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Through this citizen science and educational project, we have involved over 400 people in the preservation of freshwater environments in Argentina. Citizens can participate through our mobile app or our website in helping monitor freshwater habitats, or they can use and build educational resources to use in schools linked to…

This initiative engages deaf students – 18-year-olds and older – together with their families and communities through docu-drama formats to guide and strengthen the genetics research of hearing impairment. A science communication toolkit composed of two 25-minute docu-dramas was developed for that purpose: one film based on sign language is…

In order to grasp the future of cities, one has to look towards Africa and Asia. While the African continent is rapidly urbanising – by 2036 more than half of the African population will live in cities – the rising number of city dwellers live under extremely unequal conditions. By…

By cleaning the ceramic electrolyte by a patented heat treatment, an excellent interface between the anode and the electrolyte is achieved enabling 10 times faster charging than lithium-ion batteries. Tags: Energy, Engineering, Environment & Nature, Renewable energies.

The major source of water pollution with oil is small gas and car washing stations, whose wastes are not cleaned nor controlled. Olena Boruk designed, tested, and put into use an original filter with coal adsorbents that prevents oil from entering wastewaters. The filter is affordable and can be used…

Maliha Sharmin is addressing the challenge of developing a dengue vaccine that effectively targets all four antigenically distinct serotypes of the virus. Her proposed solution involves investigating the role of specific miRNAs in dengue virus replication and exploring the potential use of antisense oligonucleotides targeting these miRNAs as a promising…

Prof. Ting Xu received Ph.D in Polymer Science and Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2004 and postdoc training at the University of Pennsylvania and NIST. She jointed University of California, Berkeley in 2007 in the Department of Material Sciences and Engineering and Department of Chemistry. Her research…

Bhargavee Gnanasambandam is addressing the persistent incidence of cervical cancer in medically underserved areas by proposing a 15-minute antibody-based cervical cancer device. This innovative solution allows women to self-collect samples, providing immediate results and intervention, thus overcoming the discomfort and delays associated with the current invasive pelvic exam and waiting…

This project seeks to reveal the nature of graffiti prohibition as content-based speech regulation. It will unearth the practice of favoring messages conforming to prevailing narratives and aesthetic standards. This research is very timely given the role of graffiti in the recent “Black Lives Matter” uprisings. The authors’ groundbreaking proposal…

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…