These updates are republished press releases and communications from members of the Science|Business Network Esade students join forces with CERN scientists to create innovative solutions to challenges of pandemic Eight university teams consisting of 42 students of 19 nationalities from Esade, IED Barcelona and UPC present their prototypes after months of work with CERN scientists. Urban mobility and how to reassure users after COVID-19; future jobs and form of employment, particularly working from home and work-life balance; transformation of education and learning; and the importance of verifying information to combat fake news. These are the four challenges set this year in the 7th edition of Challenge-Based Innovation (CBI), a programme organised by @IdeaSquare and the Innovation Department at the CERN, Europe’s organisation for nuclear research, to encourage multidisciplinary teams of students to work together with researchers and teachers from different entities on new solutions for the future of humanity.