Gameli Adzaho

Light-Emitting Silicon: Demonstration of Efficient Light Emission from a new alloy of hexagonal silicon and germanium to obtain photonic chips, which can revolutionize computing. Silicon is a powerful material pervading our everyday lives. Silicon-based microchips are the basis of nearly every electronic device used in our houses, cars, smart gadgets,…

We offer custom data solutions using cutting-edge technologies based on AI and machine learning and we are building a kind of SaaS platform connected to Salesforce to automatise predictions. Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Foresight, Nonprofits.

New functional magnetic materials are in high demand, both for nano-technology, information storage and for green energy conversion in wind-mills and wave power generators. The recent increase in the cost of rare-earth elements, a key component in permanent magnets, call for new rare-earth free compounds. By means of data-filtering methods…

The nominating institution Weizmann Institute of Science on the breakthrough: ALS is an incurable and fatal disease. A recent landmark study has identified a bioactive gut microbiome commensal and secreted product (nicotinamide) as disease modifying in ALS-prone mice. Importantly, human patients featured similar microbial and CNS metabolite alterations. This work provides…

The nominating institute University of Malta on the breakthrough: Schembri-Wismayer and Jasra’s method for rapidly producing pluripotent stem cells uses small-molecule inducers without a feeder layer, resulting in reduced risk and much greater clinical use potential. This is a major improvement over other methods currently on the market. Safe and…

How Psychiatric Epidemiology Can Help Reduce the Impact of Traumatic Events War, violence and abuse leave consequences that go much beyond physical destruction and pain. Armed conflicts, acts of terror, political violence, torture, and natural disasters affect millions around the world, with lasting social, political, economic and psychological consequences. These…

In cooperation with the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation, Falling Walls was hosting this unique format to connect researchers in the physical sciences from all over the world. The symposium gathered the 2021 Winners in the Physical Sciences category as well as partners from academia and business to discuss the…

How an artificial intelligence can become a truly musical companion Music has long been hailed as one of the last frontiers of human creativity; and music is not just composition, but also, and equally important, expressive performance. It is the performers and the musicians who bring a piece to life,…

Stefano Sacanna was born and raised in Rimini, Italy. He graduated in Chemistry from the University of Bologna and obtained his Ph.D. (cum Laude) in Physical and Colloid Chemistry from Utrecht University in the Netherlands. In 2008 he joined the Center for Soft Matter Research at New York University as…

The project consists of involving disadvantaged populations in the design of smart drones with the aim of demystifying the tools of new technology in the eyes of everyone and encouraging the power of science. Also to encourage them to create impact around them. Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Citizen Science, Digitalisation, Education,…