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 631–660
AJAS · 2020
Energy and Transport (inferred)
Fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas) play a dominant role in current global energy systems. Fossil fuel energy had been the fundamental driving force for our technological advancements. Although fo…
AJAS · 2020
The impending depletion of nonrenewable energy sources has resulted in worldwide research for more productive renewable resources. Biofuels are an emerging source of energy that utilize the…
AJAS · 2020
Protein malnutrition, a condition arising, in part, from inadequate intake of protein, largely affects children living in developing nations. Childhood protein malnutrition may cause lifelon…
AJAS · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
Diabetes is a disease that can require the hormone insulin to be prescribed as a treatment, resulting in inconvenience and possible deleterious conditions for patients due to the drug’s inje…
AJAS · 2020
Cannabidiol (CBD) oil, is a substance whose use and popularity has increased significantly, as it has become a $270 million industry within the last few years. Despite the popularity of CBD…
AJAS · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
Lifelong ingestion of glucose has been proven to significantly shorten lifespan in C. elegans, a worm with an evolutionarily conserved insulin signaling pathway, similar to that of humans. T…
AJAS · 2020
The purpose of this experiment was to observe the effects of different types of microplastic particles on the growth and health of the Ficus religiosa (Bodhi) tree. It was hypothesized that,…
AJAS · 2020
Plant Sciences (inferred)
Free radicals, or atoms with unpaired electrons, pose biological threats to all organisms. Oxidative stress, a result of an overabundance of free radicals, can lead to consequences such as D…
AJAS · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
The use of antidepressants during pregnancy is estimated at 15% of the pregnant population in the United States. The most widely-prescribed antidepressants for pregnant women are called sele…
AJAS · 2020
We studied the potential teratogenic effects of popular chemical sunscreens. Teratogens are substances that can harm the development of a fetus. The embryos of the common chicken Gallus gall…
AJAS · 2020
Plant Sciences (inferred)
This experiment examines the genetic diversity of showy lady’s slippers (Cypripedium reginae) growing in the wild in a fen in Strafford, Vermont. Cyp. reginae is a critically endangered lady…
AJAS · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
E-cigarettes/vapes have become popular in the past decade due partly to marketing as alternatives to traditional cigarettes. Flavor varieties and availability have made them popular and they…
AJAS · 2020
Polystyrene currently cannot be decomposed by disposal in landfills or recycled in commercial plants because of its complex molecular structure. Annually, humans throw away over 21 million t…
AJAS · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that is thought to affect mood in humans. A common class of prescription drugs used to treat symptoms of depression are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor…
AJAS · 2020
The epigenetic response is recognized as an important component in growth and adaptation across species. The Arctic tree line is the largest transitional ecotone in the world and a site of w…
AJAS · 2020
Materials Science and Engineering (inferred)
This work discusses a novel method to deposit thin films of a liquid metal, eutectic gallium‐indium (EGaIn), on a copper substrate through electrophoretic deposition (EPD). The EPD procedure…
AJAS · 2020
Nanoparticles, ranging in size from 1-100 nanometers, are potentially toxic to animals. Aluminum oxide nanoparticles (Al2O3 NPs) have been linked to brain inflammation and dopaminergic neuro…
AJAS · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
It is evident that Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts (CAFs) are key regulators of the immune system to assist the tumor in immune evasion, however, little research has been conducted on the mech…
AJAS · 2020
In many prokaryotes, the genetic locus termed clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and the CRISPR-associated (Cas) genes encode RNA-guided nucleic acid recognit…
AJAS · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
Currently, over 415 million people worldwide have diabetes and within that population, 90% - 95% have type 2 diabetes; increasingly more children and young adults are also developing it. The…
AJAS · 2020
Environmental Engineering (inferred)
Serenity Haynes Central Lee High School 2063 Highway 218 Donnellson, Iowa Using Bacteria and Protozoa as Bioremediation Method to Clean up Organic Pollutants The purpose of this project was…
AJAS · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
As technology progresses, so does the amount of data collected on the world. Each year the amount of data created continues to grow, both from within the scientific community and from the wo…
AJAS · 2020
Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading international cause of morbidity and mortality. The neurologic outcome of TBI is significantly influenced by the cellular and molecular…
AJAS · 2020
USING MACHINE LEARNING AND RADIOMICS TEXTURE FEATURES TO PREDICT RESPONSE OF ADENOCARCINOMA PATIENTS TO PEMETREXED CHEMOTHERAPY Jessica Chang, [email protected], Pranjal Vaidya, pranjal.vaidy…
AJAS · 2020
Robotics and Intelligent Machines (inferred)
C. elegans worms are a very powerful model organism for conducting research: they are easy to cultivate, have consistent life cycles, and their genome has been fully mapped. As a result, the…
AJAS · 2020
Plant Sciences (inferred)
As Earth’s climate continues to rapidly change, many staple crop plants, especially rice, are becoming extremely vulnerable to rising sea levels and pressure on freshwater reserves. With ara…
AJAS · 2019
Due to massive labor shortages caused by a lack of immigrants coming to the US to harvest crops, farm owners are reporting rapidly increasing food production prices. Food insecure low-income…
AJAS · 2019
BACKGROUND: The Zika virus (ZIKV) is a rapidly spreading mosquito-borne viral illness that is causing global concern due to severe complications such as congenital malformations (microcephal…
AJAS · 2019
Energy and Transport (inferred)
When a bicycle is connected to the back of a car with a bike rack, the bicycle’s wheels spin while the car is in motion due to the wind coming over and around the car. This accessible mechan…
AJAS · 2019
Biomedical Engineering (inferred)
More than 20 million Americans suffer from peripheral neuropathy, a disease that degrades both motor and sensory nerve control. This makes it almost impossible to perform vital daily tasks s…