Arne Thomas

In the 1930s, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed a “New Deal” policy to overcome the Great Depression. Less than 100 years later, the world is facing an even more global challenge: the climate crisis. In this Falling Walls Plenary Table, our international panelists ask whether this requires an equally…

Ocean Solutions for the Climate Crisis – Falling Walls Circle Round Table 2023 This panel discussion will focus on ocean-centred climate change mitigation and adaptation solutions. The potential of the ocean for accelerating decarbonisation merits prioritisation in the global climate-change discourse. The ocean presents substantial climate mitigation and carbon storage…

In the current study, we used bioinspiration educational programs for adults, taking place at the zoo as part of lifelong learning. Bioinspiration is an interdisciplinary methodology in which biological principles are applied to human challenges with a sustainable development emphasis, through innovative design. We used hands-on activities with wildlife to…

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Despite a detailed understanding of the constituents of matter, we don’t yet know why matter exists. Precision measurements, able to provide potential answers, are limited by the size of data sets. High data rates are therefore needed in experiments but require exceptional computing power. Traditional CPU-based systems do not meet…

The nominating institution Stanford on the project: Studying gliomas is revolutionizing our understanding of how these terrible tumors hijack neuronal circuits and, fueled by the brain’s own neural activity, grow and invade. By uncovering this dependence of brain cancers on normal brain signals, our work is having a major impact…

Growing geopolitical uncertainties and the threat of global trade conflicts are currently leading to louder calls for technological sovereignty. This creates severe tensions with our dominant economic model and our sense of international openness. Our analytical concept helps to determine the criticality of technologies and the nature and degree of…

The nominating institution SLAC on the Science Breakthrough: ChEM-H at Stanford brings together Chemistry, Engineering and Medicine to address long-range challenges in Human health. The institute focuses on molecules, allowing researchers to study human biology at a more fundamental level than cells, thereby paving the way for new tools to…

The breast cancer tumour is one of the fastest-growing tumours and is often diagnosed very late in its growth. X-ray imaging isn’t fast enough here. Hunain Bin Amir’s team has developed a new generation of infrared sensors combined with AI that can be employed in pocket-size gadgets for breast cancer…

I have been developing a self-regenerating system of symbiotic microbe-based malaria control. My team recently demonstrated that a Microsporidian symbiont completely blocks the transmission of the malaria parasite by Anopheles mosquitoes. This symbiotic microbe can be disseminated through insect populations and by virtue of sexual and vertical transmission (mother to…