How Polar Exploration Propels Climate Research To New Levels Over the past years international teams of scientists have been undertaking fundamental on-the-ground research in the planet’s polar regions to document the changes that are occurring and gain a better understanding of global climate change. A recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…

Challenge-Based Learning: The project inspires young people to step out of classroom and explore their purpose in the world. Wandering Challenge designs for 3 students to form a team, challenge themselves to complete 30 missions within 3 weeks. The challenge encourages them to step out of school, make the city…

The Future of Online Management Education (FOME) alliance is a group of like-minded business schools with collaborating on strategic, international online initiatives. The FOME alliance responds to the following challenges: how can business schools collaboratively respond to the new market demand for accessible, flexible, high-quality online education; and how can…

Presented by: Dana Kralisch JeNaCell produces pads made of nanocellulose for the after-treatment of dermal injuries and for dermatological treatments. These pads are completely sterile, have a unique high water level and offer a constant cooling. Based on biotechnologically derived cellulose, the pads are skin-friendly and soft, can be peeled…

The constant growth of our population, finite resources, and a linear flow of materials as we know it, are no longer compatible. Looking ahead, the human approach of take, make, and dispose must be replaced by a circular one, and science and entrepreneurship can help. In this Falling Walls Circle,…

How Materials Science Heralds A New Class Of Technologies  Future generations may well refer to our current times as ‘the silicon age’. Silicon forms the core of the electronics that enable much of our way of life, not just computers and mobile phones but also in areas such as communication…

Ambrish Kumar is tackling the high cost of green hydrogen, currently at $5/kg, by introducing advanced nanotech electrolyzers with top-tier electrical efficiency. These compact electrolyzers significantly reduce operational costs and plant footprint, promoting the adoption of green hydrogen and aligning with UN SDGs and net-zero goals.

Nominated by: Shikma Litmanovitz, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Presented by: Doron Tamir

Asteria Tsapadikou has designed a synthetic biosensor that detects gut metabolites, which serve as an indicator for the functional evaluation of the GI tract and tackles gastrointestinal disorders by engineering a live biotherapeutic supplement.

Yue Yuan is tackling the limitations in advanced electronic circuits using 2D materials by introducing a groundbreaking fabrication technique. By transferring multilayer hexagonal boron nitride onto silicon microchips, Yue Yuan achieves high-integration-density 2D-CMOS hybrid microchips for memristive applications, representing a notable advance in performance and technology readiness.