on organisms. This project evaluated the effec…
AJAS · 2022
Microbiology
C. elegans is a common model organism, as their translucent anatomy, ease of culture, and short life cycle make them an easily observable, low-maintenance subject for experimentation. With t…
AJAS · 2022
Animal Science
Epigenetics is the study of how organisms are affected by alterations in gene expression rather than base changes in the genetic code. An established epigenetic factor is diet. Food insecuri…
AJAS · 2022
Medicine
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…
AJAS · 2022
Chemistry
What wood makes the best charcoal? Charcoal is wood burned in the absence of oxygen, a process called pyrolysis. In a previous experiment, entitled “What Wood Makes the Best Charcoal,” the s…
AJAS · 2022
Biochemistry
Mentors: Alyson Michael, and Dr. Peter Faletra, Ph.D. This study explored the effect of changes in the spike protein of the Alpha, Beta, and Gamma variants of SARS-CoV-2 on the initial bindi…
AJAS · 2022
Physics
Particle Physicists use Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers (LArTPCs) for the study of subatomic particles, especially neutrinos. However, the current LArTPC data analysis requires manual…
AJAS · 2022
Animal Science
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) pollination is responsible for approximately 80% of all cultivated crops. Unfortunately, reports suggest losses of 30-50% of all bee colonies in the US. The greate…
AJAS · 2022
Behavioral Science
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if there was a correlation between COVID-19 cases and anxiety/depression levels in the United States, and correlations were analyzed nationall…
AJAS · 2022
Medicine
Cox Proportional Hazards Assumption Violations in Breast Cancer Gene Expression Data. Background: Cancer is a disease driven by mutations in genes that control cell proliferation, cellular d…
AJAS · 2022
Medicine
Recent advances show that the 14-3-3zeta protein is a unique regulator of IL-17A signal transduction. IL-17A signal transduction triggers two, 14-3-3zeta-TRAF5 and 14-3-3zeta-TRAF6-dependent…
AJAS · 2022
Computer Science
The world population is expected to increase by 2 billion by 2050. A person dies of hunger every 3.6 seconds. The UN has come up with a list of 17 goals to make the world a better place and…
AJAS · 2022
Microbiology
The Nora virus, a virus that infects fruit flies, was known to infect the species, Drosophila melanogaster. My research showed the virus to infect two other Drosophila species from different…
AJAS · 2022
Medicine
The human gut harbors a dynamic population of microorganisms, including bacteria and viruses. The dominant gut microbial phyla are Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria,…
AJAS · 2022
Environmental Science
Species inhabiting urban waterways face numerous threats including water pollution, invasive species, and habitat alteration. While virtually all water bodies are at risk of significant huma…
AJAS · 2022
Environmental Science
Approximately 1% to 50% of ticks carry diseases, and 300,000 cases of tick bites are annually reported in the US. New Jersey holds one of the highest rates of Lyme disease caused by tick bit…
AJAS · 2022
Biochemistry
Used a computer to design miniature antibodies that can bind to a cancer-associated "don't eat me" signal protein. A single-domain antibody (nanobody) predicted to have high geometric comple…
AJAS · 2022
Engineering
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a debilitating neurological disease that primarily affects older patients. PD is characterized by dementia, tremors, and gait issues. PD is the fastest growing ne…
AJAS · 2022
Engineering
The development and testing of mechanical, electrical, and software systems to predict and control the altitude (apogee) of an F-class model rocket. Guidance systems are becoming ubiquitous…
AJAS · 2022
Earth Science
A geomagnetic storm is a major disturbance of Earth's magnetosphere that occurs when there is an efficient energy exchange from the solar wind into the space environment surrounding Earth. T…
AJAS · 2022
Behavioral Science
Digital Phenotyping Autism: Investigating Child Vocalization and Movement Chaperone: Mrs. Leya Joykutty Academy: Florida Junior Academy of Science Autism Spectrum Disorder is a neurodevelopm…
AJAS · 2022
Medicine
Glioblastoma is one of the most lethal cancers, associated with a bleak prognosis and no cure. Survival estimates given to patients are often inaccurate, as actual survival can range from mo…
AJAS · 2022
Medicine
Although the use of porous scaffolds in tissue engineering has been relatively successful, there are still many limitations that need to be addressed: low vascularization, low oxygen and nut…
AJAS · 2022
Medicine
Due to asthma, I took prednisone, an oral corticosteroid that reduces inflammation in the airways. During my 7th grade physical, my doctor noticed my growth rate had decreased from the 50th…
AJAS · 2022
Environmental Science
The chemical compound Bisphenol-ɑ (BPA) is classified as an endocrine disrupting chemical (EDC) for its tendency to mimic the body’s naturally-occuring hormones and disrupt the hormone casca…
AJAS · 2022
Environmental Science
CO2 in the atmosphere is a major driver of global warming, trapping heat in the atmosphere. Much CO2 release and the resultant increases in global warming have been attributed to widespread…
AJAS · 2022
Cellular Science
Atherosclerosis is an immunoinflammatory disease characterized by low-density lipoprotein (LDL) accumulations within arterial walls. These buildups can cause ischemic conditions within the c…
AJAS · 2022
Medicine
Electrocardiograms, or ECGs, are widely used technologies to record electrical signals from the heart to diagnose patients with various medical conditions. Currently, a shockingly high perce…
AJAS · 2022
Mathematics
This project’s purpose was to observe the relationship between five external factors and the runs scored in baseball and provide a better understanding to the fans and teams about these rela…
AJAS · 2022
Engineering
Magnetically deflected ballistic mass (MBDM) describes a system in which a metal rotor, the mass in the system, is suspended (like a maglev train) inside of an evacuated sheath. The metal ro…