Jane Zavalishina

Our project is based on a 2000yrs Kaitiakitanga (active protectors, stewards, caretakers, and conservers) plan for Warawara forest. In this forest are ancient tree’s such as Kauri, local botanists suggest that these tree’s may have lived up to 2000yrs, so our virtual reality project is observing the forest over this…

The nominating institution Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung on the breakthrough: Dr. Rapp pushed boundaries in glass production since he is able to print glass. This disruptive innovation in glass processing has more than one astonishing advantage, such as low production cost, scales up to mass manufacturing with existing machines…

Finding expertise & peers within research organization, now, to foster collaboration. Your web-based digital collaboration twin for research organization (academia, corporate or consortia): Makes it easy to access and leverage the most valuable nodes of knowledge within the research world : Research assets + authors. Starting point to faster collaboration…

In this Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation with Ottoline Leyser, digital participants had the chance to discuss and ask questions. The interview series provided an intense personal atmosphere, in which high-level guests, speakers and panelists of the Falling Walls Science Summit 2021 focused on their individual research, career paths and experiences.…

Due to factors such as ageing populations, increasing comorbidities and late or erroneous diagnoses, millions of people globally are impacted (with an upward tendency) by illnesses such as Alzheimer’s disease and Depression. While prevention and early diagnosis are crucial to improving the wellbeing of patients, new medications and therapies need…

Quantum computers require robust quantum states, but these states are extremely fragile and hard to find. Bo Peng’s research addresses this challenge by finding alternative quasiparticles with robust quantum states using computer simulations. He proposes that atomic vibrations (phonons) can perform quantum operations.

Ent- is an immersive projection exploring the impacts of quantum computing through a perception-based experience. As the only artist in the world working directly with quantum computing & art, Heaney wrote her own code for IBM’s quantum computers to reveal unique signatures of entanglement & used these to create a…

Nominated by: Thomas Montenegro-Johnson, University of Birmingham Presented by: John Terry

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…

Altering Medicine by Cell and Gene Therapy – Falling Walls Circle Plenary Table 2023 The creation of innovative medicines using cells and genes as therapeutic agents greatly profits from the ongoing technological progress. Innovation happens across academia and industry and collaboration in manufacturing, clinical validation and market entry is crucial…