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The project engages historical research of African societies to create brands that projects the images for global understanding and economic advantage.   Tags: Citizen Science, Cultural Memory, Diversity, Education, Environment & Nature, Future /green cities, Global Cooperation.

Improving Global Health is a fundamental challenge, in which science and technology play important roles. Whether it is ultra-fast sequencing of whole genomes, mRNA vaccines or gene editing: Recent innovations could change and improve the life of millions of people around the world. But only if science can make it…

During this Winners Session on the Top 10 breakthroughs in the Emerging Talents category, students, researchers, and early-career professionals present their solutions to some of the most pressing challenges of our time. From a fast and affordable medical device that improves neonatal health disparity to data storage revolutions, and from…

Real or Fake is a fun, participatory format, which trains citizens’ ability to discern science from pseudoscience. Scientists take stage with a compelling and yet controversial thesis based on true or false arguments. Audience discusses and votes. Scientists reveal the truth and how it can be uncovered. The citizens learn…

Cell Block Science (CBS) brings informal science learning to the learning centres of 6 Scottish prisons, and provides a platform for researchers to develop confidence and skills in engagement. Researchers, in collaboration with a project officer, develop and deliver individual sessions, and engagement between sessions is sustained through popular science…

Nominated by: National University of Singapore Presented by: Don Haut

Waliyat A. Kola-Aderoju’s project is an intersection of making learning fun and easy for children and teaching them about helping the immediate environment become a cleaner and safer place for other organisms.

How Exoplanet Research is Scouting for Earth 2.0 More than 2000 years ago, the question whether we are alone in the universe was first asked. Today, we live in a time, when for the first time in history, we have the tools to answer it. Lisa Kaltenegger’s multi-awarded research focuses…

HOW INNOVATIVE HEALTHCARE FINANCE INCREASES TREATMENT COVERAGE FOR HIV, MALARIA AND TB Today’s major imbalances between the haves and the have-nots of the developing world and richer countries, together with the local and international conflicts of the 21st century, are pushing healthcare finance into a completely new era, where private…

Mygrants is the most used educational platform by applicants and holders of a status in Italy. Migrants represent 3,5% of the world population and produce more than 10% of the GDP. Lack of evidence (identity, background, work experiences, languages mastery, credit history) leads to a lack of access to key…