Nkosana Masuku

COVID-19 has hit the NGO sector hard, with the closure of study centres and workshop facilities, compounded by uncertainty about future re-openings. For many organizations, the transition to offering classes and learning content online has been beset with challenges, as there are few affordable platforms with the necessary infrastructure to…

In a novel approach to empower citizens to contribute to scientific research and close the linkages between science and society, we crowdsourced research questions from patients as well as their relatives and caretakers in the fields of mental health and traumatology. In both projects, crowd members provided more than 1000…

The nominating institution ORNL on the breakthrough: Mass production of protective equipment and testing supplies is critical to an effective pandemic response that saves lives by minimizing the spread of COVID-19. Dr. Lonnie Love is leading a team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to create scientifically proven solutions that can…

Power Asymmetries: How big platforms change the organization of society Our society is increasingly defined by big platforms and their algorithms. Google is already an integral part of education and the workspace, while Facebook, Amazon and Spotify heavily influence how we communicate, what we buy and what music we listen…

Late-stage detection of breast cancer has as a consequence cachexia and chemotherapy which is the main treatment modality. These reduce the survival rate of patients. Borelle Mafogang proposes valorizing some local foodstuffs via the development of a dietary supplement for the management of breast cancer and chemotherapy sequelae.

The incubator will provide the needed temperature continuously, reduce Sudden Infant Death Syndrome(SIDs), and malaria. It will send information wirelessly to the Pediatrician or Doctor. Tags: Digital Health, Digitalisation, Engineering, Med-Tech.

Yi Long is a Fellow of the royal Royal Society of Chemistry and currently serving as scientific editor for Materials Horizons. She obtained her PhD from the University of Cambridge, UK with full Overseas Research Scholarship (ORS), United Kingdom Cambridge Trust, Graduate Scholarship of Selwyn College. Her research focuses on…

Biodegradable plastics have existed for several years now and have been marketed as a means to fight the global plastic waste crisis. But even in the best cases, the process of degrading this plastic can be incredibly slow. It would take a typical water bottle 2-3 years to biodegrade in…

Together with Finnish amateur photographers, Prof. Palmroth and her team discovered a new type of aurora, named the dunes. The dunes present a new opportunity to investigate ignorosphere, a layer of upper atmosphere that is notoriously difficult to observe. The team published a high impact paper linking the dunes to…

The nominating institution CNRC on the project: Shen offers a robust living cell platform that is widely accepted by regulatory authorities for manufacturing human vaccines. It has been used as a technology platform for development, and has potential for high-yield manufacturing of established vaccines or novel vaccines for emerging diseases,…