Jamil Muradov

Driving the Solar Energy Transition: Building a more Resilient and Secure Energy Supply Chain – Falling Walls Circle Plenary Table 2023 The urgency to tackle the climate crisis and achieve sustainable growth is adding to the momentum of the global energy transformation. Solar Photovoltaics (PV) undoubtedly has the potential to…

The project brings science film experiences to scientists, artists, children and the general public across the world. We have developed a process over the last four years that takes science from the lab and brings it to life with the power of film. Filmmaking events teach scientists, artists and children…

The MetaGait rehabilitation device, with its innovative combination of hardware (walk stimulation device) and software (virtual reality games), makes rehabilitation less stressful and more effective.

In this Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation, digital participants had the chance to engage in a live conversation with Nathalie Picqué, Falling Walls Breakthrough of the Year 2022 in the category of Physical Sciences. She talked about her role as a research group leader at the Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics…

How Climate Science Calls For Radical Changes in Energy Policy On the long and winding road to more sustainable energy and climate policies, the year 2015 saw several unexpected and positive developments – the largest fossil fuel divestment campaign in history reached its peak and led to trillions of dollars…

Cheikh Ahmed Tidiane Deme is producing biochar for removing a wide range of mineral and organic pollutants from wastewater responsible for pollution before discharge.

LifePorte Educational project implements several educational flagship projects geared towards science engagement and advocacy. These includes Science advocacy for youngsters (SAPFY) and Train-the-trainers Biology workshop (TTTBW). Science advocacy program for youngsters (SAPFY) exposes elementary and high school students to basic science experiments. Students are trained to be creative with scientific…

Thomas Hutschalik creates different heart cell types from stem cells and combines them together. By checking how their rhythm is influenced by, for example, immune cells, he tries to help improve patients’ treatments.

The nominating institution SLAC Stanford on the breakthrough: The advent of the high-temperature superconducting materials in 1986 has motivated the enduring search for novel systems that one day may carry lossless electricity at room temperature. Using a novel Jenga building block approach, we have discovered a superconducting nickel oxide. This…

The nominating institution GEOMAR on the breakthrough: Dr. Micallef’s work highlights the important role that offshore groundwater systems play for the geological and biological processes at the seafloor. The work in MARCAN quickly documented the abundance of freshwater below the seafloor. Recent estimates suggest that there is as much as…