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Mahesh Londhe is tackling malnutrition and nutrition deficiency by distributing millet-based healthy products to rural women and nutrient-deficient people to improve their health conditions.

How fast-charging batteries work and why they matter In order for the European Union to achieve its goal of zero net emissions by 2050, the speed at which devices can be charged needs to increase significantly. Clare Grey, Professor of Chemistry at Cambridge University, sees her work as an important…

Sundance Collab has created a digital education breakthrough for artists around the world by putting the focus on storytelling, and creating lab-like environments for great stories to flourish. Film education is incredibly expensive, selective, and out of reach for most creators around the world. We have created a space for…

Marcel Kempers partners with local coastal businesses to collect and apply data-to-decisions (for coral nursery planning, etc.) and with marine research organisations to advocate for participatory science.

Gendered Research for Sustainable Innovation in Academia Director of the Elsevier Foundation Ylann Schemm joins Ruth Morgan in outlining the goals and vision of the Elsevier Foundation. Both agree on the benefits of a tenacious mindset in bringing about change. Particularly when championing gender equality and diversity in research and…

Two states of matter “solid” and “fluid”, which are mutually exclusive in the classical world, can exist simultaneously in the quantum world. The supersolid was created by dysprosium atoms that behave like tiny magnets and that were cooled down to near absolute zero (-273° Celsius). To generate a supersolid, the…

FUTURE VOICES is a pioneering constellation of works at the intersection of voice, technology and performance. Powered by the unprecedented need for new ways of connection in our society, it highlights the fundamental role of human voice: not only as a tool for communication, but also for our connection with…

The nominating institute CERN on the project: Tello is coordinator of the EU-funded initiative ATTRACT,  which creates breakthrough innovations in detection and imaging. It’s a novel co-innovation scheme that engages research infrastructures, industry, private investors and students in entrepreneurship, using the principles of open innovation and cascade funding.

The challenge International development has traditionally followed a top-down approach to technological development and community empowerment interventions for people staying in rural communities. This approach has led to many human, technological and economic development challenges rather than solutions for rural communities, marginalised communities, and underdeveloped populations of the developing world…

Interacpedia is a platform that transforms the way of attracting, connecting, developing and identifying people through an experiential and gamified learning model, focused on building massive communities that present proposals to problems, needs or opportunities that organizations seek to solve, using the technology to demonstrate their purpose, know-how, do and…