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Tomislav Stolar is addressing the pervasive issue of plastic pollution and the limited recycling of single-use plastics by developing a sustainable technology for chemical recycling, which aims to achieve a circular plastics economy. This innovative approach, using an ancient grinding technique, not only contributes to environmental preservation but also aligns…

PRESENTED BY Asaf Toker NOMINATED BY Tel Aviv University Tags: Tissue Engineering

In a novel approach to empower citizens to contribute to scientific research and close the linkages between science and society, we crowdsourced research questions from patients as well as their relatives and caretakers in the fields of mental health and traumatology. In both projects, crowd members provided more than 1000…

The nominating institution Sophya on the breakthrough: The ENTIRE world is dearly missing the organic, face-to-face, synchronous interaction that was life before coronavirus. Today, schools, companies, teams, startups, and even families feel socially disconnected, isolated, lonely, and unproductive. Sophya solves these problems by combining breakthrough ‘social’ technology with the right…

I study the development of scientific knowledge–particularly in the earth and environmental sciences–as well as the political, social, and cultural obstacles to the development and dissemination of scientific knowledge. I am interested in both how knowledge is produced and how ignorance is sustained. It’s a “core idea” because it we…

The Implications of AI for Science – Falling Walls Circle Plenary Table 2023 Artificial Intelligence (AI) has long proven valuable in research and science. Recent technological developments promise to dramatically increase scientific output and assist humanity in addressing important global concerns ranging from climate change to developing epidemics. Simultaneously, new…

Superheroes against Superbugs (SaS) initiative partners with young children to raise awareness of antibiotic resistance (ABR; a subset of Antimicrobial resistance or AMR) to promote community dialogue and action. The program uses Grassroots comics, a simple, cost-effective engagement tool that enables children, irrespective of their artistic skills, to develop their…

Background and Aim In Japan, it has been noted that interest in science declines as the school year progresses. According to the 2019 TIMSS results, the percentage of elementary and middle school students who say “studying science is fun” declined as they reached middle school, falling below the international average…

The nominating institute CERN on the project: Tello is coordinator of the EU-funded initiative ATTRACT,  which creates breakthrough innovations in detection and imaging. It’s a novel co-innovation scheme that engages research infrastructures, industry, private investors and students in entrepreneurship, using the principles of open innovation and cascade funding.

To put the Solar System’s terrestrial planets in context, the detection and characterization of low-mass exoplanets is important but challenging. The Dispersed Matter Planet Project targets stars with anomalously low Ca II H and K chromospheric emission, indicative of circumstellar absorbing gas. Tags: Space & the Universe