Dries Faems

Due to technical problems, this falling walls breakthrough conversation could not be recorded in full. In this Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation, digital participants had the chance to engage in a live conversation with Aline Sara, Falling Walls Science Breakthrough of the Year 2022 in the category of Future Learning. She…

Walls are back in vogue around the world, from Mexico to Hungary, Austria, and Greece. This is a paradox of history as physical and conceptual walls are being torn down unceasingly, driven by technology, business, and people’s quest for a better future. Political elites and large parts of the electorate…

The two most common mental health issues, depression and anxiety, are also the leading cause of disability globally. The economic impact and societal ramifications are increasingly being recognised and a cultural and policy shift in the way mental health disorders are perceived and tackled is already underway. However, much remains…

MAD-learn is Mobile App Development for every classroom. This web-based tool empowers any teacher—not just technology teachers—to engage students in app development, from a book review app in English class to a drawing app in Art class. Using the design-thinking process, MAD-learn prepares today’s students for tomorrow’s careers. Students use…

Saeka Uchino has tried to establish an effective strategy to improve the immune function of breast milk in both quantity and quality by characterizing the IgA-producing cell lines that she succeeded to establish.

  Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Global Cooperation, Robotic, Science Policy, Trust in science.

The nominating institution University of Ulm on the breakthrough: NMR is of major importance in biology, chemistry, medicine, and physics, as it gives access to molecular structure and revolutionised medical imaging. But the poor sensitivity of current NMR technology prevents its application to single proteins or the imaging of cellular…

Alex Griffin is addressing the challenges of treating Cerebral Palsy (CP) by proposing an innovative approach using transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a safe and non-invasive brain stimulation technique that has shown promise in improving movement. The research aims to investigate the safety and feasibility of using tDCS at home,…

The laboratory is working on new possibilities for processing medical images using neural networks. It is planned to create new neural network architectures to work on this task. Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Digital Health, Med-Tech.

Ayitévi F. E. Hounou-Adossi’s vision is to use information and communication technologies to reduce preventable deaths and disabilities through simple actions that everyone must know and can do.