Alice Aiken

Whilst conventional recycling as we know it – converting waste materials into new materials – brings many environmental benefits, it is still severely limited when it comes to more complex products such as electronic devices. Our increasing and insatiable dependence on these devices, however, makes it even more urgent to…

Malaria deaths are rising, in part because the parasites which cause the disease are evolving resistance to our frontline drug treatments. Merryn Fraser argues that we need new ways to target these parasites and suggests taking advantage of essential biological pathways to deliver drugs directly to parasites, improving existing antimalarial…

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.…

Nominated by: Lotta Lehikoinen, Chalmers Ventures Presented by: Johannes Henriksson

Londa Schiebinger is the John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science at Stanford University, and Founding Director of Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, Engineering, and Environment. She is a leading international expert on gender in science and technology and has addressed the United Nations, European Parliament, and…

The production and ongoing stage performance of three original science plays viz. “The Square of a Sonnet” – which explores the history and science of black holes, “The Trial of Abdus Salam” – on the life and times of the first Muslim Nobel Laureate in Science and “The DNA of…

Lorena Neira Ramírez developed a low-cost material to maximize the area coralline algae can grow upon. Facilitating a settlement substrate helps marine ecosystems capture carbon faster and more efficiently.

MICRO is a distributed network of six-foot-tall science museums designed to meet curious people where they are – in hospital waiting rooms, libraries, bus terminals, laundromats, and other public spaces. MICRO’s goal is to challenge long-held public assumptions about who museums are for and, by removing barriers to access, to…

Piero Beraun is addressing the environmental and health concerns associated with synthetic inks in the textile industry by proposing an industrial-scale extraction of pigments from macroalgae. This environmentally friendly solution involves using seaweed as a sustainable resource for fabric dye, offering an alternative to the polluting synthetic inks currently prevalent…

Günther Hasinger is one of the leading experts in astrophysical deep X-ray surveys and is currently focusing on the formation of the earliest black holes. He was speaking about planetary exploration, especially the missions that ESA are doing with NASA and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency).