Aurelie Lachish-Zalait

PRESENTED BY Jerri Ann Thatcher NOMINATED BY University of Pennsylvania Tags: Blood Biology, Diagnostics, Clotting Status,Personalized Treatment, Critical Care

The nominating institution FMP on the breakthrough: Christian Hackenberger has pioneered contributions to the development of protein-based therapeutics, based on the chemical modification and cellular delivery of antibodies to target cancer and viral infections. Highlights include the engineering of an inhibitor against human and avian influenza, and safer next-gen antibody…

“Fermenting Futures” explores the significance of yeast biotechnology from a cultural, ethical and aesthetic perspective, engaging audiences in the history and future of this under-recognised field and its potential to offer environmental solutions. The art installation explores and physically contains a CRISPR modified Pichia pastoris yeast that is simultaneously able…

How tiny wireless robots can be used for non-invasive, precise, and safe medical diagnosis and treatment Robot technology is already abundant in the medical domain, ranging from assistance in surgery to complex prosthetics. However, using tiny robots inside the body is still a fairly novel thing to do. Inspired by…

Johannes Stangl computes the systemic relevance of each company in production networks and compares this index with its emissions. High emissions and low systemic relevance indicate decarbonization leverage points.

The rapidly growing gap between social media and real life is one of the most powerful sources of political tribalism in the world today. Platforms such as Facebook and X fuel status-seeking extremists and make moderates seem invisible, leaving all of us feel more polarized than we really are. New…

Guided by a theologician, a team of Industrial Design students set out to redesign core rituals of the Catholic religion. They created seven objects – a weight-shifting seesaw that counterbalances people’s weight, a color-changing flame as a feedback system for prayers, a remotely lid light that gives people a sense…

PRESENTED BY Aseem Gupta NOMINATED BY Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) Tags: Loyalty Rewards

Cindy Ow transforms cancer signalling pathways into otherworldly musical opuses, highlighting cancer mutations with auditory distortions.

To combat hearing loss associated with using earphones, Victoria Kolesnikova proposes using special apps to control and limit sound impact.