Posted on May 20, 2023
Dr Tiwonge Mzumara-Gawa, a research fellow with the FSNet-Africa Project at the Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, speaks about her research project on 'Birds, Insects, and crop interaction between subsistence farms and macadamia orchards in Malawi'.
Posted on May 16, 2023
With climate change said to be affecting the intensity of rainfall, experts at the University of Pretoria (UP) have investigated if there are observable changes in the probability of significant to extreme daily rainfall across South Africa.
Posted on May 10, 2023
“By screening African populations, we’ve got a higher potential of finding novel prebiotics, probiotics and other antibiotics just by harnessing the power of our gut microbiomes,” said UP’s Prof Thulani Makhalanyane.
Posted on May 10, 2023
Having received numerous awards while completing both his BSc and honours degree cum laude at UP, it was no surprise when Vusi Chiloane recently graduated, with honours once again, with a master’s degree in biochemistry.
Posted on May 08, 2023
South Africa’s urban trees are under attack by tiny aliens, beetles of no more than 3mm in size that have made their way to our shores from Southeast Asia.
Posted on April 25, 2023
UP malaria experts, Professor Tiaan de Jager and Dr Taneshka Kruger from UP's Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control shed light on ways to eliminate malaria in light of World Malaria Day today, 25 May 2023.
Posted on April 25, 2023
Are you looking for an exciting and informative new way to explore your local nature reserves? A team of researchers from the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology has just the thing for you. By using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), they are modelling the expected energy...
Posted on April 24, 2023
Malaria mosquitoes are killed when they feed on livestock treated with anti-parasitic drugs.
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