Sita Arjune

The nominating institute University of Zurich on the breakthrough: While mutualism was already acknowledged by Darwin, almost all studies have focused on highly specialized, one-on-one interactions. This misses the fact that mutualism shapes networks of interdependencies involving dozens of species. Bascompte’s work fills this gap by showing that the structure…

Abdullah Al Ghailani is addressing the challenges of late dementia detection, proposing an AI-based tool called CognICA for early diagnosis to enhance healthcare outcomes and well-being. His cross-sectional study in the Omani population aims to validate and assess the acceptability of AI-based screening tools, evaluating their effectiveness in improving early…

Nominated by: Siemens Technology Accelerator GmbH Presented by: Harri Leinonen

There is a need to enable stable and persistent energy sources for integrated electronics and technologies operating in any strategic environment inaccessible to humans. Francesca Cova is developing a battery prototype based on the light-mediated conversion of radioactive decay energies into electricity, exploiting record-efficient scintillating nanoarchitectures.

Ferenc Krausz: Breaking The Wall To Attoseconds – Falling Walls Science Summit 2023 Physicist Ferenc Krausz, head of the Max Plank Institute of Quantum Physics since 2003, was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on attosecond physics. His research has provided new insights into the behavior…

Our project is a narrow-spectrum therapy to deal with A. baumannii infections and in a long term provides a modular protein expression system that can be used to design new proteins for other species.   Tags: Bio-Tech, Engineering, Global Cooperation, Med-Tech, Science Communication.

Kristína Macáková is addressing the delayed diagnosis issue in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) by focusing on the key process of citrullination, a crucial point in the production of disease-associated auto-antibodies. In this project, Macáková explores the correlation between markers of neutrophil activation and RA in genetically predisposed individuals, proposing a potential…

Cao Thang Dinh: Breaking the Wall of Decarbonisation – Falling Walls Science Summit 2023 Carbon dioxide (CO2) conversion technology holds promise for mitigating climate change by transforming CO2 emissions into useful products. However, several challenges hinder its widespread adoption, particularly its low energy efficiency. One major issue is the high…

PAUTA works to promote talent for science and mathematics among children and young people. The project organises workshops, courses and activities for them, their parents and teachers, in which knowledge is built through enquiry, experimentation and analysis. PAUTA science clubs have an important presence in economically disadvantaged communities, with the…