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 751–780
AJAS · 2019
Microbiology (inferred)
Antibiotic resistance in lung and gut chronic bacterial coinfections have significantly compromised patient recovery rates. Therefore, further mechanisms are needed to improve antibiotic sus…
AJAS · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines (inferred)
There has been a recent, worldwide interest in exploring the solar system and beyond, but progress has been held back by the slow rate of missions and the outdated technology used in land ro…
AJAS · 2019
Energy and Transport (inferred)
In this integrative research, two tunable plasmonic nanostructures were used to significantly increase the short circuit current output (Jsc), total current produced (A), maximum optical gen…
AJAS · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
Macrophages infiltrate the dorsal root ganglia (DRG) and the sciatic nerve (SN) distal to the site of injury after peripheral nerve axotomy. Injury induced expression of the chemokine CCL2 i…
AJAS · 2019
Biomedical Engineering (inferred)
Type 1 diabetes is diagnosed when there is little or no insulin produced by the beta cells in the pancreas; in type 2 diabetes tissue resistance against insulin is an important underlying pr…
AJAS · 2019
Behavioural and Social Sciences (inferred)
Thin ideal internalization, or the internalized belief that thinness is the ideal body type, is a risk and maintenance factor for eating disorder (ED) symptoms (Culbert et al., 2015). Howeve…
AJAS · 2019
To best protect urban estuaries, understanding how marsh life acclimates to increasing urbanization at the molecular level is critical. Urban runoff, a major product of urbanization, negativ…
AJAS · 2019
The acoustical reverberation of a room affects both music and speech. Therefore, developing quantitative methods to evaluate a room’s acoustics is valuable. The research conducted in this pr…
AJAS · 2019
According to the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Pancreatic Cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death and has a five-year survival rate of 8%.1 Previous resear…
AJAS · 2019
Asthma is a multicellular respiratory disorder characterized by the obstruction of the airway through mucus overproduction and inflammation. More than 334 million people are affected by asth…
AJAS · 2019
Environmental Engineering (inferred)
Heavy metal contamination in the environment, specifically in aquatic systems, has been a top concern for nearly 100 years. This heavy metal contamination is found at nearly every one of the…
AJAS · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology (inferred)
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are chemical compounds ubiquitous in the environment; many of which are known human and animal carcinogen. The purpose of this study was to investigat…
AJAS · 2019
Around the world, water pollution continues to be a prominent problem in wastewater. Contaminated water presents a major environmental and human health problem. The use of plants for the rem…
AJAS · 2019
To investigate learning under stress, Caenorhabditis elegans were conditioned to an environmental threat of vibrations applied to their culture plates. C. elegans are transparent soil-dwelli…
AJAS · 2019
Behavioural and Social Sciences (inferred)
Music develops a connection to the listener that is unique to that person. The listener then develops their own definition of music that best suits their life. This factor can be especially…
AJAS · 2019
As a leading cause of death in the United States, Alzheimer’s Disease affects millions of people each year. Alzheimer’s Disease is a direct result of protein aggregation, which is essentiall…
AJAS · 2019
The purpose of this project was to see how much Ultraviolet (UV) light exposure is required to kill bacteria cultures. I took 5 different bacteria that can either be found on menus or that c…
AJAS · 2019
Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) accounts for an annual 300,000 deaths worldwide. The proteins produced by this cancer allow it to continue through the cell cycle unchecked, rep…
AJAS · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
The objective of this study was to understand the effects of acetaminophen on Caenorhabditis elegans lifespan and fertility. The experiment was based off a study that assessed the effect of…
AJAS · 2019
Circadian rhythms exert broad control over the physiology and behavior of most organisms. These include intermediary metabolism, immune function, neuro-endocrine function, sleep-wake cycles,…
AJAS · 2019
The first observation of Xanthomonas vasicola pathovar vasculorum, commonly known as bacterial Leaf Streak being in the United States occurred in Nebraska. As of August 2016, was identified…
AJAS · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
The impact of insects provides the ecosystems they inhabit with numerous benefits that assist their communities. These insects provide an excellent source of instinct and an important charac…
AJAS · 2019
Behavioural and Social Sciences (inferred)
To test musicians’ multitasking ability compared to that of non-musicians, subjects were tested using a modified Six Elements Test. In this study, people who currently play one or more music…
AJAS · 2019
The purpose of this experiment was to investigate tangerine citric acid’s ability to function as an environmentally friendly pesticide. The d-limonene in tangerine peels is thought to be tox…
AJAS · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
Purpose: The purpose of this project is to 1) examine the leaching of heavy metals from fly ash concrete by testing water samples for metals (found in fly ash) from concrete that is frozen,…
AJAS · 2019
Chemistry (inferred)
Cotton balls were tested after being exposed to different substances. Combustion is when compounds combine with oxygen and produce heat. There are two types of combustion, complete and incom…
AJAS · 2019
Increasing lipid content in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Chlorella vulgaris, two green algae species, can increase the efficacy of algae as an alternative fuel source. The retinoblastoma (R…
AJAS · 2019
Permafrost, a layer of frozen soil under the Arctic surface, stores nutrients that are typically inaccessible to plants. As climate change warms the Arctic, the melting permafrost releases t…
AJAS · 2019
According to the US FDA, use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) has reached “an epidemic proportion.” Although they are marketed as a healthier alternative to traditional cigaret…
AJAS · 2019
Plastic is now the most common container material for bottled water. Concerns have been raised that plastic may not be safe for storing water because the plastics or additives to the plastic…