Lindsay Keith

The nominating institute TU Darmstadt on the breakthrough: Species and natural ecosystems are disappearing at alarming rates. This is due to land use, drought and global warming. We’re only beginning to understand properties that stabilise species communities and their interactions. Blüthgen has developed novel methods to understand such ecological networks…

How Forensic Architecture Reveals War’s Secrets Recent military conflicts such as the ongoing civil war in Syria have increasingly moved from the battlefield to urban spaces, rendering citizens as well as civilian structures in densely populated areas highly vulnerable to attacks and catastrophic violence. In many cases, urban conflict areas…

He coordinated an initiative of biological evaluation and repositioning of tenofovir fumarate for the treatment of COVID-19 and is conducting clinical studies with patients and applying metabolomics techniques. In 2005, he helped fund a Tech Park in Ribeirão Preto, elected among the top 20 in the world (UBI Global 2019…

Theo Issitt’s project investigates gases released by cells in different ‘stress’ conditions to model diseases such as cancer. Changes in these gases can then be investigated in the breath to look for disease.

Volkan Sezgin addresses the ways in which to shape old fashioned, non-digital trade diplomacy, suggesting that trade diplomacy should be based on digital trade fairs and conferences and that trade agreements, which lie in the heart of trade diplomacy, should focus on getting digital aspects into action.

The nominating institution Oak Ridge National Laboratory on the project: Tuskan’s groundbreaking plant genomics research is driving creation of non-food super crops that store carbon and grow on marginal lands with less water, nutrients and pesticides. The 250-scientist DOE Center for Bioenergy Innovation he leads at Oak Ridge National Laboratory…

Following over 20 years of intensive, collaborative development work, European companies and research institutes have created a revolutionary new manufacturing technology for mass-producing powerful micro-chips: EUV lithography. Because EUV light is absorbed even by air, ZEISS SMT created an optical system for the EUV lithography machine that consists of the…

Jamil Muradov is addressing the significant issue of concussions affecting over 42 million individuals annually, leading to long-term complications in some cases. His proposed solution involves using the clinically approved drug Memantine to inhibit abnormal brain activity triggered by concussions, showing promise in pre-clinical trials for potential use in human…

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…

The nominating institution FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg on the breakthrough: Imagine reading books without opening them. This old dream now comes true in the lab of AI researcher Andreas Maier at FAU, Germany. He uses this magic for fragile historic documents with inaccessible secrets between the walls of their book covers. Technologies…