Marco Lohse

Fatema Al Maqbali proposes that green desalination can be achieved with a microbial desalination cell fueled by wastewater and integrated with a natural bio adsorbent.

The nominating institution Curriki on the breakthrough: The challenge facing education worldwide is the lack of high quality easy to use tools for educators to create truly engaging digital learning experiences. For too long, the technologies required to build and publish Next Generation learning experiences have been out of reach…

How a Nanotech Toolbox Can Revolutionise Medicine and Energy Storage The sheet of paper this text is printed on is about 100,000 nanometers thick and one hair on your head is about 50,000 nanometers wide. In our everyday experience, these are some of the smallest objects we are able to…

Arludo aims to increase science interest and improve data literacy for students of all genders, ages, and socioeconomic backgrounds. We create mobile apps & digital programs that allow students anywhere to become scientists. By using our apps, students from around the world can work together to collect science data as…

Salah El Sadi wants to provide clean water for irrigation by using unique biofilters to purify water from nitrates and other contaminants without using any chemical additives or energy.

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…

Nominated by: Ralf Geber, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research Presented by: Ricardo Remus

Rewriting Social Sciences: How humanity’s destiny can be framed by shared heritages through oceanic connections How can we think of the world as composed of categories derived from particular spaces and lifeworlds, rather than a space with categories seen as universal? How do we move beyond contingent formations, like nations…

In a novel approach to empower citizens to contribute to scientific research and close the linkages between science and society, we crowdsourced research questions from patients as well as their relatives and caretakers in the fields of mental health and traumatology. In both projects, crowd members provided more than 1000…

Embelin, a paraffin gauze infused with a herbal extract from Embelia ribes and is known in folk medicine to assist in wound healing, can help treat chronic wounds.