Flavia Darqui

Project P-FORVIS aims to design, develop, and produce novel antimicrobial peptides based on the natural and potent Killer Peptide (KP), with no negative effects on the patients and their microbiota.

Science support for political volunteers. Tags: Circular Economy, Climate change, Environment & Nature, Food & Agriculture, Science Communication, Science Policy, Social Cohesion, Trust in science.

Nikhil Kunati suggests converting CO2 from industrial flue gasses to graphene for application in concrete. This results in effective CO2 storage and increasing the strength of concrete, while reducing costs and material consumption.

Nominated by: Keren Primor Cohen, Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Presented by: Shmulik Hess

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…

Under current assumptions we are slowly entering a period of major biodiversity loss with threats to the planet that are severe but difficult to perceive. The effects of human actions on the Earth’s ecosystem are well documented, but what if the scale and pace of species extinction and its consequences…

Institutions of learning generally approach education vertically, with little integration of knowledge with other disciplines. In the same way, sustainability research until now has mostly been concentrated in the natural sciences or organized in silos. But given the increasing urgency of sustainability in today’s world, this approach may ultimately fall…

Together with Finnish amateur photographers, Prof. Palmroth and her team discovered a new type of aurora, named the dunes. The dunes present a new opportunity to investigate ignorosphere, a layer of upper atmosphere that is notoriously difficult to observe. The team published a high impact paper linking the dunes to…

Innovative materials called complex scattering media allow us to see objects even when hidden behind obstacles. Anwesh Bhattacharya is developing a new infrared camera that can break our invisibility for heat vision.

With the metal-organic framework nanomaterial, we are developing the most sensitive gas sensor to be used for breath analysis for early diagnosis and prevention of certain types of diseases. Tags: Engineering, Materials Science, Nanotechnology.