Barbara Streicher

Gloria Berinyuy Tata is addressing the need for improved screening procedures for the early detection of Streptococcus agalactiae, a leading cause of neonatal and maternal sepsis. Her proposed solution involves developing a novel molecular diagnostic tool based on the LAMP-CRISPR-Cas 12 technology, aiming to provide an accurate, affordable, and simple-to-use…

Two corotating vortices, joined together by a slender vortical bridge, drift through an enormous aquarium. Shining through the water’s surface, an expanded laser beam transforms the vortex pair into a moving lens that upwardly projects two black holes encircled by shimmering halos. Vortices may collide with one another (as in…

In this Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation with Georg Schütte, digital participants had the chance to discuss and ask questions. The interview series provided an intense personal atmosphere, in which high-level guests, speakers and panelists of the Falling Walls Science Summit 2021 focused on their individual research, career paths and experiences.…

During COVID-19, artists in Ireland had their pipeline of work instantly dry up. We launched a round of experimental virtual residencies available for makers, creators, writers, artists and designers to collaborate with scientists over five weeks. For this virtual residency, each ‘resident’ got €1000 and was paired with two advisors.…

Donna Strickland is one of the recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 for developing chirped pulse amplification-which is the current state-of-the-art technique used by most of the highest-power lasers in the world. In her talk, Strickland was talking about the relevance of lasers, the relationship between light and…

Rogers Githinji’s project aims to use technology to break the barrier that exists between people and lawyers. With legal information, individuals can uphold the law and protect themselves and their families.

A large part of our life remains a mystery. We spend roughly a third of our life with our eyes closed, resting, regenerating, and dreaming. Sleep is universal and common to humans and all animals, so one would imagine it to be one of the best-researched subjects in history. This…

Pauline Zarrouk’s project aims to develop innovative statistical, simulation-based and data-driven methods to extract more cosmological information in order to propose smoking gun tests of the nature of gravity.

How Epidemiology and Prevention in Young Women Can Achieve an AIDS-free Generation The war against AIDS is fought on many fronts. Whether it is raising awareness about safe sex, developing preventive measures or working with patients in hospitals, on a vaccine or a cure: tackling the largest HIV epidemic in…

The nominating institution ORNL on the breakthrough: Mass production of protective equipment and testing supplies is critical to an effective pandemic response that saves lives by minimizing the spread of COVID-19. Dr. Lonnie Love is leading a team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to create scientifically proven solutions that can…