Martin Plenio, Fedor Jelezko

Bayer Kimlu Science Fellowship has the aims to shape the next generation of STEM leaders in Latin America. Each year we select 40 young people (age 14-18) to be part in a 10 days STEM-leadership science camp in which their develop their science competences and leadership skills. After this, they’re…

Paola Nogales-Ascarrunz is addressing the rampant jaguar trafficking in Bolivia, where over 300 fangs and 650 parts were seized on their way to Asia. Her solution involves molecular markers and whole genome sequencing to trace the origin of these seized jaguar parts, aiding law enforcement in controlling poaching hotspots and…

The conventional manufacture of ceramic tiles involves temperatures of around 1200°C for 1-5 hours. This equates to a large amount of CO2 emissions which is compounded for coal-powered countries. Emma Horn’s solution is bio-tiles using microbially induced CaCO3 precipitation. It involves a negligible energy input and is highly scalable by…

PRESENTED BY Enrique Hernández NOMINATED BY CI3M (Centro Nacional de Investigación en Imagenología e Instrumentación Médica) Tags: Breast Cancer, Infrared Thermal Images, Cancer Screening

Global warming and climate change increase the level of GHG (green house gases). Emad Alobiadoon’s solution is to use metal organic frameworks (MOFs). MOFs have the ability to capture and convert the emission into useful materials such as chemicals and less harmful gas.

How Intelligent Accountability Can Stop Bureaucratic Excess and Improve Governance Over the last years of financial disasters on a global scale, we often heard the mantra “we need to build trust in the institutions” – this being the very essence of our economic and political systems. Professor O’Neill, a leading…

How Micro- and Optoelectronics Lead to Transparent and Paper Transistors If you are happy that your mobile phone does not weigh 1 kilogram and cost $4000 like the first handheld model from 1973, you will appreciate the efforts of Elvira Fortunato, who is working on making technology as cheap and…

The nominating institution Nanyang Technological University on the breakthrough: E-waste is a growing global problem owing to its toxicity and environmental impact. Pioneering “waste-for-waste” approach demonstrated to tackle both food waste and electronics waste towards circular economy of zero waste in which resources are used for long as possible. Unique,…

Nominated by: Jessica Gallagher, University of Adelaide Presented by: Lewis Dunnigan

PRESENTED BY Javier Jarazo NOMINATED BY Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) – Université du Luxembourg Tags: Parkinson’s, R&D