Francesca Santoro

In this Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation, digital participants had the chance to engage in a live conversation with Frederick Fenter. He talked about his role as Chief Executive Editor at Frontiers, the role of academic publishing in fostering public trust in science, the importance of open access and open science.…

The nominating institution Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung on the breakthrough: Dr. Rapp pushed boundaries in glass production since he is able to print glass. This disruptive innovation in glass processing has more than one astonishing advantage, such as low production cost, scales up to mass manufacturing with existing machines…

Round Table: Planetary Boundary Science: Advancing Science to Save the Planet – Falling Walls Circle Round Table 2023 Recent research has shown that the interdependence of Earth system stability and resilience, along with human well-being, is paramount for establishing safe and just Earth system boundaries. In this roundtable discussion, leading…

How A Collaborative Effort Can Prevent A Worst Case Climate Scenario The term “global energy crisis” still sounds like a vague future scenario, but over the last decade, science, policy and the public have slowly come to agree that the threat is real and taking shape right before our eyes.…

Nominated by: Shane West, Aleap Presented by: Saeid Hosseini

The nominating institution CNRS on the breakthrough: JEDI seeks to bring Europe in a leadership position in breakthrough technologies. It is powered by 3.900 leaders of Europe’s deeptech ecosystem in 25 countries. JEDI is launching GrandChallenges to push the frontiers of innovation with a radical method based on excellence, speed,…

Imagine 50 or even 50,000 students, anywhere the world, using a VR device to stand together with the instructor virtually, in real time, at the famous Pyramids at Giza, Egypt. The Giza Project at Harvard University assembles information about all the archaeological activity at the Giza Pyramids. Using digital archaeology,…

The project would significantly contribute to retrospective and prospective clinicopathology of cancer diagnosis and establishment of a novel field in medical science based on 3D histopathology.

Tigran Ambartsumov is developing technology for intensifying the process of germinating seeds of agricultural crops, increasing the yield of crops and minimizing yield loss during drought years.

Asma Rehman is addressing the declining honeybee population due to colony collapse disorder by proposing an AI-based beehive equipped with IoT sensors. This innovative solution monitors various parameters related to CCD, predicting its occurrence and sending timely warnings to beekeepers for proactive intervention.