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The nominating institution Harvard Medical School on the project: If there is a worse disease than ALS, you should hope never to see it. Relentlessly progressive and 100% fatal, it has no treatment. By means of a clever genetic screen, the nominee and his colleagues identified a gene that, when…

Nominated by: National University of Singapore Presented by: Don Haut

By intensively pursuing the transfer of knowledge and technology into business and society, TUDA has become a dynamic start-up university with a strong innovative and entrepreneurial culture. HIGHEST focuses its innovation management process on: coaching, consulting, educating innovative, entrepreneurial PERSONALITIES development of RESEARCH FINDINGS, via validation up to innovative market…

Soha is a network of volunteer astronomers and institutions interested in communicating science to vulnerable communities in Iran, including underprivileged youth, refugees, sick people and children with disability. The project facilitates interdisciplinary events mixing astronomy with arts, sports, and entertainment, and integrates psychological support to work effectively with target groups.

A New Green Cutlery Based on Biodegradable Polymer & UAE Date Palm Waste.   Tags: Energy, Engineering, Environment & Nature, Food & Agriculture, Green Tech, Ocean pollution, Renewable energies.

As universities face the challenge of COVID-19, the EdTech industry has promised frictionless solutions to maintain educational continuity. These “solutions,” however, are often driven more by the needs of the industry than by the needs of students. The ACE Framework is an educator-created guide for course- and institutional-level design to…

Municipal waste, which includes domestic rubbish (garbage) and some industrial and building waste, is usually consigned to landfills. These may vary from holes in the ground to engineered sites designed to protect the environment from pollution by run-off waters and leachates. Zahrat Al-Finjan landfill is located in Jenin Governorate. It.…

Douglas Remhunga is addressing the environmental problem of aluminium can waste by proposing a solution that involves extracting nano alumina from the cans. This nano alumina can then be utilised as an adsorbent or catalyst to treat acid mine drainage, offering a sustainable approach to repurpose aluminium can waste.

The nominating institution Lawrence Berkeley National Lab on the breakthrough: The Molecular Foundry provides visiting researchers (“users”) with access to leading-edge scientific instruments. In an innovative twist on the traditional user facility model, users also gain access to world-renowned scientists who devote their expertise to the users’ research goals in…

Emmanuel Awosu is addressing the global issue of non-biodegradable waste tires, producing around 30 million tons annually, by proposing an innovative pyrolysis approach. His multi-step process efficiently recycles waste tires into valuable products like isoprene, toluene, and xylene, providing a sustainable solution that turns trash into treasures without harming the…