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Stefano Sacanna was born and raised in Rimini, Italy. He graduated in Chemistry from the University of Bologna and obtained his Ph.D. (cum Laude) in Physical and Colloid Chemistry from Utrecht University in the Netherlands. In 2008 he joined the Center for Soft Matter Research at New York University as…

Hydrogen Energy – Powering Climate Neutrality 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. It is becoming increasingly clear that the world’s energy…

In this Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation, digital participants had the chance to engage in a live conversation with Lilia Moritz Schwarcz. She talked about her work as a historian and in anthropology in Brazil, how democracies can slowly become autocracies and what can be done to preserve democracies worldwide. The interview…

In this Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation, digital participants had the chance to engage in a live conversation with Oleksiy Kolezhuk. He talked about his role as head of the Scientific Committee of the National Council of Ukraine on Science, Technology and Development and his vision for the future of ukrainian…

SOFA proposes a more efficient system to distribute research funding than the present grant proposal review process. All researchers periodically receive an equal and unconditional base amount of funding, but they have to donate a fraction of everything they receive to other researchers of their choice. As such, funding circulates…

The 10+10+30 radio program is a serial radio drama on childhood vaccination designed with and for communities in Jimma. The program is moderated by healthcare workers who are trained as radio panelists and invited to answer the audience’s questions during 30 minutes. Each 10-minute episode is developed with key audiences…

How Planetary Boundaries Envision A Safe Operating Space for Humanity The Anthropocene is a term often used to describe the geological epoch we live in – an age where humans more than any other factor in nature shape the face of the planet. For centuries, humanity has effected change on its…

With his GPS tech and field methodology, Jan Breinbauer is reducing around 30% of pesticides used in Chile.

Better medicines faster by automated design. The project integrates constructive artificial intelligence (AI) into the pharmaceutical drug development progress. The central theme is to transfer decision making from the human science manager to a machine intelligence that generates novel molecules with desired properties from scratch. We devise suitable algorithms and…

To take the project from the ideation phase to a phase where feasibility and validity are confirmed and a prototype is available to be tested in public health institutions in the country.   Tags: Digital Health, Med-Tech.