Isabel Skierka

Nouf AlJabri of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology was awarded 3rd place at the global Falling Walls Lab Finale 2016. Nouf presented a method by which plastic can be converted into a fuel that produces fewer greenhouse gases. This is achieved by means of multi-metallic catalysts with…

Christoph Lotz argues that the development of innovative systems for additive manufacturing techniques combined with in situ resource utilization are a promising solution for permanently going to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

Treating cancer with bacteria Presented by: Simon Ittig A robotic system for automated inventory management, a high-resolution 3D printer, a waterless body bath, a blood testing platform for prostate cancer, a project for breeding insects and a sensor for fresh food: What do these inventions have in common? For once,…

Nominated by: Melusine Reimers, Ruhr University Bochum Presented by: Dennis Michaelis

Saeka Uchino has tried to establish an effective strategy to improve the immune function of breast milk in both quantity and quality by characterizing the IgA-producing cell lines that she succeeded to establish.

The nominating institution German Aerospace Center on the project: It is a challenge to provide adequate living for a rapidly growing urban population. To cope with population influx, demographic shifts and climate change requires functioning and resilient cities. Here, a combination of Big Earth Data, AI and modern ICT can…

During this Winners Session on the Top 10 breakthroughs in the Emerging Talents category, students, researchers, and early-career professionals present their solutions to some of the most pressing challenges of our time. From a fast and affordable medical device that improves neonatal health disparity to data storage revolutions, and from…

HOW BIOLOGY INSPIRES NANOMECHANICS From the elasticity of blood vessels to the self-healing properties of bones, the strength of nacre, the smart adhesion of gecko feet, the self-cleaning quality of the lotus leaf and the resistance of the spiderweb, biology offers endless inspiration to nanomechanics, some of which might also…

Is there other life out there? Astonishing findings in recent years and cutting-edge research are bringing us ever closer to answering one of the most fundamental questions in science. The discovery of planets outside our solar system likely to have habitable conditions has thrilled astronomers hunting for a world resembling…

Programming subjects has put tremendous mental pressure on the learners resulting in the emotional state of the learner being impacted. I have designed and developed a smart courseware known as explorelet to focus on learning object-oriented programming by emphasizing both the cognitive and affective domains. Explorelet provides a personalised and…