Mohammed Zaid

Fusion is a nuclear reaction that combines two light nuclei, producing energy; fusion reactions power stars like our sun. Producing energy from fusion would provide a carbon-free, clean, safe, and abundant source of electricity. Net energy production from fusion requires that the reactions occur in a ‘plasma’ hotter than the…

The nominating institution DWIH on the breakthrough: The Innovative Research in Small Companies program conducted by the São Paulo Research Foundation is Brazil’s largest innovation program. It has funded over 2,500 research projects in over 1,500 different companies. It employs a rigorous selection process that seeks to find a combination…

A scalable protein-protein interaction screen helps unraveling the pathogenesis for disease mutations e.g. GLUT1 deficiency syndrome, thereby providing a possible mechanism for a range of other cases.

Thomas Gasser: Breaking the Wall of Parkinson – Falling Walls Science Summit 2023 Neuroscientist Thomas Gasser was awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Life Science in September 2023 for his groundbreaking research into genetic risk factors for Parkinson’s disease. He has been head of clinical research at the German Center for…

Female Leadership in Science, Business and Society The Falling Walls Foundation and the Bayer Foundation invited to a mutual networking event in July 2021. The Female Science Talents Gathering offered all participants discussion formats that allow insightful connections with outstanding female leaders and scientists. We were happy to welcome three…

Stannie Rameliarison and her team teach fruit and vegetable producers how to dry their crops in order to store them longer and provide them with solar dryers and a market where they can sell the dried products.

Delay Lines (feedback) draws from our research and work with silica-based mediums such as glass, integrated circuits, and soft robotics. Silica – one of the most common substances on Earth – is formed when massive stars explode. This stardust permeates our bodies and all aspects of our built world through…

The nominating institution University of Edinburgh on the project: Resilient digital education futures are often assumed to be driven by the imaginaries of AI, personalisation and automation, but are in fact far more dependent on the creativity and conviction of faculty and students. This project showed how research can help…

We have developed a novel therapeutic for SARS-CoV-2 that relies on nanobodies – antibody fragments from alpacas and llamas. Combining protein engineering, structural biology, and virology, we found that multi-component molecules binding the virus on two surfaces lead to robust neutralization of wildtype virus and newly emerging variants. Unlike most…

The Future of AI in the Industrial and Physical World Falling Walls Circle Tables are lending the spotlight to world-leading scientists, science strategists and policy-makers from academia, business and politics discuss how we can apply science, research and innovation to get the world moving again. As technology advances, artificial intelligence…