Join us for the Young Scientists Journal Conference 2024 at The King's School, Canterbury. Empower tomorrow's scientists today. Young Scientists Journal CONFERENCE 2025 More Information Coming Soon. 2024 Annual conference The Young Scientists Journal's annual conference is a platform for young minds to showcase their diverse studies, from Biology to Psychology, Maths to Geology. The event features illuminating lectures by world-leading scientists, inspiring the next generation. Held at the historic King's School, the conference fosters a spirit of inquiry, collaboration, and curiosity, providing a space for young minds to flourish. Tomorrow's scientists, today Relive the action via our YouTube Livestream. Click Here! *Please note that the final panel session has no audio due to technical difficulties. Rewatch The Livestream: 2024 Poster Competition (Now Closed) Just like our last 10 years of conferences, students aged 12-20 will have the opportunity to submit their original research projects in poster form. All posters submitted will be printed in-house and go on display at our conference. There is no need to bring your poster with you if you are unable to! All those who submit are welcomed to book their free ticket using the event page above. Judges will be walking around looking at posters so it is in your best interest to be there to answer any questions or submit a video presentation of your poster to maximise your chances of a prize. Prizes Available: Certificate from the Young Scientists Journal Publication on the Young Scientists Journal Website STEM Books (courtesy of the Butrous Foundation) DEADLINE: 1st NOVEMBER 2024 Needing Some Inspiration? Take a look at the entry of a previous finalist!

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Arsh Mishra (1) (1) The Doon School, Dehradun Heavy metal water source contamination is an emerging ecological and public health issue because of rising industrial effluent, municipal refuse, and agricultural runoff. Traditionally employed remediation techniques are costly and generate chemical residues, so there has been a drive for finding sustainable and cost-saving remedies. Phytoremediation, or the employment of plants for contaminant removal and immobilisation, is an attractive option. This study examines the phytoremediation potential of Eichhornia crassipes, or Water Hyacinth, a notorious hyperaccumulator plant, in decreasing dissolved levels of calcium (Ca²⁺), iron (Fe²⁺), and lead (Pb²⁺) from artificially contaminated water samples for eight days. 12 plants were utilised in three sets of four plants each, and each set was subjected to one of the metal salts. Each of the plants was placed in a 3-litre water container. Initially, there was a 250 ppm concentration of each salt. One plant per batch was sampled, and titration was carried out every two days to examine metal ion content under laboratory conditions. EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) titration was the method used exclusively for determining the concentration of metal ions. Eriochrome Black T pH 10 was an indicator employed in titrating calcium, whereas Xylenol Orange pH 5 was employed in titrating iron and lead content. The outcome of the titration indicated that the concentrations of all three metal ions reduced consistently and considerably with respect to time. The initial concentrations of the three metal ions were 250 ppm. However, the titration capacity of lead dropped to 1.5 mL or 124 ppm, iron to 2.6 mL or 58 ppm, and calcium to 1.4 mL or 22 ppm, which shows a final overall drop of about 50%, 77%, and 91%, respectively, in the three samples. The control samples (3-litre salt solutions without the plant) showed negligible change, proving that the decrease came about through uptake by Eichhornia crassipes. These findings verify the potential phytoremediation capacity of water hyacinth and indicate its viability as a low-cost and environmentally friendly treatment for heavy metal ion stripping from dirty water. Relying entirely on EDTA titration—a low-cost, eco-compatible chemical technique—this study provides direct evidence of metal accumulation and presents a practical path to environmentally benign water treatment technologies, especially in less developed environments. Keywords: Phytoremediation, Eichhornia crassipes (Water Hyacinth), Hyperaccumulator, Water contamination / Wastewater treatment Article Type: Original Research

We are glad to announce that Isabella has won the annual YSJ Poster competition. Read a bit more about her and see her poster below! My name is Isabella Furness and I’m a 6th form student at Denstone College. I study Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics at A level and my ambition is to study Medicine at University and to become a doctor. I was first fascinated by graphene and its “wonder” properties when I was 12. My particular interest is in the applications of graphene and graphene-based materials in medicine, which has consequently inspired my project. I was interested to investigate if graphene/graphite has stain reduction properties which could be researched further and potentially applied in medicine/dentistry. Congratulations!