Christina Landbrecht

In the struggle against global warming, 15 October 2016 marks a historic date – the closing of the Kigali Agreement on reducing extremely powerful hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) pollutants over the next decades. An amendment to the Montréal Protocol of 1987, the Kigali Agreement was agreed upon by more than 140 nations…

Benoit Schillings: Breaking the Wall to Invention Machines – Falling Walls Science Summit 2023 Generative artificial intelligence models are beginning to play a crucial role in automating creative tasks, enhancing simulations, improving content creation, enabling personalised user experiences, and revolutionising various industries. However, these advancements also bring ethical concerns, such…

Over the last 30 years, a large body of scholarship has shown that high-quality practices in social and emotional learning can make a substantial difference in children’s educational experiences, and may serve as a powerful lever for transforming children’s learning and positive behavior at scale. Specifically, research indicates that preparing…

To measure the magnetic moment of the muon to unprecedented precision in the search for new fundamental particles and forces that may contribute to the muon’s internal magnetism. By producing copious numbers of subatomic muon particles in a powerful accelerator, a precise measurement of the muon spin precession and the…

The nominating institute TU Darmstadt on the breakthrough: Species and natural ecosystems are disappearing at alarming rates. This is due to land use, drought and global warming. We’re only beginning to understand properties that stabilise species communities and their interactions. Blüthgen has developed novel methods to understand such ecological networks…

Imagine 50 or even 50,000 students, anywhere the world, using a VR device to stand together with the instructor virtually, in real time, at the famous Pyramids at Giza, Egypt. The Giza Project at Harvard University assembles information about all the archaeological activity at the Giza Pyramids. Using digital archaeology,…

The negative effects of our digital habits, our propensity to skim-read texts and our lack of mental focus have been widely reported. However, the real impact on our reading abilities, which extends to the impairment of crucial structures in the functioning of our brain, has consequences far greater than we…

Borja Martínez Téllez discovered that oral supplementation with a gut microbe which was found in the gut of young and elderly adults increases muscular strength by 30% in the absence of exercise training.

PRESENTED BY Ashutosh Singh NOMINATED BY University of Calgary Tags: Graphene

Nominated by: Isabelle Schiffer, Gateway Excellence Start-up Center, University of Cologne Presented by: Slim Chiha