Mohamed Atwa

The ScienceAtHome project brings together researchers from all branches of natural science with social and cognitive scientists and hundreds of thousands of volunteers to create an online laboratory for human problem solving and collaboration. Exploring both the efficiency of citizen scientists on complex challenges and novel ways of involving them…

We aim at leveraging Computer Vision techniques to efficiently analyze the out-stream of fish from the sea. Empowered by this knowledge, we can devise optimal strategies for achieving sustainable seas. Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Environment & Nature, Food & Agriculture, Resilience, sustainability.

The #BlueCarbonArmy is a multisector initiative educating Australia’s corporate executives in climate change literacy, while empowering them to build a sustainable future and value Australia’s coastal ecosystems. By swapping their suits for gumboots, and providing an educational immersive experience into coastal wetland research, our program connected 300+ executives (from 20+…

In this Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation, digital participants had the chance to engage in a live conversation with Lilia Moritz Schwarcz. She talked about her work as a historian and in anthropology in Brazil, how democracies can slowly become autocracies and what can be done to preserve democracies worldwide. The interview…

PRESENTED BY Oluwamayowa Salu NOMINATED BY BMW Foundation, Herbert Quandt Tags: Road Construction, Low Cost Housing, Recycling, PlasticWaste

We do deep research in examining these creatures and utilizing them for our behalf, we treated several patients who suffered from antibiotic resistant infections using phages, many of them successfully. Tags: Bio-Tech, Med-Tech, Science Policy, Microbiology, Antibiotic Resistance.

The artwork combines mixed reality, 3D printing, sound, photography and film, to lead the audience through the journey of organotypic artificial skin cells, during their short, precious, three weeks long ‘in-vitro’ life. The piece follows the cells from operating theatre, where they are taken from donors via tummy tucks, breast…

Transatlantic Science Bridge in Key Science and Technology Developments – Falling Walls Circle Plenary Table 2023 Conditions to cooperate in the international science arena are becoming increasingly complex as scientific communities address urgent challenges while respecting technological sovereignty. The session will address the role of transatlantic cooperation on key science…

Nominated by: Ralf Geber, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research Presented by: Ricardo Remus

PRESENTED BY Josua Jordi NOMINATED BY University of Zurich Tags: Bye Bye Late Night Cravings, Swiss Start-ups, Pharma, Bio Tech, Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity, Appetite Supressors, First-in-class, Novel Drug Discovery Platform