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Edwin Rodríguez is addressing the environmental impact of human activities in the face of climate change by introducing an innovative environmental analysis service for surface waters. This solution aims to provide crucial insights into the presence of contaminants, including emerging ones, through a simplified sampling and analysis process, enabling a…

Denis Tavares is addressing the pervasive issue of fake news exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, impacting various sectors globally. His solution involves a web application utilising advanced machine learning techniques to empower non-experts in detecting and controlling fake news, with an initial impressive accuracy of approximately 94%, aiming to promote…

Bohnhoff et al. develop an entirely new scale-invariant and process-oriented approach to unravel earthquake nucleation and rupture physics. This bears enormous potential for future generations of adaptive seismic hazard assessment at major tectonic plate-boundaries and associated risk at colocated population centers. This will also critically improve mitigation of man-made seismic…

Stefano Sacanna was born and raised in Rimini, Italy. He graduated in Chemistry from the University of Bologna and obtained his Ph.D. (cum Laude) in Physical and Colloid Chemistry from Utrecht University in the Netherlands. In 2008 he joined the Center for Soft Matter Research at New York University as…

How Forensic Architecture Reveals War’s Secrets Recent military conflicts such as the ongoing civil war in Syria have increasingly moved from the battlefield to urban spaces, rendering citizens as well as civilian structures in densely populated areas highly vulnerable to attacks and catastrophic violence. In many cases, urban conflict areas…

Kai-Wen Yang has developed an innovative medical device that can perform minimal open reduction and internal fixation to unite the vertebral compression fracture.

Francesca Santoro is trying to find out how electronic microchip-based devices are coupled to biological tissues. She and her team developed a biohybrid synapse through the coupling of an artificial neuron and biological neuronal cells that spontaneously release the neurotransmitter dopamine.

Daniela Labra Cardero, Director at AtentaMente, specialized in curriculum development, teacher training, and instruction of contemplative-based socio-emotional education, linking scientific research and pedagogical practice. In Mexico, one in two children lives in poverty, and 60% of students are considered behind in school by the time they’re in 6th grade. The…

How Generative AI Can Revolutionize Therapy Development – Falling Walls Circle Plenary Table 2023 The rapid development of Generative Artificial Intelligence is facilitating groundbreaking applications across various industries. This Plenary Table will explore the transformative potential of Generative AI in advancing innovative therapies and realizing their great promises. The panelists…

Nominated by: Shikma Litmanovitz, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Presented by: Noam Hassidov