Holger Puchta

Ankita is working on nano-fiber filters that efficiently remove particles and enable good flow with the help of surface coating technology. These two functions are mutually exclusive in conventional filters.

Advanced structure of photothermal nanomaterial can boil sea water in a few seconds under solar (free) energy, providing unlimited fresh water supply. This material is cheap, easy to fabricate, and safe.

COVID-19 has hit the NGO sector hard, with the closure of study centres and workshop facilities, compounded by uncertainty about future re-openings. For many organizations, the transition to offering classes and learning content online has been beset with challenges, as there are few affordable platforms with the necessary infrastructure to…

PRESENTED BY Andreas Schmidt NOMINATED BY National University of Singapore Tags: Cancer, Proteogenomics, Healthcare, Precision Medicine, Single Cell Analysis

To solve the plastic waste problem, Koffi Alain Fabrice Kouamé has set up a process called plastic pyrolysis that turns plastic waste into fuel. The resulting fuel has been used by drivers and it is judged to be very effective.

Maira Al Qaidi and her team have developed a low-cost real-time biosensor for monitoring chemical oxygen demand, one of the important factors to be monitored in the water and wastewater sectors.

As part of the initiative Making Science the Star, Stephane Kenmoe’s film series ‘Science in the City’ approaches scientific topics through cinematic storytelling in 26 episodes. Focusing on topics such as biomass, and renewable energies and AI, the film series depicts the common perception of science in Africa and the…

Launched during the summer 2019 as a NGO based in Paris, Just One Giant Lab (JOGL.io) is the first research and innovation laboratory operating as a distributed, open and massive mobilisation online platform for collaborative task solving. At JOGL, we believe in the power of open-source community-led approaches to address…

How Philosophy Can Provide Frameworks for a Global Biotech Revolution Throughout history, when presented with new technologies, humans as a species have shown a recurring pattern: a tendency for reckless exploitation, often ignoring harmful side-effects and hazards, and only much later pausing to consider the need for ethical reflection and…

Drawing Operations 1&2 and Omnia per Omnia trace an evolving process of making with robotic units and AI technologies. The evolution forms the basis of human and machine collaboration. By working with machines as collaborators, the drawing and painting artifacts exist as both works of art and research.