Uta Höpken

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…

Future of Forests – Dramatic Impacts of Climate Change Falling Walls Circle Tables are lending the spotlight to world-leading scientists, science strategists and policy-makers from academia, business and politics discuss how we can apply science, research and innovation to get the world moving again. In this Falling Walls Circle Table,…

Launching October 2020, Drew Berry’s latest animations explore molecular mechanisms that power your cells, converting food and air into the flow of chemical energy that makes your body be alive. Upon a foundation of research and scientific data, Drew Berry animations reveal vast landscapes at scales of time and composition,…

The Radio Frequency (RF) Energy Harvesting system is an application-specific integrated circuit that converts ambient RF energy to generate sufficient power for the sensor nodes used in IoT applications.

The YES! – Young Economic Summit is an annual pupils’ competition on current challenges from economics and society under the patronage of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. In the YES!, school teams of grades 10 to 12 work together with researchers from renowned economic institutes and universities.…

With senseBox one can build, create and easily code stationary or mobile devices equipped with sensors for environmental phenomena like temperature, air quality or light pollution. The devices are connected to the internet and submit the measurements to the IoT-platform openSenseMap. The project is a breakthrough because it empowers children,…

Our device comprises a strip and reader. A couple of blood drops (obtained from a heel prick) are applied to the strip, which is inserted into the reader. The biomarker levels are measured in 10 min. Tags: Bio-Tech, Engineering, Med-Tech.

Our project involves installation of mobile breastfeeding booths in public places. The booths are unique, private, clean and gives mothers a comfortable place to breastfeed. We aim to increase EBF levels.

Walls are back in vogue around the world, from Mexico to Hungary, Austria, and Greece. This is a paradox of history as physical and conceptual walls are being torn down unceasingly, driven by technology, business, and people’s quest for a better future. Political elites and large parts of the electorate…

The nominating institution William Marsh Rice University on the project: Prof. Richard Baraniuk is a visionary pioneer in open education, launching OpenStax in 1999 to improve educational access and learning for everyone. OpenStax has disrupted a broken textbook market, saving students $1.2 billion since 2012. Since COVID-19, demand for these…