Life Sciences & Health

Innovation is not solely about groundbreaking ideas; it’s about the perseverance and determination to push boundaries even when faced with challenges. We interviewed Millennium Technology Prize winner Robert Langer and applied psychology researcher Elisabet Lahti to understand what it takes to succeed in the long game of impactful innovation.Read more ›

When someone has won the Nobel Prize and the Millennium Technology Prize (among others), holds more than 60 U.S. patents and has co-founded several companies, it would be easy to assume they’ve been a prolific genius since birth. However, Frances Arnold says that early on, she was just as confused about her career path as the next person.Read more ›

The 2016 Millennium Technology Prize winner, Frances Arnold, reflects on her extraordinary work in the field of directed evolution  In 1859,  Charles Darwin published the theory of natural selection, exploring…Read more ›

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an essential element of life. It is in the air we breathe and plants need it to photosynthesise and grow. Too much CO2 in the air,…Read more ›

Wearable, external exoskeletons make workingin difficult positions easier. Musculoskeletal disorders are among the most common reasons for sick leave and early retirement. If work conditions cannot be changed, the exertion…Read more ›

Millennium Technology Prize winners Professor Shankar Balasubramanian and Professor David Klenerman discuss the enormous value of researching without an agenda – and the need to fund it properly The response by…Read more ›

British duo Professor Shankar Balasubramanian and Professor David Klenerman have been awarded the Millennium Technology Prize for their development of revolutionary DNA sequencing techniques.Their Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology means…Read more ›

Robert Langer is an American professor credited with the development of delivery systems that allow the administration of drugs to a specific tissue or place in the body. His methods…Read more ›

Shūji Nakamura, an American professor born in Japan, received the Millennium Technology Prize in 2006 for his work in developing LED technology. Thanks to his work, many of the devices…Read more ›

The 2016 Millennium Technology Prize winner Frances Arnold won the 2018 Nobel prize in chemistry and is now the third person to have won these two prestigious prizes.Read more ›