Heiner Benking

PRESENTED BY Laura Bücheler NOMINATED BY Profund Innovation – Freie Universität Berlin Tags: Haptics, Future of Mobility, Feel it

As the capabilities of current computer systems are fast reaching their limits, the huge potential for quantum computing to solve vastly complex problems is attracting ever greater attention and worldwide efforts to ‘win’ the quantum race are ramping up. Still, the term ‘quantum’ carries a mystical quality as we try…

Clarice investigates the extent to which quantum effects influence biology. The hypothesis that quantum effects might provide an essential benefit to life is astonishing. “Living quantum sensors” appear to surpass tech devices, even if embedded in a noisy, hot and wet bio environment. Established quantum techniques can be used to…

Amalia Sitti Khayyira creates added-value natural products that possess medicine-like effects. Her current product is fermented palm sugar that can reduce postprandial blood glucose in people with diabetes.

The nominating institution Chinese Academy of Sciences on the breakthrough: Exploitation of heterosis is one of the most important applications of genetics in agriculture. Dr. Bin Han used an integrated genomic and forward genetic approach to construct a genome map for elite hybrid rice varieties and revealed the genomic architecture…

Nominated by: TU Darmstadt Presented by: Markus Hessinger

The nominating institution Einstein Center for Neurosciences Berlin on the breakthrough: Open Innovation (OI) offers a different way of doing research to address urgent global challenges. We developed an unique training strategy that empowers early-stage researchers to apply OI concepts into their projects. To embed our training into Berlin’s neuroscience…

The nominating institution Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation on the breakthrough:  TraNSIT Web revolutionises transport infrastructure investments: reducing freight costs, improving supply chain resilience. Using machine learning it cracks IT limitations on big data, modelling >15 million annual freight trips for stakeholders to use in regional infrastructure planning. The…

As in countless other areas, the diversity, frequency, and scale of human activity are having devastating effects on our oceans and their ecosystem. Whilst overfishing, pollution, and climate change are severely damaging to coral reefs around the world, we remain largely ignorant of – or blind to – the importance…

Bintimaji and the Ocean is a project that creates awareness on plastic ocean pollution. The 3 min animation is a pilot program for the project that involve showcasing this animation to school children and extends to the coastal regions where we will collaborate with schools and conservation clubs to screen…