Breaking the Wall of Wave Power Inna Bravermann Engineering & Technology Breaking the Wall of Wave Power The company is pioneering in its sector by operating the only grid-connected wave energy array floaters in the world, which is operational under a Power Purchase Agreement in Gibraltar. Upon its expansion to 5MW, this project will supply up to 15% of the country’s electricity needs. The project generates clean… Watch Video Share
Engineering & Technology Breaking the Wall of Wave Power The company is pioneering in its sector by operating the only grid-connected wave energy array floaters in the world, which is operational under a Power Purchase Agreement in Gibraltar. Upon its expansion to 5MW, this project will supply up to 15% of the country’s electricity needs. The project generates clean… Watch Video Share
Power Asymmetries: Breaking the Wall of an Algorithm-Based Society David Stark Science Breakthrough of the Year Social Sciences & Humanities Power Asymmetries: Breaking the Wall of an Algorithm-Based Society Power Asymmetries: How big platforms change the organization of society Our society is increasingly defined by big platforms and their algorithms. Google is already an integral part of education and the workspace, while Facebook, Amazon and Spotify heavily influence how we communicate, what we buy and what music we listen… Watch Video Share
Science Breakthrough of the Year Social Sciences & Humanities Power Asymmetries: Breaking the Wall of an Algorithm-Based Society Power Asymmetries: How big platforms change the organization of society Our society is increasingly defined by big platforms and their algorithms. Google is already an integral part of education and the workspace, while Facebook, Amazon and Spotify heavily influence how we communicate, what we buy and what music we listen… Watch Video Share
Breaking the Wall of Off-Grid Water Treatment Tianqi Huang 2023 Emerging Talents Breaking the Wall of Off-Grid Water Treatment Tianqi Huang is addressing the unsustainable and energy-intensive methods of pond and lake water treatment by proposing the use of a PEM Ozone water generator in ecological restoration. This solution, demonstrated in projects in China, offers advantages in cost, energy consumption, and long-term sustainability compared to traditional methods like MBR… Watch Video Share
2023 Emerging Talents Breaking the Wall of Off-Grid Water Treatment Tianqi Huang is addressing the unsustainable and energy-intensive methods of pond and lake water treatment by proposing the use of a PEM Ozone water generator in ecological restoration. This solution, demonstrated in projects in China, offers advantages in cost, energy consumption, and long-term sustainability compared to traditional methods like MBR… Watch Video Share
AI Fairness 360 Kush Varshney 2022 Winner 2022 Winner | Science & Innovation Management Global Call Winner Science & Innovation Management AI Fairness 360 Kush R. Varshney is a distinguished research scientist and manager with IBM Research – T. J. Watson Research Center, where he leads the machine learning group in the Foundations of Trustworthy AI department. AI Fairness 360 is an extensible open-source toolkit designed to help data science practitioners examine, report, and… Watch Video Share
2022 Winner 2022 Winner | Science & Innovation Management Global Call Winner Science & Innovation Management AI Fairness 360 Kush R. Varshney is a distinguished research scientist and manager with IBM Research – T. J. Watson Research Center, where he leads the machine learning group in the Foundations of Trustworthy AI department. AI Fairness 360 is an extensible open-source toolkit designed to help data science practitioners examine, report, and… Watch Video Share
Breaking the Wall of Engagement in Prisons Science Engagement Breaking the Wall of Engagement in Prisons Cell Block Science (CBS) brings informal science learning to the learning centres of 6 Scottish prisons, and provides a platform for researchers to develop confidence and skills in engagement. Researchers, in collaboration with a project officer, develop and deliver individual sessions, and engagement between sessions is sustained through popular science… Watch Video Share
Science Engagement Breaking the Wall of Engagement in Prisons Cell Block Science (CBS) brings informal science learning to the learning centres of 6 Scottish prisons, and provides a platform for researchers to develop confidence and skills in engagement. Researchers, in collaboration with a project officer, develop and deliver individual sessions, and engagement between sessions is sustained through popular science… Watch Video Share
