Arthur I. Miller

CIFAR takes a long-term view to support leading-edge internationally collaborative research for global impact. CIFAR brings together outstanding researchers from across disciplines and borders to identify and address some of the world’s most intractable challenges. CIFAR believes research focused on critical issues that leverages the best scholars, without being constrained…

Future Computing – Magic Wand for Innovation or Threat to Humanity? Falling Walls Circle Tables are lending the spotlight to world-leading scientists, science strategists and policy-makers from academia, business and politics discuss how we can apply science, research and innovation to get the world moving again. From the rise of…

In a project funded by the Federal Foreign Office, our students designed a collection of board games. Each game transforms a different aspect of politics into a board game. All board games are available as Print-and-Play PDF versions, all source files are available under a Creative Commons license, for easy…

Given the limitations of existing tools in collecting a sample of microbiota from the gut, Muhammad Rehan came up with the idea of developing a robotic capsule, a game-changer in gut health analysis.

How Novel Methods in Neuroscience Open up New Horizons in Research and Therapy Beginning ten years ago, Karl Deisseroth and several of his students developed the most disruptive technology neuroscience had seen in a long time. Optogenetics is a method to control single kinds of brain cells with a light-triggered…

The nominating institution EagleBurgmann on the breakthrough: With two product innovations a significant source of direct natural gas emission at gas compression can be eliminated: Leakage of the shaft seals and venting of the casings of centrifugal compressors. The saving potential sums up to more than 20 million t/a CO2e…

Bintimaji and the Ocean is a project that creates awareness on plastic ocean pollution. The 3 min animation is a pilot program for the project that involve showcasing this animation to school children and extends to the coastal regions where we will collaborate with schools and conservation clubs to screen…

Anthea Wirges is addressing the limitations of durable Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cell therapies in hematological malignancies, which suffer from relapses and resistances despite impressive initial response rates. Her solution involves the creation of novel CAR T cells targeting a unique antigen and employing a distinct mode of action…

While we know from astrophysical observations that dark matter exists, its nature remains a mystery and its detection in the laboratory would be a major breakthrough. While the discovery of dark matter is still outstanding, in 2019 the experiment observed the decay of Xenon-124 atoms for the first time, with…

Banana-based biodegradable sanitary pads can combat the waste problem of sanitary pads by utilizing banana plant and leaf extract betel.