Darja Barr

The constant growth of our population, finite resources, and a linear flow of materials as we know it, are no longer compatible. Looking ahead, the human approach of take, make, and dispose must be replaced by a circular one, and science and entrepreneurship can help. In this Falling Walls Circle,…

Nominated by: TNO – Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek Presented by: Luís Pedro Oliveira

In this Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation, digital participants had the chance to engage in a live conversation with Paweł Rowiński. He talked about his role as Vice-President of the Polish Academy of Science, the process of rebuilding the science landscape of Ukraine, what advice he would give to aspiring scientists…

Christoph Lotz argues that the development of innovative systems for additive manufacturing techniques combined with in situ resource utilization are a promising solution for permanently going to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

I’m investigating the impact of lifestyle on cancer risk. Looking at smoking cessation and dietary changes, I monitor personalised cancer risk reduction over time in 120 women using DNA methylation.

Nominated by: Tohoku University Presented by: Hiroya Abe

Claudia Siesquén Deza is creating awareness about a low cost technology to preserve food: evaporative cooling. Her product, CoolK Refri, is a fridge made of clay that works without electricity.

Li-ion batteries are currently the most potent and widely used energy storage concept. To render the use of Li-Ion Batteries sustainable, suitable recycling concepts are urgently needed.

The nominating institution Ginkgo Bioworks on the breakthrough: To design a world without waste, Design by Decay designs waste intentionally. It proposes biological decay as a fabrication process, using enzymes and microbes to decompose and compose biological matter at the same time. By mediating decay through species selection, environmental conditions,…

In the past decades, semiconductor lasers have found their ways into many aspects of everyday live. They are used for fiber internet or in smartphones, but are also found in less obvious areas like in self-driving cars or biological tissue analysis. A reason for their success is that these lasers…