Universe unfolded at the World’s Top 50 Innovators 2022

We are delighted to welcome Nobel Laureate Dr. John Mather, NASA Senior Project Scientist, James Webb Space Telescope; Nobel Prize Physics 2006; as a Keynote Speaker at the World’s Top 50 Innovators 2022. Dr. Mather is the leader of the team that took the James Webb Space Telescope from an initial spark of an idea … Continued

CO2 slashed at the World’s Top 50 Innovators 2022

A vast amount of CO2 is released in the atmosphere to produce many materials in everyday use like steel, plastic and paper. At this year’s T50 we have invited innovators who have devised technologies to help slash those emissions. Barak Yekutiely, from Reep Technologies has invented an extraordinary machine which literally sucks the ink from … Continued

From building blocks to blockbusters at the World’s Top 50 Innovators 2022

In what is being considered as one of the greatest scientific breakthroughs this century, a collaboration between EMBL-EBI and AlphaFold from Google, using an AI system, has solved one of biology’s hardest problems, and published the predicted structures of over 200 million proteins. Proteins are the atomic machinery and building blocks of life. They govern … Continued

Quantum Computing at World’s Top 50 Innovators 2022

Comparing a classical computer to a quantum computer, is a bit like comparing a crack in the wall to the Grand Canyon..! Quantum computing relies on the quirkiness of sub-atomic particles to exist in more than one state at a time. For example, in normal computing a single piece of information or bit can exist … Continued

World-first coronavirus vaccine developed by World’s Top 50 Innovator 2019

Attendees at the last World’s Top 50 Innovators 2019 hosted at the Royal Society, London were blown away by CEO of BioNTech, Dr Ugur Sahin and his presentation on individualised cancer immunotherapy (link to video). Dr Sahin discussed how an RNA-based treatment could be used to generate immunity against a whole host of mutations (the … Continued

Codex TV – Can tech cool the planet? Replay

Dear Friends, On behalf of Codex TV, thank you for joining Wednesday’s online event Can tech cool the planet? Your participation helped make it a fantastic event and we hope you found the discussion highly informative and valuable. For example, I never realised how important a whale’s digestive system could be to capture and sequester carbon … Continued

Codex TV – Can tech cool the planet?

Dear Friends, I am delighted to invite you to a free Codex TV event “Can tech cool the planet?” on Wednesday 16 March 6pm GMT London. The format will be an online panel discussion. If we are going to have any chance of reaching the Paris Agreement goal of limiting the Earth’s temperature rise to no more than … Continued

Codex TV – The Metaverse – Build it and they shall come

Dear Friends, On behalf of Codex TV, thank you for joining yesterday’s online event The Metaverse: Build it and they shall come. Your participation helped make it a fantastic event and we hope you found the discussion highly informative and valuable. If you were unable to view the panel discussion yesterday, you can watch it here The … Continued