Tom Corby

How Advocacy and Activism Pave the Way for Rights and Dignity After more than 50 years of activity, Amnesty International does not slow down its commitment to promoting freedom and justice worldwide. It recently made headlines with reports on the human rights violations committed by Turkish authorities during the Gezi…

Our vision is to empower women/girls to optimise their careers in neuroscience and STEM. Our missions/aspirations are to improve networking opportunities for women in neuroscience/STEM, encouraging excellence by yearly Esipirisa Chinna Orish ECO Award to the best female neuroscience student, running a Neuroscience Journal Club, organising lectures & workshop, disseminating…

Nurul Arifah Wahyuni is developing & producing SUHC, a unibody, self-installable balloon tamponade for preventive hemorrhage for under two US dollars.

Amalia Sitti Khayyira creates added-value natural products that possess medicine-like effects. Her current product is fermented palm sugar that can reduce postprandial blood glucose in people with diabetes.

EAFIT Children’s University is an informal education and Science Engagement program that was designed to bring academia and research closer to other audiences and to encourage curiosity, create active learning experiences, promote intellectual enjoyment, and foster critical thinking in children. The program proposes to deal with scientific concepts in an…

PRESENTED BY Pierre Le Blainvaux NOMINATED BY Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Tags: Ecological Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Biosorption, Biomass, Eco-catalysts

My project aims to reduce trash pollution in an at-risk community with schools as the vessels of social innovation, by permanently integrating zero-waste education and expanding community engagement.   Tags: Climate change, Education, Environment & Nature, Ocean pollution, Social Cohesion.

Ana Montalban-Arques’ novel therapeutic approach applies bacteria as a stand-alone therapy for colon cancer, a therapeutic approach that shows striking efficacy of bacteria as monotherapy.

HOW BIOLOGY INSPIRES NANOMECHANICS From the elasticity of blood vessels to the self-healing properties of bones, the strength of nacre, the smart adhesion of gecko feet, the self-cleaning quality of the lotus leaf and the resistance of the spiderweb, biology offers endless inspiration to nanomechanics, some of which might also…

CREATE is a unique applied research centre that develops practical solutions to foster the economic and social integration of refugees through education and employment. CREATE has developed innovative Virtual Career Clinics based on a mentor/mentee model that support over 150 people each year to access employment. Working in close partnership…