Maa Kheru Christian Kosmas Mayer 2022 2022 | Art & Science Winner 2022 Winner Art & Science Global Call Winner Maa Kheru Will our relationship with the dead change at a time when technology allows us to communicate with digital representatives of the deceased using synthesized voices? By synthesizing a voice from a body that was mummified 2000 years ago, this project wants to make the liminal space between life and death… Watch Video Share
2022 2022 | Art & Science Winner 2022 Winner Art & Science Global Call Winner Maa Kheru Will our relationship with the dead change at a time when technology allows us to communicate with digital representatives of the deceased using synthesized voices? By synthesizing a voice from a body that was mummified 2000 years ago, this project wants to make the liminal space between life and death… Watch Video Share
BREAKING THE WALL OF THE DARK SIDE OF THE OCEANS Physical Sciences BREAKING THE WALL OF THE DARK SIDE OF THE OCEANS HOW MARINE SCIENCES DISCOVER HIDDEN RESOURCES Even though we are on a planet with more than seventy percent of its surface covered by seawater and a large proportion of its population living along the coastlines of the world’s oceans, we know more about the dark side of the moon than… Watch Video Share
Physical Sciences BREAKING THE WALL OF THE DARK SIDE OF THE OCEANS HOW MARINE SCIENCES DISCOVER HIDDEN RESOURCES Even though we are on a planet with more than seventy percent of its surface covered by seawater and a large proportion of its population living along the coastlines of the world’s oceans, we know more about the dark side of the moon than… Watch Video Share
Breaking the Wall of Rheumatoid Arthritis Kristína Macáková 2023 Emerging Talents Breaking the Wall of Rheumatoid Arthritis Kristína Macáková is addressing the delayed diagnosis issue in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) by focusing on the key process of citrullination, a crucial point in the production of disease-associated auto-antibodies. In this project, Macáková explores the correlation between markers of neutrophil activation and RA in genetically predisposed individuals, proposing a potential… Watch Video Share
2023 Emerging Talents Breaking the Wall of Rheumatoid Arthritis Kristína Macáková is addressing the delayed diagnosis issue in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) by focusing on the key process of citrullination, a crucial point in the production of disease-associated auto-antibodies. In this project, Macáková explores the correlation between markers of neutrophil activation and RA in genetically predisposed individuals, proposing a potential… Watch Video Share
Management of Groundwater Sources: Breaking the Wall of Water Divides 2021 Winner | Science Engagement Global Call Winner Science Engagement Management of Groundwater Sources: Breaking the Wall of Water Divides Diamond on the Soles of their Feet is an inclusive citizen science project focusing on groundwater monitoring in Hout Cachment in the Limpopo province. Through graphic facilitation, storyboards and participatory methods such as network mapping and the “river of life”, the project involves actors at various levels – from local… Watch Video Share
2021 Winner | Science Engagement Global Call Winner Science Engagement Management of Groundwater Sources: Breaking the Wall of Water Divides Diamond on the Soles of their Feet is an inclusive citizen science project focusing on groundwater monitoring in Hout Cachment in the Limpopo province. Through graphic facilitation, storyboards and participatory methods such as network mapping and the “river of life”, the project involves actors at various levels – from local… Watch Video Share
How capacity building in mathematics lays the foundation for scientific excellence in africa Thierry Zomahoun Physical Sciences How capacity building in mathematics lays the foundation for scientific excellence in africa As a result of the strong economic growth in many African countries, the continent has a growing demand for young professionals, particularly in mathematics, IT and engineering, in order to ensure rapid and stable economic, social and political development. Yet, only six per cent of post-secondary aged Africans are enrolled… Watch Video Share
Physical Sciences How capacity building in mathematics lays the foundation for scientific excellence in africa As a result of the strong economic growth in many African countries, the continent has a growing demand for young professionals, particularly in mathematics, IT and engineering, in order to ensure rapid and stable economic, social and political development. Yet, only six per cent of post-secondary aged Africans are enrolled… Watch Video Share
Ultrafast Random Number Generation based on Laser Chips Hui Cao Global Call Winner Physical Sciences Ultrafast Random Number Generation based on Laser Chips Random numbers are widely used for information security, cryptography, stochastic modeling, and quantum simulation. We invent a scalable, robust, energy efficient method for physical true random number generation using a semiconductor laser chip of volume less than 1 mm cubed. Ultrafast emission fluctuations are digitized to produce hundreds of random… Watch Video Share
Global Call Winner Physical Sciences Ultrafast Random Number Generation based on Laser Chips Random numbers are widely used for information security, cryptography, stochastic modeling, and quantum simulation. We invent a scalable, robust, energy efficient method for physical true random number generation using a semiconductor laser chip of volume less than 1 mm cubed. Ultrafast emission fluctuations are digitized to produce hundreds of random… Watch Video Share
Breaking the Wall of Coronary Artery Disease Khalil Moussi Emerging Talents Breaking the Wall of Coronary Artery Disease 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. Watch Video Share
Emerging Talents Breaking the Wall of Coronary Artery Disease 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. Watch Video Share
How blockchain technology restores accountability in the public sphere Brian Behlendorf Engineering & Technology How blockchain technology restores accountability in the public sphere In a time when everything can be faked and where identity theft and fake news are on the rise, trust is a volatile and precious thing. For centuries, trust in markets and between people was granted by governments and law enforcement. In today’s complex globalised markets and societies, decentralised blockchain… Watch Video Share
Engineering & Technology How blockchain technology restores accountability in the public sphere In a time when everything can be faked and where identity theft and fake news are on the rise, trust is a volatile and precious thing. For centuries, trust in markets and between people was granted by governments and law enforcement. In today’s complex globalised markets and societies, decentralised blockchain… Watch Video Share
Breaking the Wall of Laser Spectroscopy Piet Schmidt Physical Sciences Breaking the Wall of Laser Spectroscopy Experts in quantum logic spectroscopy and highly charged ions have teamed up for the first high resolution coherent laser spectroscopy of a highly charged ion. This breakthrough, which has pushed resolution by eight orders of magnitude, enables proposed sensitive tests of fundamental constants and interactions, novel dark matter searches, as… Watch Video Share
Physical Sciences Breaking the Wall of Laser Spectroscopy Experts in quantum logic spectroscopy and highly charged ions have teamed up for the first high resolution coherent laser spectroscopy of a highly charged ion. This breakthrough, which has pushed resolution by eight orders of magnitude, enables proposed sensitive tests of fundamental constants and interactions, novel dark matter searches, as… Watch Video Share
Breaking the Wall to International Cooperation Anne van Aaken Social Sciences & Humanities Breaking the Wall to International Cooperation Anne van Aaken initiated a breakthrough in how we think about international law. Focusing on the psychology/behavioral economics of international law and legal theory, she offers a new understanding of compliance, of how cooperation comes about and on the behavior of relevant actors in international law (eg arbitrators and humanitarian… Watch Video Share
Social Sciences & Humanities Breaking the Wall to International Cooperation Anne van Aaken initiated a breakthrough in how we think about international law. Focusing on the psychology/behavioral economics of international law and legal theory, she offers a new understanding of compliance, of how cooperation comes about and on the behavior of relevant actors in international law (eg arbitrators and humanitarian… Watch Video Share