Posted on August 10, 2018
University of Pretoria researchers are helping save the South African pine industry from the destructive Sirex wasp, through a form of biological control. As part of the South African Sirex Control Programme, they are distributing millions of microscopic worms called nematodes to pine...
Posted on August 07, 2018
The University of Pretoria has announced the launch of Tuksnovation, a new high-tech business incubator which will initially support postgraduate students within the Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) Faculty.
Posted on August 03, 2018
The University of Pretoria (UP) believes that the education it affords its graduates should provide them with the skills, values and attributes that will not only enable them to fulfil their career aspirations, but also contribute to the life chances of others who do not yet have the...
Posted on August 02, 2018
The world of work is a rapidly changing environment as the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) takes root in society. The 4IR is characterised by the increasing capabilities of technology and its effect on work automation and artificial intelligence, greater global connectivity, wearable tech and...
Posted on August 01, 2018
Prof Nthabiseng Audrey Ogude, Dean of the University of Pretoria’s, Mamelodi Campus, was recently appointed Vice-President of the Pan African University Council (PAU). The PAU was established by the African Union Council (AUC) as an intra-African human resource development initiative to...
Posted on July 31, 2018
The University of Pretoria (UP) is one of three South African universities taking a novel approach to analysing big data, building capacity and research expertise ahead of the deluge of data expected to come streaming in through new telescopes like the South African Radio Astronomy...
Posted on July 30, 2018
A major challenge in cancer research is to find agents that target cancer cells, while leaving healthy cells alone and unharmed. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments can have many undesirable side effects because they damage healthy cells as well.
Posted on July 19, 2018
A study by a University of Pretoria researcher into the ablution habits of white rhinos in the Hluhluwe iMfolozi Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, has revealed that these animals use their place of defecation to communicate with each other and take decisions that can affect their ecology.
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