Wadim Wormsbecher

MYRIAD engaged young people, schools and families with the shrouded mystery of the teenage mind. Using a hybrid of approaches from inspiration to collaboration right through to a digital campaign, people got to step inside and explore an inflatable brain, to design research and ask the questions that are most…

PRESENTED BY Tatiana Stella NOMINATED BY The University of Milano-Bicocca Tags: Contamination, Microbiology, Biological Reclamation

MathworldVR – immersive learning environment in virtual reality where students discover connections between the abstract world of mathematics and the virtual, simulated real-life world. Tags: Education.

Wiping out a widespread disease is a notoriously difficult challenge on a global scale and malaria is one of the oldest and deadliest diseases to affect humanity. Malaria exacts a huge toll on human health and imposes a heavy social and economic burden, particularly on countries in sub-Saharan African and…

Shabib Alrashdi is addressing the profitability challenge of biochar production, a charred biomass known for improving sandy soil fertility and acting as a carbon sink. His proposed solution involves identifying the labile carbon fraction and degree of aromaticity in different types of biochar, aiming to determine the quantity and kinetics…

The world has clear goals on reducing CO2 emissions to limit catastrophic climate change. But society needs chemicals – fuels, fertilizers, precursors for plastics and pharmaceuticals – where do these come from if we must reduce and eventual stop fossil fuel use? With easy availability of low-cost renewable electricity comes…

The human brain is certainly the most complex known object in the universe. It is the control centre of our entire being, the seat of our consciousness, and yet we do not fully understand how it works. These mysteries are the essence of neuroscience: how does the human brain work?…

Improving Global Health is a fundamental challenge, in which science and technology play important roles. Whether it is ultra-fast sequencing of whole genomes, mRNA vaccines or gene editing: Recent innovations could change and improve the life of millions of people around the world. But only if science can make it…

The Idea of this project came from famous Brain-Ring intelligence game where two groups are competing with push-buttons for quick answering to the questions from different spheres. We decided to involve university students in the organizing of the game, assembled with them the buttons and control system, wrote down logical…

Nominated by: Rick Hao, Speedinvest Presented by: Simon Groeblacher