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HOW PRIMATE NEUROSCIENCE REVEALS THE MECHANISMS OF OUR PERCEPTION Who does not fear attention disorders? How many times have we over-looked what was right before our eyes? Many are the paranoias of a society drowning in a deluge of information. While we know that attention disorders, like attention deficit hyperactivity…

How Forensic Architecture Reveals War’s Secrets Recent military conflicts such as the ongoing civil war in Syria have increasingly moved from the battlefield to urban spaces, rendering citizens as well as civilian structures in densely populated areas highly vulnerable to attacks and catastrophic violence. In many cases, urban conflict areas…

The nominating institution Philips Healthcare on the breakthrough: Vascular disease in children refers to a variety of illnesses that affect blood vessels in the body. Assessment of severity and risk is often done by MRI, or with catheters with contrast injection. This is invasive, costly, and limited by the imaging…

Nominated by: Jerome Etwaroo, University of Victoria Presented by: Karolina Valente

PRESENTED BY Olav Birlem NOMINATED BY Technical University of Darmstadt Tags: Assembly Technology, Metallic Velcro, Nano Wires, Metallic Touch Fastener

COVID lockdowns and financial crisis have caused stress in families globally, increasing child abuse. With EU funding, social scientists had developed and tested open-source parent support programs. We built an emergency coalition with WHO, UNICEF, CDC, EndViolence & UNODC. We rapidly adapted and translated simple parenting resources into 104 languages.…

Emma-Anne Karlsen is researching ways to enhance the effectiveness of monoclonal antibodies (mAb) in cancer treatment, addressing the issue of low response rates (below 35%) in certain cancers, costing Australia an estimated $355 million annually for non-responders. Her solution involves repurposing prochlorperazine (PCZ), a low-cost hospital medication, to transform non-responders…

Clara Jiang explores whether statins (widely used lipid-lowering drugs) can be repurposed for treating depression by comparing the gene expression changes induced by statins and antidepressants in human cells.

Tech for High School Initiative is providing Internet Computer Technology infrastructures to high schools teaching students and teachers computer skills prior to taking a project-based approach in having students utilize their skills in solving complex problems in Liberia. Introduce a new ICT curriculum to teach students 21st-century skills such as…

José L. Flores-Guerrero proposes using Raman spectroscopy directly over the skin of patients as a painless and low-cost method that allows the identification of the substances needed for the diagnosis and prediction of diabetes.