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In this Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation with Londa Schiebinger, digital participants had the chance to discuss and ask questions. The interview series provided an intense personal atmosphere, in which high-level guests, speakers and panelists of the Falling Walls Science Summit 2021 focused on their individual research, career paths and experiences.…

There is no science without collaboration, and in a world that is not only facing a global pandemic, but also a global climate crisis, international cooperation is needed more than ever. But how can a unifying vision be forged? How can barriers between nations be resolved to support global big…

We are peer to peer learning community platform with the purpose of empowering the next generation of youths in Myanmar towards economics and technological advancement in Myanmar. Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Covid-19, Digitalisation, Education, Robotic.

How Astronomy Explores the Past, Present and Future of the Universe The universe is a mysterious place – we know it is some 13.8 billion years old with the part we can observe being about 90 billion light years in diameter, which means that the most distant edges we can…

How a Global Parliament of Cities Can Establish a Sustainable Democracy With the growing recognition of cities as powerful engines of global cultural, social, and political innovation, urban studies and planning are the object of unprecedented attention, sourcing new findings from the most diverse fields of research. At the same…

Kush R. Varshney is a distinguished research scientist and manager with IBM Research – T. J. Watson Research Center, where he leads the machine learning group in the Foundations of Trustworthy AI department. AI Fairness 360 is an extensible open-source toolkit designed to help data science practitioners examine, report, and…

How Consumers, Politics, Business and Investors Can Advance Sustainable, Fair and Efficient Water Use Water is humanity’s most valuable resource – every human being on the planet depends on clean water for survival. It is also the key element for economic development: virtually every production process, from agriculture to manufacturing…

Trishla Sinha is investigating the impact of early life exposures, particularly the gut microbiome, on the later onset of diseases such as allergies, asthma, and obesity. Her solution involves studying 1500 mother-infant pairs, considering genetics, immune system, and environment, to develop novel preventive measures, including personalised nutrition, to modulate the…

The nominating institution National University of Singapore on the breakthrough: Static charge is ubiquitous, and causes a lot of problems. It reduces the efficiency of manufacturing processes, damages equipment, causes explosions, and allows particles to stick onto surfaces easily (e.g., dust on screens). As such, it influences almost all types…

The nominating institution Under the Microscope on the breakthrough: In most African countries, there is a lack of sophisticated diagnostic devices & limited expertise in high-tech diagnostics of infectious diseases. This hinders the clinical decision-making ability of healthcare providers. The Nyan- test is portable, affordable, fast & easy to use…