Masaaki Miyasako

Ogboh’s multifarious project Stirring the Pot interrogates the myriad experiences that exist within migration. Migration is explored as a function that occurs as an exchange between people and place, and the construction of memory and identity left in its wake. The project is made visceral through a unique balancing of…

Detecting malignant cancer cells in very early stages in order to provide treatment long before tumours spread across the body is something patients, doctors, and public health officials have been looking forward to for a long time. A novel diagnostics technique might make this dream come true and save millions…

Vojtěch Nosek is the CEO and Co-founder of UNICO (www.unico.ai), a Prague-based tech innovations company. UNICO’s in-depth knowledge of the patent landscape, its interdisciplinary research network, and its own AI-powered EXPERTS.AI platform make it a front-runner in delivering technological innovations based on ground-breaking science. EXPERTS.AI is a smart AI-based matchmaker…

Nominated by: Pierluigi Freni, LIFTT Presented by: Giuseppe Antonacci

How tiny wireless robots can be used for non-invasive, precise, and safe medical diagnosis and treatment Robot technology is already abundant in the medical domain, ranging from assistance in surgery to complex prosthetics. However, using tiny robots inside the body is still a fairly novel thing to do. Inspired by…

Cheikh Ahmed Tidiane Deme is producing biochar for removing a wide range of mineral and organic pollutants from wastewater responsible for pollution before discharge.

Iain Couzin is Director of the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and of the Excellence Cluster “Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour” at the University of Konstanz, Germany. His work aims to reveal the fundamental principles that underlie evolved collective behavior and he studies a wide range…

As the global climate crisis worsens and Russia’s war against Ukraine causes significant global impact, a fundamental shift in geopolitics and energy policy is taking place. Developing new materials is a core element in the innovation cycle to accelerate the process of energy transition. Complex data-driven insights can be leveraged…

Food insecurity exists in more than 1.6 billion people (i.e., over 20% of the global population). The last UN Food Systems Summit emphasised that the world’s food system is irretrievably broken. Recent developments such as the war in Ukraine and State-responses to high food prices, alongside ongoing issues like pandemic-related…