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 871–900
AJAS · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
The purpose of our experiment was to use the information and core samples we had to impact the ongoing discussion of what caused the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) that happened aro…
AJAS · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
Hyperthyroidism, a dangerous disease caused by the over activity of the Thyroid gland, severely weakens the body’s metabolism and leads to stroke, heart failure, and other life-threatening d…
AJAS · 2018
The symbiotic relationship between copepods belonging to the family Porcellidiidae and their hermit crab hosts has not been studied in the eastern Pacific. To better understand the ecology o…
AJAS · 2018
Plant Sciences (inferred)
As urbanization often proceeds uncontrolled and unsupervised, organisms in nearby waterways are especially vulnerable to the effects of sewage, waste, and chemical contamination. Recent repo…
AJAS · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
Inhibitors of multixenobiotic resistance (MXR), a mechanism that protects aquatic organisms from pollutants, pose a danger to biological and ecological health. Inhibitors target individual p…
AJAS · 2018
Today, G-quadruplexes are an active research area because of their potential as an anticancer method. Using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS), the aim of this research was to prove…
AJAS · 2018
A lingering question in the field of laser science is how does light carrying spin and orbital angular momentum interact with quasi particles in solid states systems? In magnetic crystals th…
AJAS · 2018
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a deadly disease. Half of all sufferers die within 2 years of diagnosis, and 14 out of 15 will die within 10 years. In patients, ALS interferes with co…
AJAS · 2018
Energy and Transport (inferred)
The current method of wastewater treatment generates 8 million tons of sludge every year. Sludge requires up to 60% of the energy use in wastewater treatment plants to treat before it can be…
AJAS · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
Human activities have led to an unprecedented loss of freshwater species, thereby impairing ecosystem function. Novel analyses are necessary to create conservation strategies. For example, G…
AJAS · 2018
When a classical, ideal thermodynamic system is driven from equilibrium, it tends towards maximal entropy, described by the Boltzmann distribution. However, the probability distribution of a…
AJAS · 2018
Adjustments in temperature are a prominent environmental stimulus to many organisms and affect the life processes of almost all organisms. Environmental temperatures that diverge from optima…
AJAS · 2018
Chemistry (inferred)
The overarching goal of this project is to synthesize effective, multicomponent anti-cancer compounds by coupling derivatives of boron and natural products. Benzoboroxoles, (cyclic boronic a…
AJAS · 2018
Microbiology (inferred)
The wax moth larvae, Galleria mellonella, is an emerging method for in vivo testing turned to by many, as it is becoming less and less acceptable to perform experiments on animals with verte…
AJAS · 2018
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (inferred)
Epilepsy is a chronic brain disorder affecting 1% of the population worldwide. Its primary symptoms, seizures, occur without warning and can often be dangerous. Epilepsy is diagnosed with th…
AJAS · 2018
Biomedical Engineering (inferred)
Traumatic brain injury is attributed to the violent movement the head and brain incur during a collision. By reducing the speed at which the head moves through changing the energy from the h…
AJAS · 2018
Plant Sciences (inferred)
This project was conducted to determine the effect of an Odocoileus virginianus carcass on an ecosystem. It was predicted that the carcass would increase the animal presence, compared to an…
AJAS · 2018
The purpose of this experiment was to study the effects of various concentrations of caffeine on the growth of Wisconsin Fast Plants. Five different caffeinated liquids were compared in the…
AJAS · 2018
Animal Sciences (inferred)
The purpose of this project was to learn if the herbicide glyphosate negatively impacts the navigational abilities of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera). It was hypothesized that if hone…
AJAS · 2018
Behavioural and Social Sciences (inferred)
Masahiro Mori’s Uncanny Valley is the notion that as robots appear more human like, humans will find them more like-able until they reach a spot where they turn unsettling. This dip in likab…
AJAS · 2018
Microbiology (inferred)
Benzoic acid is a common phenolic phytochemical found in the natural environment. This phenol has been found to increase the susceptibility of resistant microbes, making it more feasible to…
AJAS · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
Because of global climate change that is occurring, this study was conducted to see how temperature affects an aquatic organism, Daphnia magna. It was predicted that temperature would have a…
AJAS · 2018
The goal of this study is to determine how temperature epigenetically affects the developmental time and survival rates of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans). It is posited tha…
AJAS · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
The phytoplankton Emiliania huxleyi is known to produce long chain methyl and ethyl unsaturated ketones, also known as alkenones. Because of the global distribution of Emiliania huxleyi and…
AJAS · 2018
Plant Sciences (inferred)
The purpose of this research was to study the effects of phytohormones, specifically the auxin 1-Naphthaleneacetic acid and the cytokinin 6-Benzylaminopurine, on their ability to inhibit the…
AJAS · 2018
Microbiology (inferred)
The question tested in this experiment is “How will the essential oils of basil and oregano affect the growth of Xanthomonas vasicola pathovar vasculorum?”. Bacterial Leaf Streak is caused b…
AJAS · 2018
Plant Sciences (inferred)
Abiotic stresses such as drought, salt, and high temperatures cause significant losses in agricultural productivity worldwide. Global climate change will lead to an increased frequency of ex…
AJAS · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
Many smokers believe the concept that e-cigarettes are a healthy alternative for the otherwise prejudicial cigarettes. Although they are not as harsh as traditional cigarettes, these perilou…
AJAS · 2018
The body maintains an internal clock called the circadian system that is controlled by the pineal gland, located in the center of the brain. The pineal gland gets its information from photor…
AJAS · 2018
This investigation tested the unknown effects of overdosing on over-the- counter medications. In this experiment, flies were put into four different kinds of cultures: control and cultures t…