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Diego Calzada Fraile is addressing the challenge of enhancing immune responses to fight infection and improve vaccination. His proposed solution involves exploiting the communication between lymphocytes and dendritic cells, revealing that the interaction activates immune responses and provides novel functions that can be harnessed for therapeutic purposes.

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…

PRESENTED BY Amir Baradaran NOMINATED BY Helmholtz- Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren e.V. Tags: Coding, Childhood Unplugged

The nominating institution Charité on the project: Schmitt advances cardiac care by curing something that has long existed, but was never solved with a flawless solution. Children especially have to deal with life-threatening treatments that simply treated, but not cure their disease. The development of GrOwnValve technology will jolt cardiac…

Maja Kokot designs, synthesizes, and characterizes novel bacterial topoisomerase inhibitors (NBTIs) with broad antibacterial spectrum activity.

Under current assumptions we are slowly entering a period of major biodiversity loss with threats to the planet that are severe but difficult to perceive. The effects of human actions on the Earth’s ecosystem are well documented, but what if the scale and pace of species extinction and its consequences…

The science communication center creates customized content considering different audiences, through the lines: “learn” dedicated to general public, “update” oriented to professionals or specialized public of related areas, and “Apply” for decision makers. The interaction with the audience through social media, experiments, collaborations with national and international institutions guides them…

Nominated by: Oxford University Hospital Presented by: Fouad Noor

Young Tinker Academy is a tinker space where school students collaborate and learn hands-on skills of the future. We work with indigenous communities to build tinker spaces for students and youths with content in the vernacular Indian languages. We have impacted the lives of 1,50,000+ students and youths in rural…

Advanced structure of photothermal nanomaterial can boil sea water in a few seconds under solar (free) energy, providing unlimited fresh water supply. This material is cheap, easy to fabricate, and safe.