Julián Darío Amorín Montes

The nominating institution Stanford on the project: Studying gliomas is revolutionizing our understanding of how these terrible tumors hijack neuronal circuits and, fueled by the brain’s own neural activity, grow and invade. By uncovering this dependence of brain cancers on normal brain signals, our work is having a major impact…

I tell the story of the NASA Space Pen in 60 seconds. It starts out by saying “What you’ve been told about the NASA Space Pen is a lie”

Fabrice Cotton: Breaking the Wall of Earthquakes – Falling Walls Science Summit 2023 Earthquakes pose significant dangers to societies, leading to loss of life, injuries, and displacement of people. These events cause extensive damage to infrastructure, disrupt essential services, and have a profound economic impact, requiring substantial resources for recovery.…

How a new Technology in the field of Optoelectronics is changing the Future of Data The ever-increasing amount of data raises an important question: How can information be transmitted at high speed yet at low cost? The current technology, based on copper wires, is reaching its ceiling due to the…

“Community Water Monitoring: diagnosis and collective action plan for the recovery of the Manialtepec river basin. Through observation, recording and interpretation of environmental data (chemical, biological and hydromorphological parameters), middle and high school students of this rural towns, develop a communication strategy to share the results and involve the authorities…

Natalie Driemeyer is the first person who researched about how theatre people worldwide deal with this topic. She exploired in her work that the more the countries in question are affected by the consequences of climate change, the more the theme is treated on stage. Theatre can be a place…

Khalat Taha is addressing the severe air pollution issue in Kurdistan by introducing Solar Leaves, a sustainable system that uses solar energy to power air purification technology. This innovative solution effectively combats urban air pollution by capturing and breaking down harmful pollutants, providing a scalable and environmentally friendly approach to…

Deciphering the function of oncogenic KRAS has been a central objective in cancer biology. For over four decades, mutations were thought lock KRAS oncoproteins in a constitutive or persistently active state. Piro Litos work has challenged this assumption to reveal new mechanisms leading to the physiologic inactivation of mutant KRAS…

Ayushi Chauhan aims to create a new generation of portable devices for the rapid detection of point mutations responsible for DR-TB. The assay is accessible, scalable, and suitable for high burden TB countries.

A large part of our life remains a mystery. We spend roughly a third of our life with our eyes closed, resting, regenerating, and dreaming. Sleep is universal and common to humans and all animals, so one would imagine it to be one of the best-researched subjects in history. This…