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Deciphering the function of oncogenic KRAS has been a central objective in cancer biology. For over four decades, mutations were thought lock KRAS oncoproteins in a constitutive or persistently active state. Piro Litos work has challenged this assumption to reveal new mechanisms leading to the physiologic inactivation of mutant KRAS…

ArtecHubs Nigeria is a STEAM company that equips young persons between 6 to 18 years with relevant skills needed for the workforce which includes coding, robotics, local technology, and entrepreneurship. Tags: Citizen Science, Discrimination, Education, Engineering, Gender, Robotic, Social Cohesion.

Through this citizen science and educational project, we have involved over 400 people in the preservation of freshwater environments in Argentina. Citizens can participate through our mobile app or our website in helping monitor freshwater habitats, or they can use and build educational resources to use in schools linked to…

Nominated by: Alexandra Huener, Milner Therapeutics Institute Presented by: Debora Lucarelli

UTAS’s mission is “A place where we do things for Tasmania and from Tasmania”. Its strategy and implementation are geared to improve life for Tasmanians in six areas: Educational Attainment, Health, Economic Performance, Social Inclusion, Cultural Participation, and Environmental Sustainability. It deploys outcome indicators to measure and manage progress in…

In this Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation with Philippe Tanguy, 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.…

Birds are perhaps one of the oldest subjects of human study. From marvelling at their effortless flight to mapping their transcontinental journeys – with the advance of scientific progress, we have gained ever deeper insights into their biology. One of the most recent discoveries now shows yet another astonishing facet:…

The optimal transport problem consists of finding the cheapest way of transporting a distribution of mass from one location to another. Alessio Figalli has used optimal transport’s techniques to mathematically understand: (1)the rigidity properties of crystals under the influence of external forces; (2)the behavior of large-scale atmospheric flows; (3)the universality…

Dr. Chuan Xia is a Professor of Materials and Energy at University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC). He obtained his Ph.D. at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in 2018 followed by a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard university and Rice university. In 2020 he joined…

Mout De Vrieze is addressing the challenge faced by potato farmers who heavily rely on toxic pesticides to protect their crops, leading to environmental and health risks. Her solution involves isolating natural protective microorganisms from potato plants and combining them to create eco-friendly plant protection products, offering a sustainable and…