Michael Totzeck

Promotion of gender equality drives innovation both in science and in industrial organisations. However, we often fail to put scientific knowledge into practice. This Falling Walls Circle Plenary Table explores the following questions: How to implement gender equality to increase the quality of innovation? And who needs to change: decision…

Our project used a participatory approach to produce a virtual reality tour of our Programme research laboratories. Upon production of the video, it was loaded unto virtual reality headsets and piloted in three-day secondary schools within Kilifi county: Chasimba Secondary School, Katanga Ngala Secondary School and Mdzongoloni Secondary Schools. The…

How Ultracold Atomic Physics is Creating Fundamentally New Materials Physics has a long track record of discovering and studying new forms of matter. Apart from the four states of matter traditionally taught in Physics class – solid, liquid, gas and plasma – there is a whole range of other, more exotic states…

“Julich-Brain” is the first 3D-atlas of the human brain that reflects the variability of the brain’s structure on the micro-level. It features close to 250 areas, more than 24000 brain sections were digitized, assembled in 3D and mapped. Big Data workflows and algorithms to detect areas helped assemble a never…

Dosy is an online platform that teaches women and girls how to ride scooters and bicycles.

Nominated by: Fridtjof Detzner, Planet A Presented by: Marek Chęciński

Uzair Masood installs wall-mounted vending machines that dispense menstrual hygiene products in female restrooms at public places and workplaces where women are involved, making menstrual hygiene management more convenient.

Distance Learning: How low-tech solutions help to make education accessible for everyone Education is key for economic advancement as well as social stability. However, providing quality education is especially challenging in countries that lack infrastructure, learning materials and trained teachers. UNESCO estimates that 617 million school-age children around the world…

An environmentally friendly chemical compound used as a high-quality shield in X-ray attenuation. The chemical compound is characterized by its flexibility and ease of formation. Tags: Bio-Tech, Circular Economy, Digital Health, Engineering, Environment & Nature, Future /green cities, New Work, Trust in science.