Yoko Sen

The project is included within the regeneration program of the entire Central Park of Mazatlán. The project will offer the complete experience of the marine ecosystems of the Sea of ​​Cortez, as well as the terrestrial ones of its shores. Around and inside the building nature lives alive and growing,…

Libor Šmejkal: Breaking the Wall to Quantum Magnets – Falling Walls Science Summit 2023 Before the discovery of altermagnets, researchers studied ferromagnets and antiferromagnets. Ferromagnets are commonly used but suffer energy loss due to resistance when electricity passes through them. Antiferromagnets, where magnetic moments cancel out, also experience energy losses…

Public trust and involvement in science plays a central role in addressing global challenges, achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, and contributing to the overall wellbeing of society. This Falling Walls Circle Round Table debates how we can use Co-Creative Approaches to foster Science Engagement initiatives that aim to…

My project is to transform the grass from the malagasy savanna in Fianarantsoa to Bio briquettes. Tags: Climate change, Environment & Nature, Renewable energies.

Barbadians have a history of plant usage for health stretching back to the period 1600s to 1800s. Our population is mainly of African descent and rural communities still hold dear to the knowledge base. This is being hampered, however, due to loss of biodiversity and traditional knowledge. Our project has…

Cindy Ow transforms cancer signalling pathways into otherworldly musical opuses, highlighting cancer mutations with auditory distortions.

In this Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation, digital participants had the chance to engage in a live conversation with Lilia Moritz Schwarcz. She talked about her work as a historian and in anthropology in Brazil, how democracies can slowly become autocracies and what can be done to preserve democracies worldwide. The interview…

Roberto Osellame graduated at Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and received the Ph.D. degree in Physics from the Politecnico di Torino (Italy). He is a Research Director at the Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies (IFN) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Politecnico…

The nominating institution SCHOTT on the breakthrough: SCHOTT is the first company to mass produce ultra thin alumino-silicate glass, as required for foldable mobile display covers. Thickness below 0.1 mm allows for bending radii below 2 mm, after a so-called chemical toughening process. The glass is produced directly in the…