Breaking the Wall between Science and Arts and to Dementia France-Elena Damian Art & Science Breaking the Wall between Science and Arts and to Dementia “Du sollst den Wald nicht vor dem Hasen loben-You shall not praise the forest before the hare” is a thought-provoking, touching and oftentimes funny piece about forgetting, remembering, repression, and losing oneself; a play that questions what it means when a person drifts into dementia and there are no longer… Watch Video Share
Art & Science Breaking the Wall between Science and Arts and to Dementia “Du sollst den Wald nicht vor dem Hasen loben-You shall not praise the forest before the hare” is a thought-provoking, touching and oftentimes funny piece about forgetting, remembering, repression, and losing oneself; a play that questions what it means when a person drifts into dementia and there are no longer… Watch Video Share
Breaking the Wall of Global Energy Demand Meri Iskandaryan 2023 Emerging Talents Breaking the Wall of Global Energy Demand Meri Iskandaryan is tackling the global challenge of depleting energy reserves by proposing the use of fuel cell (FC) technology, specifically oxygen-tolerant Hydrogenases (Hyd) from non-pathogenic Ralstonia eutropha, for efficient conversion of chemical energy into electricity. Her innovative approach aims to develop sustainable and environmentally friendly energy systems, incorporating enzymatic… Watch Video Share
2023 Emerging Talents Breaking the Wall of Global Energy Demand Meri Iskandaryan is tackling the global challenge of depleting energy reserves by proposing the use of fuel cell (FC) technology, specifically oxygen-tolerant Hydrogenases (Hyd) from non-pathogenic Ralstonia eutropha, for efficient conversion of chemical energy into electricity. Her innovative approach aims to develop sustainable and environmentally friendly energy systems, incorporating enzymatic… Watch Video Share
Breaking the Wall of Pluripotent Stem Cells Pierre Schembri-Wismayer Ila Tewari Jasra Life Sciences Breaking the Wall of Pluripotent Stem Cells The nominating institute University of Malta on the breakthrough: Schembri-Wismayer and Jasra’s method for rapidly producing pluripotent stem cells uses small-molecule inducers without a feeder layer, resulting in reduced risk and much greater clinical use potential. This is a major improvement over other methods currently on the market. Safe and… Watch Video Share
Life Sciences Breaking the Wall of Pluripotent Stem Cells The nominating institute University of Malta on the breakthrough: Schembri-Wismayer and Jasra’s method for rapidly producing pluripotent stem cells uses small-molecule inducers without a feeder layer, resulting in reduced risk and much greater clinical use potential. This is a major improvement over other methods currently on the market. Safe and… Watch Video Share
Breaking the Wall of Ignorosphere: The Dune Aurora Minna Palmroth Physical Sciences Breaking the Wall of Ignorosphere: The Dune Aurora Together with Finnish amateur photographers, Prof. Palmroth and her team discovered a new type of aurora, named the dunes. The dunes present a new opportunity to investigate ignorosphere, a layer of upper atmosphere that is notoriously difficult to observe. The team published a high impact paper linking the dunes to… Watch Video Share
Physical Sciences Breaking the Wall of Ignorosphere: The Dune Aurora Together with Finnish amateur photographers, Prof. Palmroth and her team discovered a new type of aurora, named the dunes. The dunes present a new opportunity to investigate ignorosphere, a layer of upper atmosphere that is notoriously difficult to observe. The team published a high impact paper linking the dunes to… Watch Video Share
Treating Fibrotic Skin Diseases: Breaking the Wall of Skin Diagnostics Bettina Müller 2022 2022 Winner 2022 Winner | Emerging Talents Emerging Talents Treating Fibrotic Skin Diseases: Breaking the Wall of Skin Diagnostics Bettina Müller and her team are tackling fibrotic skin diseases by proposing the use of a non-invasive objective mechanical device that allows for a comparison between diseased tissue and a healthy counter measurement with immediate information about the degree of difference. Watch Video Share
2022 2022 Winner 2022 Winner | Emerging Talents Emerging Talents Treating Fibrotic Skin Diseases: Breaking the Wall of Skin Diagnostics Bettina Müller and her team are tackling fibrotic skin diseases by proposing the use of a non-invasive objective mechanical device that allows for a comparison between diseased tissue and a healthy counter measurement with immediate information about the degree of difference. Watch Video Share