Remy Gakwaya

Roberto Osellame graduated at Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and received the Ph.D. degree in Physics from the Politecnico di Torino (Italy). He is a Research Director at the Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies (IFN) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Politecnico…

Taís de Moraes Alves is developing a building lego that accelerates construction and an online software that uses gaming tech and a cloud database to integrate Life Cycle Assessment and cost data into the design process.

How the Human Brain Project Can Contribute to a Fundamentally New Paradigm of Information Processing While it might seem that the processing power of computers will continue to increase endlessly, waste heat, power consumption and the probability of component failures rise at the same time – and potentially to unmanageable…

Classic 4 stroke IC engines are relatively huge, heavy, and have more reciprocating parts which cause a waste of energy to keep reciprocating parts moving and to carry a heavy engine inside a vehicle. Jaloliddin Yunusov, therefore, proposes reducing the total weight, removing reciprocating parts, applying a rotary gas controller…

Using visual and performing arts to build Creativity, Confidence, and Voice in disadvantaged children Slam Out Loud is a non-profit that uses the power of visual and performing arts (like theatre, storytelling, spoken word poetry) to build creative confidence skills like communication, critical thinking, and empathy and awareness on social…

The nominating institution Weizmann Institute of Science on the breakthrough: ALS is an incurable and fatal disease. A recent landmark study has identified a bioactive gut microbiome commensal and secreted product (nicotinamide) as disease modifying in ALS-prone mice. Importantly, human patients featured similar microbial and CNS metabolite alterations. This work provides…

How Insect Science Contributes to Understanding Human Immunity Let us be honest – when reading the words “insect research”, we rather think about killing insects than about learning from them. Luxembourg born immunologist Jules A. Hoffmann has based his multi-awarded career, crowned by the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or…

Emily Hsue-Chi Shi is addressing the inefficiency of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) commonly used in smartphone screens, focusing on the limitations posed by the non-emitting “dark” triplet state. Her solution involves designing molecules with a reduced singlet-triplet gap, facilitating thermal activation of electrons and maximising OLED efficiency for improved electroluminescence…

Innovative materials called complex scattering media allow us to see objects even when hidden behind obstacles. Anwesh Bhattacharya is developing a new infrared camera that can break our invisibility for heat vision.

Unlocking the Mysteries of the Cell – Falling Walls Circle Round Table 2023 In this roundtable discussion a multidisciplinary group of experts will share their perspectives on how collaborations using state-of-the-art genomic, open science, and imaging technologies are providing new insights into human biology and how these fundamental discoveries will…