Nadja Pahl

PRESENTED BY Robert Brüll NOMINATED BY RWTH Aachen University Tags: Composites, Glass Fibre

We developed a catheter delivery system based on a balloon catheter with integrated microneedles on top of it, enabling localized delivery of therapeutics into targeted blood vessel walls. Tags: Bio-Tech, Engineering, Med-Tech, Mobile Health.

Starting in Ghana, Bright Tetteh Kwao’s project aims to save rice and sorghum yield in West Africa, which will put more money into farmers pockets and bring more food to the market for consumers.

The project is included within the regeneration program of the entire Central Park of Mazatlán. The project will offer the complete experience of the marine ecosystems of the Sea of ​​Cortez, as well as the terrestrial ones of its shores. Around and inside the building nature lives alive and growing,…

Coronalogy is a 40-day long exercise undertaken by a group of communicators to introduce one topic related to COVID-19 pandemic per day, during the initial days of nationwide lockdown in India. One topic was chosen per day and was introduced in a 150-word long article. This article was published in…

Following the tracks of ancient civilizations, Jawaad Issoop’s project democratizes building as the solution uses the material that is excavated, and the system allows anyone to build to their own convenience.

Planckton is a scientific written and video blog. The goal is to simplify, popularize and explain various scientific topics that are hard to understand for your average person. We focus on more complex topics and new advances in science which are hardly covered by any popular media.   Tags: Citizen…

How Micro- and Optoelectronics Lead to Transparent and Paper Transistors If you are happy that your mobile phone does not weigh 1 kilogram and cost $4000 like the first handheld model from 1973, you will appreciate the efforts of Elvira Fortunato, who is working on making technology as cheap and…

Advanced structure of photothermal nanomaterial can boil sea water in a few seconds under solar (free) energy, providing unlimited fresh water supply. This material is cheap, easy to fabricate, and safe.

The project consists in classifying mineral samples kept by families by sharing photos of the samples with chartered geologists, while maximizing the visibility of places and people involved in the process. In order to facilitate this activity, we propose music as a background element. Music is provided either in the…