UKZN’s Novel Drug Delivery Unit is designing and manufacturing several novel medicines to fight antibiotic resistance under the leadership of Professor Thirumala Govender with her Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Rahul Kalhapure. The team’s recent achievements also include, the successful filing of a patent application in the UK, winning a national... Read more

Stellenbosch University is among five African institutions to benefit from a grant of nearly R102 million (£6 million) from the United Kingdom’s Global Challenges Research Fund to tackle infectious diseases in their home countries in collaboration with the Francis Crick Institute in London. Called the Crick African Network, this is one... Read more

Researchers have confirmed that transport-orientated development is a good choice to ensure a spatially transformed Johannesburg in 2057. The South African Research Chair in Spatial Analysis and City Planning (SA&CP) at Wits University, the Agence Française de Développement, and the City of Johannesburg launched the Spatial Transformation Through Transit-Orientated Development in Johannesburg... Read more

On 28 July the Faculty of Human Sciences marked a decade of diverse research when the annual research seminar was held at Vaal University of Technology Southern Gauteng Science and Technology Park. This year’s Human Sciences Faculty Seminar was held under the theme Decade of Discourse: celebrating diverse research... Read more

Unisa’s Youth Research Unit (YRU), which operates under the Communication and Behavioural Research Division of the Bureau of Market Research (BMR), conducted a survey on the prevalence rates of bullying among a representative learners sample of 17 secondary schools in Gauteng. Using descriptive analysis, key findings were revealed. In... Read more

Time of death can prove critical in a murder investigation and prosecution. But estimating time of death is a fine science, one that the police don’t necessarily have the capacity to undertake. UCT’s Division of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology is working with police to try create a partnership in... Read more

Mention nuclear power and the response probably won’t be favourable. More than likely, you’ll hear mutterings about corrupt government deals and fears about the hazards of exposure to radiation. So what is the real deal with nuclear power? Prof Jeanne Kriek of Unisa’s Institute for Science and Technology (ISTE)... Read more

The Forestry and Agricultural Biodiversity Institute (FABI) at the University of Pretoria recently took science to the community of Philippi. FABI doctoral student Joey Hulbert has initiated the Cape Citizen Science project, the aim of which is to get the public engaged in research about the population genetics of Phytophthora cinnamomi and the phylogenetics of... Read more

Renowned UK digital sociologist and social media consultant Mark Carrigan  says academics and researchers should set aside the traditional views of social media and look how they can use to improve how they communicate and connect professionally. Social media for academics , published by Sage , according to the... Read more

Online mathematics assessment (OMA) could help improve the mathematics performance of deaf and hard-of-hearing learners in South Africa. This is one of the key findings of a new study at Stellenbosch University (SU). “OMAs can help deaf and hard-of-hearing learners to understand difficult mathematical concepts and provide them with... Read more