Thomas Sommer

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 Funlab: Reach the unreachable project aims to use its science bus to reach out to the underprivileged communities all over Egypt through edutainment hands-on activities to spark their passion about science and inspire them to choose science and technology fields for their studies and careers. Another goal is to…

HOW MARINE SCIENCES DISCOVER HIDDEN RESOURCES Even though we are on a planet with more than seventy percent of its surface covered by seawater and a large proportion of its population living along the coastlines of the world’s oceans, we know more about the dark side of the moon than…

Matthias Tschöp: Breaking the Wall of Obesity – Falling Walls Science Summit 2023 Overweight individuals face an increased risk of developing various diseases, with diabetes being a prominent concern. Diabetes, both Type 1 and Type 2, can lead to serious complications such as heart disease, kidney failure, blindness, and nerve…

How Robotics and Digital Data Will Change the Future of Agriculture The history of agriculture is one of constant evolution and a fair share of ground-breaking revolutions. Domesticated animals, employed to do some of the back-breaking work formerly done by farmers themselves, were replaced by tractors about a hundred years…

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…

An ebook service for people with dyslexia, blindness, cerebral palsy, and other reading barriers. Bookshare is a nonprofit global ebook service for people with reading barriers. People with dyslexia, blindness, cerebral palsy, and other reading barriers can customize their experience to suit their learning style and find virtually any book…

The nominating institution EPFL on the breakthrough: Nora Al Badri’s unique work joining art, AI, and cultural heritage was advanced during her residency at the Laboratory for Experimental Museology (eM+) of the CDH, EPFL, and will culminate with an exhibition in Autumn 2020. A pre-trained neural network based on GAN…

Nouf AlJabri of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology was awarded 3rd place at the global Falling Walls Lab Finale 2016. Nouf presented a method by which plastic can be converted into a fuel that produces fewer greenhouse gases. This is achieved by means of multi-metallic catalysts with…

How Materials Science Heralds A New Class Of Technologies  Future generations may well refer to our current times as ‘the silicon age’. Silicon forms the core of the electronics that enable much of our way of life, not just computers and mobile phones but also in areas such as communication…