UP scientist issues urgent call for clean-up of toxic Krugersdorp mine dumps

Posted on July 04, 2024

Young children in Krugersdorp are breathing in uranium, arsenic and mercury fumes wafting over from abandoned legacy mines, while pollutants are seeping into the groundwater and nearby dams and lakes, cautions Dr Alseno Kagiso Mosai, a water remediation expert at the University of...

NAS boasts six staff members as finalists for 2023/24 ‘Science Oscars’

Posted on July 01, 2024

Six of the twelve individuals from the University of Pretoria (UP) who have been announced as finalists in the 2023/2024 NSTF-South32 Awards, popularly known as the “Science Oscars” of South Africa, hail from the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS).

Chemistry professor elected as national analytical chemistry representative

Posted on June 28, 2024

Professor Patricia Forbes from the University of Pretoria has been elected as the National Representative of the Analytical Chemistry division of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

Emily Barnes Wins SSAG Outstanding Honours Research Award for 2024

Posted on June 12, 2024

Emily Barnes, a Master's student in the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, has been awarded the Society of South African Geographers (SSAG) Outstanding Honours Research Award for 2024.

UP experts contribute to discovery of new ‘superpowers’ in mole rats, which could inform human health interventions

Posted on June 04, 2024

University of Pretoria (UP) scientists have contributed to discovering how the naked mole rat is able to withstand heart attacks and fend off bowel cancer, two of the most fatal human ailments in the developed world. Their findings were published recently in two Nature Communications papers.

GGM Master's Student Wins Best Presenter Award at National Multidisciplinary Postgraduate Student Conference on Urban Development

Posted on June 03, 2024

Emily Barnes, a master's student in the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics, and Meteorology, recently presented her research at the Annual National Multidisciplinary Postgraduate Student Conference on Contemporary Urban Development Questions.

First edition (May 2024) of Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences newsletter (SquaredUP)

Posted on June 03, 2024

The first edition for 2024 (May 2024) of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences newsletter (SquaredUP) is now available.

UP congratulates 12 staff members announced as finalists for 2023/24 ‘Science Oscars’

Posted on May 24, 2024

UP congratulates the 12 individuals from among our staff members who have been announced as finalists for the 2023/2024 NSTF-South32 Awards, popularly known as the “Science Oscars” of South Africa.