Jie Zeng

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.

In this Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation with Marius Brand, 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.…

Nominated by: Marius Rosenberg, RWTH Aachen University Presented by: Sebastian Waters

Taís de Moraes Alves is developing a building lego that accelerates construction and an online software that uses gaming tech and a cloud database to integrate Life Cycle Assessment and cost data into the design process.

Computer-Generated Decision Making: How new drug candidates can be identified faster through automated molecular design The discovery of new drugs and their development as medicines is a long, arduous, costly, and to some extent serendipitous process. Up to 90% of drug candidates fail during clinical development because they lack efficacy…

The nominating institution Monash on the project: Lying at the intersection between art, science and blindness, Tandori’s exhibitions use interactive sculptures to engage and inspire audiences of all ages and abilities. Her breakthrough is making art and science exhibitions inclusive, accessible and available to everyone globally. Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Discrimination,…

Nanotechnology is a promising therapeutic tool, but present implementations suffer from poor efficacy. My team and I are developing ultrasound-based micro/nanorobots with precise navigation capabilities that can overcome major limitations of existing nanodrugs. Ultrasound is safe, noninvasive, penetrates tissue, and is widely used in medicine, thus ultrasound-based propulsion will provide…

The mission of OzGrav is to capitalise on the historic first detections of gravitational waves to understand the extreme physics of black holes and warped spacetime, and to inspire the next generation of Australian scientists and engineers through this new window on the Universe. The Centre brings together the Australian…

The nominating institution Quantum Technologies on the breakthrough: Optical clocks are a promising application of quantum technology. When commercially available, they will unleash new applications: from synchronisation of IT networks to navigation to environmental sensing. Partners from industry, university and research institutes have joined forces to demonstrate the world’s first…

How to Debunk Myths About the Public Sector and Achieve More Inclusive Growth  How many times do we hear that to increase innovation and competitiveness, we need more market and less state? This commonplace position ignores history: the IT, biotech, nanotech and emerging ‘green’ revolutions have all been initiated by a courageous…