Lorena Neira Ramírez

How the Neuroscience of Sound, Language and Music Shapes Human Communication Communication through sound is an everyday miracle. Spoken language reaches the listener’s ear as soundwaves that our auditory system transforms into brainwaves. But merely decoding sound from the environment is insufficient to guarantee that its meaning will be understood.…

According the hypotheses that plants can “communicate” among themselves, Olga Kisseleva is investigating the possibility of “eaves dropping” on this arboreal “dialogue,” and even taking part in it. This idea has given birth to the project in which trees can “communicate” on two levels: among themselves in the T2T (Tree…

Nominated by: Khashayar Razghandi, Matters of Activity Excellence Cluster, Humboldt University of Berlin Presented by: José Villatoro

A yeast that naturally produces provitamin A will be genetically engineered to grow using cellulose-based agricultural byproducts. The cultivation process will then be optimized for VAD communities.   Tags: Bio-Tech, Circular Economy, Engineering, Food & Agriculture, Global Cooperation, Green Tech, Resilience, Trust in science.

We are peer to peer learning community platform with the purpose of empowering the next generation of youths in Myanmar towards economics and technological advancement in Myanmar. Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Covid-19, Digitalisation, Education, Robotic.

Sundance Collab has created a digital education breakthrough for artists around the world by putting the focus on storytelling, and creating lab-like environments for great stories to flourish. Film education is incredibly expensive, selective, and out of reach for most creators around the world. We have created a space for…

Nominated by: Australian National University Presented by: Mark Mattingley-Scott

The mental health crisis needs new thinking – especially during a pandemic. Art Works pedagogy integrates research from psychology and neuroscience to design unique art exercises that provide a mental break, foster focus and energize the mind. Using science in art (brain imaging, brain waves, and neurobiology) enables health care…

As part of the initiative Making Science the Star, Stephane Kenmoe’s film series ‘Science in the City’ approaches scientific topics through cinematic storytelling in 26 episodes. Focusing on topics such as biomass, and renewable energies and AI, the film series depicts the common perception of science in Africa and the…

Cutting-edge particle accelerator and quantum computational simulations to unveil each step of an enzyme reaction to guide an efficient design of new functions for sustainable industrial applications.