by Ronan

The Oil Eater is an invention that cleans up oil spills in the ocean with imaginative technology. Ronan explains what it does, how it works, and why this issue matters.

In collaboration with Little Inventors

by Ella Rose

Ella Rose invented the Garbage Scooper as an innovative and powerful way to rid the ocean of trash that harms marine environments. She explains what it does, how it works, and why this issue matters.

In collaboration with Little Inventors

by Muhammad Z. Bharwani

Denial of Service (DoS) attacks work by sending large amounts of useless information to a computer. Due to internet access being so crucial, I decided to try and figure out how I can prevent, or mitigate the effects of, Denial of Service attacks. These attacks render computers unable to operate. The solution found was to mask the IP address of one’s computer.

by Gurveen Bains

On TV, you might see police investigators spraying a liquid that glows the colour blue if there is blood present at the crime scene. The chemical luminol causes the glowing. I am going to investigate if the temperature of a room will make this fascinating molecule change its chemical reaction.

by Natasha Bardetscher

Endurance athletes typically develop a very high VO2 max through training compared to nonendurance athletes. Training accounts for an average VO2 max improvement of 14% amongst athletes (Keller et al., 2010). Previous studies have indicated that VO2 max is also heavily influenced by genetics. Many studies that examine the genetic basis of VO2 max fail to consider all the relevant genes together. This paper aims to combine this information and determine whether one gene is the most significant for endurance athletes looking to improve their VO2 max.

by Andrew Pun

Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer worldwide. In order to increase the chances of survival, doctors must accurately diagnose skin cancers such as melanoma early so that they do not spread to other parts of the body. There are a few innovations that can help this process. developed an artificial intelligence model to recognize several types of skin lesions from images. Then I created a 3D-printed device that allows smartphone cameras to take a picture of skin lesions using polarized light, and used it to obtain pictures of skin lesions both with and without polarization.

by Victoria Rooks

Worms don't get the respect they deserve! These tiny organisms are the hardest working creatures around, tilling the soil day and night. As I discovered while preparing this project, earthworms are critical players in the environmental food web found within the soil. Along with bacteria, fungi, other kinds of worms, and insects, the earthworms are part of an intricate web of decomposers that maintain the soil and help each other survive. In this study, I investigate whether the diet of an earthworm affects the pH of the soil.

by Maitri Shah

Biological aging is measured by the amount of changes that have occurred at a cellular level in the body, making a person more susceptible to diseases and infections. This form of aging is dependent on an organism’s development and the accumulation of senescent cells in vital tissues of the body. Geroscience is the study of biological aging and age-related diseases. Its goal is to determine methods of slowing down the process of deterioration due to aging. The purpose of this project is to determine whether various potential geroprotectors, especially those that are natural, are successful in delaying plant cellular senescence.