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 931–960
AJAS · 2017
Background: Viral upper respiratory tract infections are responsible for complications of substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide costing over $100 billion each year. Available treatme…
AJAS · 2017
Solid carbon dioxide, or dry ice, is plentiful on the surface of Mars, accumulating in vast deposits near the poles and undergoing a cycle comparable to water’s on Earth. Because such quanti…
AJAS · 2017
The purpose of this study was to assess the level of sulfur dioxide pollution in Central Park using lichens as index organisms. It was hypothesized that there would be differences in the typ…
AJAS · 2017
Microbiology (inferred)
Antibiotics have been heralded as some of the greatest scientific discoveries of all times. Despite their success in preventing and treating bacterial infectious diseases in recent years the…
AJAS · 2017
The prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia is currently a worldwide threat to the health and financial sectors. Dementia is an overarching category of diseases which i…
AJAS · 2017
AbstractPlastic is a material that is used to great extent. Most plastics that are commercially used today are petroleum based, meaning that they can take more than a century to degrade. Not…
AJAS · 2017
Biomedical Engineering (inferred)
Asthma – a chronic lung disease that temporarily inflames and narrows the oxygen-carrying airways – is a common illness that affects 235 million people worldwide. Pressurized metered-dose in…
AJAS · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
The objective of this project was to create a phenology model by analyzing known vegetation pixels, to extract key transition dates from each year’s phenological data, and to compare them to…
AJAS · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
The FERM domain protein, merlin, encoded by the NF2 tumor suppressor gene, regulates cell proliferation and plays a critical role in cell adhesion and motility while its loss can result in c…
AJAS · 2017
Behavioural and Social Sciences (inferred)
Binge eating (BE) is a difficult-to-treat behavior with high relapse rates, thus complicating several disorders including obesity. Studies trying to better understand eating disorders includ…
AJAS · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
Glioblastoma tumors are the most common type in the brain and have shown to be difficult to treat. The current chemotherapeutic treatment is the drug temozolomide (TMZ); however, research ha…
AJAS · 2017
Embedded Systems (inferred)
There are many methods to send electronic signals, including by wire, radio, light, infra-red light, and audible sound waves. Ultrasound consists of sound waves that are of frequencies above…
AJAS · 2017
Studies have shown that high-, low-, and non-fat dairy may potentially act as driving factors in varying fertility rates. Given the escalating difficulty of American women to conceive health…
AJAS · 2017
Betulin is a natural compound present in the bark of birch trees, which are abundant in North America. Betulin has been shown and recognized by the National Cancer Institute as having promis…
AJAS · 2017
In recent years, non-genetically modified or organic products derived from common grains have been adulterated or contaminated with similar but cheaper genetically modified (GMO) or lower qu…
AJAS · 2017
Physics and Astronomy (inferred)
The presence of extrasolar planets (“exoplanets”) is commonly deduced via the stellar magnitude method of observation in which a time-series of images records the temporary reduction in magn…
AJAS · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
The purpose of this research was to determine the effects of titanium dioxide (TiO2) on the overall health of aquatic organisms, and to compare the ecotoxicity of various particle sizes. TiO…
AJAS · 2017
The world needs an energy source that can replace nonrenewable fossil fuels, which release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. We explored the production of ethanol from switchgrass, a Nor…
AJAS · 2017
Engineering (inferred)
The problem of excessive exposure to aircraft noise has persisted since the dawn of aviation. The Federal Aviation Administration’s regulations thus require airplanes to make detours in orde…
AJAS · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
The purpose of my research is to develop a numerical box model that can be used to calculate the concentration of algae (as chlorophyll) in a well-mixed, closed water body system. This metho…
AJAS · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a severe autoimmune disease that affects the colon and impacts nearly 700,000 Americans annually. Current treatments including approved pharmaceuticals and colecto…
AJAS · 2017
Methyltransferase-like 3 (METTL3) is an enzyme associated with mRNA stability and regulation of translation through N⁶-methyladenosine (m⁶A) modification. METTL3 has been implicated in cance…
AJAS · 2017
Similar symptoms between schizophrenia (Scz) and bipolar disorder (BPI) result in difficulty distinguishing between these mental illnesses. Sensory gating and eye blink rate are potential ob…
AJAS · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
Abstract More than 68.8% of adults are considered to be overweight or obese, with more than 9% of Americans being diabetic (and the majority of these suffering from T2D). Metabolic diseases,…
AJAS · 2017
Glyphosate is an herbicide commonly used as the active ingredient in agricultural products such as Roundup™. The EPA states that glyphosate has a low acute toxicity on humans and wildlife. C…
AJAS · 2017
The purpose of this experiment was to determine which chemical, ammonium nitrate or urea, in water produces the lowest temperature for use as a cold compress. Research led to the hypothesis:…
AJAS · 2017
This project was designed to examine the potential desensitization of insects to DEET, the most commonly used insect repellent, and to determine whether essential oils may be comparatively e…
AJAS · 2017
Plant Sciences (inferred)
Farmers around the world use glyphosate based herbicides (GBH) in order to improve their crop yields. Since 1974, over 1.6 billion kilograms of glyphosate have been used in the USA. Glyphosa…
AJAS · 2017
Plant Sciences (inferred)
Cypripedium reginae, commonly known as the showy lady’s slipper, is a terrestrial orchid that is critically endangered in northern New England. In an effort to help prevent this plant’s exti…
AJAS · 2017
Plant Sciences (inferred)
Horticultural charcoal (biochar) is a common soil amendment used by home gardeners. Biochar is believed to moisturize and enrich soil, allowing for healthier plants and larger crop yields. T…