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In the global North, discussions of climate change often carry an undercurrent of fear in terms of anxiety around an “inundation” of rich countries by so-called climate refugees. At the same time, much of the discourse is based on finding financial solutions to the vulnerabilities exposed by climate change, leading…

The nominating institution DWIH on the breakthrough: The Innovative Research in Small Companies program conducted by the São Paulo Research Foundation is Brazil’s largest innovation program. It has funded over 2,500 research projects in over 1,500 different companies. It employs a rigorous selection process that seeks to find a combination…

The nominating institution Heidelberg Univerity on the breakthrough: The second catalogue of Gaia has let to a revolution on astronomy. Gaia’s astrometric measurements with microarcsecond accuracies, supplemented by high-precision photometry has changed our understanding of the evolution of our Milky Way. Practically all fields of astronomy have profited from the…

Massively Multiplayer Online Science (MMOS) connects scientific research and video games as a seamless gaming experience. Players are invited to solve crowd-sourced research tasks integrated in video games, thus contributing to real-world scientific research. Projects include a mini-game where participants helped researchers understand the coronavirus by classifying cell populations. Another…

In this Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation with Mark Ferguson, digital participants had the chance to discuss and ask questions. The interview series provided an intense personal atmosphere, in which high-level guests, speakers and panelists of the Falling Walls Science Summit 2021 focused on their individual research, career paths and experiences.…

A wearable, connected device that measures muscle activation data and outputs actionable data for personalized, diagnostic decision-making.

Science in dance’ is a 60′ long format designed to promote science-people interaction through dance. The audience is introduced by a storyteller to the science underlying the dance. The choreographer starts the casting randomly picking-up performers from the public; then she/he teaches them easy-to-learn movements and set up basic scenography…

With increasing erratic rainfall patterns, droughts, overuse of irrigation water, degraded soils & non-productive soils, Daniela Inführ suggests using biohydrogel to protect plants from droughts and save 40% of irrigation water.

The VR app makes you see what normally is invisible: Various encounters and situations of employees coming from migration or prejudiced backgrounds experience every day. The VR user encounters these people face-to-face, allowing for an immediate experience of their stories. The project is a result of an interdisciplinary team: Esther…

PRESENTED BY Luca Stevanato NOMINATED BY University of Padova Tags: Ag Tech, Earth Observation, Water Sensing