UP Chair in rock engineering and numerical modelling
ResearchUniversity of Pretoria November 9, 2017
In June 2013, the University of Pretoria (UP) established a research chair in Rock Engineering in the Department of Mining Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. The initial aim was to conduct research on specific rock engineering issues, in an attempt to provide a... Read more
Members of the University of the Free State’s (UFS) Cardiac team had various achievements at national and international level this year. The Robert WM Frater Cardiovascular Research Centre in the Faculty of Health Sciences has commenced with a pioneering research project regarding idiopathic dilating cardiomyopathy. With an Afrocentric research... Read more
Lost mountains in the Karoo reveal the secrets of massive extinction event
Research November 2, 2017
Fossil records near the lost Gondwanides mountains show that the Permian-Triassic extinction started 1 million years prior to what was previously believed. Millions of years ago, a mountain range that would have dwarfed the Andes mountains in South America, stretched over what is currently the southern-most tip of Africa.... Read more
Mcup is launched in DUT
Durban University of TechnologyResearch November 1, 2017
The Match Research Unit (MRU) of the University of Witwatersrand in partnership with the Durban University of Technology’s Isolempilo Clinic recently introduced the Menstrual cup project (Mcup) to female students at DUT. The on-going two-year project is intended to provide adolescent girls and young women with menstrual cups that... Read more
CAES top researchers contribute to world-class research
ArchivesResearchUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal October 31, 2017
From left: Professor Sreekantha Jonnalagadda, Professor Hussein Shimelis, Professor Precious Sibanda, Professor Amir Hossein Mohammadi and Professor Johannes van Staden. In September, the University of KwaZulu-Natal congratulated its top performing researchers for 2016. Of the 30 researchers honoured, 16 are based in the College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science, where they... Read more
What we call postdoctoral researchers matters, scientists say
ArchivesLatest newsResearch October 30, 2017
Newswise — ROCKVILLE, Md. In an opinion piece to be published today in the journal eLife, eight scientists and science policy experts make the case for standardizing how postdoctoral researchers are categorized by human resources offices and provide a framework that willing institutions can follow. The authors argue that... Read more
UWC research team one step closer to revolutionary translator
ArchivesResearchUniversity of the Western Cape October 30, 2017
A team of computer scientists from the University of the Western Cape (UWC), part of the Assistive Technologies Research Group (ATRG), is developing what it describes as a real-time intelligent translator for mobile phones. This research focuses on recognising sign language in ordinary video by locating the signer in... Read more
DUT victorious during student national poetry challenge
ArchivesDurban University of TechnologyResearchUniversity of the Witwatersrand October 30, 2017
The Durban University of Technology won big during the Drama for Life Lover + Another National Poetry Challenge hosted recently by the University of Witwatersrand at its Braamfontein Campus. DUT’s Mazwi Shozi emerged victorious after being voted as the second best poet in the event taking home R5000 in... Read more
How African elephants’ amazing sense of smell could save lives
ArchivesResearchUniversity of the Witwatersrand October 27, 2017
For 27 years Angola was gripped by civil war. Half a million human lives were lost and wildlife, too, was decimated to sustain troops. Rhino and elephants became valuable targets – rhino horn and ivory served as currency for arms among rebel forces. During the conflict elephant populations fled... Read more
South Africa’s leading AIDS researchers, Professors Salim and Quarraisha Abdool Karim, have been named the recipients of the esteemed Institute for Human Virology (IHV) Lifetime Achievement Award for exceptional public service for their contributions to the global AIDS response. The prestigious award was presented by Dr Robert Gallo, who... Read more
