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Proteins are essential to life, supporting practically all its functions. Yet, the structure of these complex molecules has stood as a grand challenge in biology for the past 50 years. However, with the recent developments in the field of artificial intelligence, it has become possible to predict the three-dimensional structure…

Nominated by: Oxford University Hospital Presented by: Fouad Noor

For a variety of reasons ranging from our heightened awareness of climate change and concerns for our health to an increased sensitivity to animal welfare issues, the popularity of alternatives to meat has been gaining unprecedented momentum in recent years. Mark Post, who trained as a medical doctor and is…

How the Digital Humanities Help Us Think About the Past to Invent the Future The digital technologies of our times have revolutionised not just the way we live and work in the present, they also change our understanding of the past. Today’s archaeologists are equipped with gene sequencers and 3D…

BioFun is creating the first device that breaks down recalcitrant pollution with enzymes of unique fungi, stopping these harmful compounds from making their way into the environment.

How Artificial Leaves Can Solve the Global Energy Crisis In 2011, Daniel Nocera conquered global media attention when he presented a cheap coated-silicon sheet which, when placed in a glass of tap water and exposed to sunlight, is able to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. Both gases can be…

The nominating institution Einstein Center for Neurosciences Berlin on the breakthrough: Open Innovation (OI) offers a different way of doing research to address urgent global challenges. We developed an unique training strategy that empowers early-stage researchers to apply OI concepts into their projects. To embed our training into Berlin’s neuroscience…

How Macroeconomics Shape the Financial Architecture of Tomorrow Sometimes, the reason for a paradigm shift can seem completely obvious after it has been discovered. One wonders how the prior held notion could have been resilient to change for so long. A field that does not lack bold assertions followed by…

As a species, we have a remarkable history of scaling up and distributing new technologies among the world’s population. For centuries, books and letters were precious and limited to a small elite, today the printed word is ubiquitous and production costs are negligible. The most recent democratisation of technology took…

PRESENTED BY Maksym Plakhotnyuk NOMINATED BY University of Illinois Chicago Tags: Additive Manufacturing, 3D Printing, Micro Devices, Nano Devices, Deep Tech , Atomic Layer Processing