Louisa Reichstetter

Batteries have been around for a long time, but it is only in the last decade that they have become a key tool in global energy transition and the fight against climate change. An increasingly electrified world needs more efficient and more sustainable batteries. In this Falling Walls Round Table,…

The nominating institution EPFL on the breakthrough: eM+ works on tangible & intangible heritage and archival materials from Asia, Australasia and Europe using computer science and human-computer interaction techniques to alter cultural data into advanced ultra-high-resolution visualizations. It brings novel digital imaging technology into museums in association with cultural and…

Nominated by: University of California, Berkeley Presented by: Dr. Alan Cowen

Yasmina Abakkouy argues that polygenic risk scores can possibly be used to predict the risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) on a population level. This could lead to more precise risk stratification by classifying people in either high or low AD risk.

PRESENTED BY Michael Marthaler NOMINATED BY Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren e.V. Tags: Quantum Algorithms, Molecule Simulation, Quantum Physics, Quantum Tech, Materials Development, Structural Design

In this Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation, digital participants had the chance to engage in a live conversation with Shankar Balasubramanian. He talked about his role as Herchel Smith Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, his pioneering work on genome sequencing and the practical implications of his research.…

Imagine 50 or even 50,000 students, anywhere the world, using a VR device to stand together with the instructor virtually, in real time, at the famous Pyramids at Giza, Egypt. The Giza Project at Harvard University assembles information about all the archaeological activity at the Giza Pyramids. Using digital archaeology,…

How Evolutionary Biology Explains Why we Get Sick Medical research has focused, properly and powerfully, on how the body works and what part of the mechanism is awry in a person who has a disease. Evolutionary medicine adds a whole new perspective by asking a new question: Why has natural…

A recent study shows that hearing is the last sense to go when we die. What is the last sound you wish to hear at the end of your life? Yoko Sen is an ambient electronic musician who spent time in hospitals as a patient, horrified by their noise –…

About the project Adventure in the Plants Kingdom is part of a project funded by National Geographic’s COVID-19 Remote Learning Emergency Fund for Educators Grant. The idea was to equip primary and secondary school learners with an explorer mindset and skills that enable them to discover their surroundings in ways…