Alessio Figalli

Global warming and climate change increase the level of GHG (green house gases). Emad Alobiadoon’s solution is to use metal organic frameworks (MOFs). MOFs have the ability to capture and convert the emission into useful materials such as chemicals and less harmful gas.

Jamil Muradov is addressing the significant issue of concussions affecting over 42 million individuals annually, leading to long-term complications in some cases. His proposed solution involves using the clinically approved drug Memantine to inhibit abnormal brain activity triggered by concussions, showing promise in pre-clinical trials for potential use in human…

For refugees around the world, the options to earn an income are often severely limited. Without a work permit, they are often stuck in limbo, displaced and with little money to spare. Yet they have innate talents within them in the form of their language, their story and culture. Aline…

The nominating institution WZB Berlin Social Science Center on the breakthrough: COVID-19 has profound consequences for gender equality. Hipp and Allmendinger were the first ones to put this finding on the agenda of the nation’s public discourse. Various studies are now being undertaken to look into a possible re-traditionalisation. Hipp’s…

Production of microbial polymers from synthetic media, agroindustrial waste and bioprocesses residual biomass. Exploring the potential of different known and novel microbes.

Quantum theory is one of the two revolutions in modern day physics. However, its underlying root is still very much a mystery. Here we revisit the Stern-Gerlach Experiment, a paradigm of quantum theory, and by using modern technology have managed to shed new light on this fundamental spin quantization experiment.…

Shaping Future Cities Falling Walls Circle Tables are lending the spotlight to world-leading scientists, science strategists and policy-makers from academia, business and politics discuss how we can apply science, research and innovation to get the world moving again. In this Falling Walls Circle Table, the panel asked how we can…

Democracy is at risk. All around the world, democratic states, governments and democratic values that lie at the core of a peaceful and equal society are being weakened and eroded, thus paving the way for anti-democratic sentiments and systems. A historian and anthropologist and Professor at the University of São…

This Winners Session presents the Top 10 breakthroughs in the Science and Innovation Management category. From Stanford University to the Max Delbrück Center, and from EPFL to CERN – every institution, and with it every society, faces challenges. How to share knowledge? How to improve the Peer Review Process? How…

When synthetic plastics were developed in the early years of the 20th century, it was a true breakthrough that revolutionised the world of materials. Over the long term however, the more than 350 tonnes of plastics produced every day might turn out to be a curse for humanity and the…