Veena Sahajwalla

The breast cancer tumour is one of the fastest-growing tumours and is often diagnosed very late in its growth. X-ray imaging isn’t fast enough here. Hunain Bin Amir’s team has developed a new generation of infrared sensors combined with AI that can be employed in pocket-size gadgets for breast cancer…

By combining the achievements of the arts, history and technology, Prof. Miyasako, who leads the ‘Research on cultural sharing’ group in the TUA-COI project, is creating “Clone Cultural Properties” and “Super Clone Cultural Properties” which reproduce the DNA of arts. The research group is increasing countries’ cultural value by promoting…

The COESO project fosters the growth of citizen science/participatory research in the social sciences and humanities (SSH). We do so by engaging with and bridging three key communities: 1) the European social sciences and humanities community, 2) the citizen science community, and 3) the open scholarly communication community. As an…

Nominated by: Callum Benson, Monash University Presented by: Richard Parsons

Romanian Science Festival (RSF) is an initiative that aims to popularise STEM subjects among young people in Romania. We use sciences to set off their lifelong inquisitiveness and thrust for knowledge. That is why our motto is ‘Don’t get bored! Always be curious!’ We reach our goal firstly by providing…

Carried out over 10 years by artist-economist duo Chow and Lin, The Poverty Line visually documents the type and amount of food a person living by the poverty line can buy per day in different case-study Countries. The photographic study is based on data analysis and socio-economic research on lowest-income…

How Security Studies Explore the Roots of Terror What is it that motivates a formerly non-religious person to plan and commit a massacre declared as an act of god? What are the factors that attract young Europeans to a career as islamist fighters on the battlefields of Syria? These are…

Nominated by: BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt Presented by: Priyanka Srinivas

Win Win Maw is tackling the challenges of food insecurity and malnutrition in Myanmar by proposing a solution that incorporates sustainable protein and fiber sources like cricket and mango peel into traditional rice products. This innovative approach, such as incorporating these ingredients into fermented rice noodles, aims to address malnutrition…

The nominating institution UZH on the breakthrough: Human reproduction developed from a matter of chance to a matter of choice to a matter of design. Latest developments suggest that CRISPR technology will usher in a new era of technologically mediated reproduction. The work examines the interrelation and interaction between normative…