Posted on December 13, 2022
NAS Faculty newsletter for December 2022 is now available
Posted on December 09, 2022
Can you really launch marshmallows out of a vacuum cleaner, make rockets from everyday household items, or launch teddy bears using liquid nitrogen? The curiosity drew close to 200 people to Sci-Enza Science Centre in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences to see Dr Graham Walker's...
Posted on September 30, 2022
The Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) is improving service delivery by being the first faculty at UP to participate in the student administration call centre and service portal project.
Posted on September 13, 2022
NAS Faculty newsletter for September 2022 is now available
Posted on September 02, 2022
After a two-year absence, Sci-Enza, the University’s science centre, had the opportunity to host National Science Week from 1 to 6 August 2022.
Posted on August 26, 2022
The Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) made inroads by having a very frank conversation on many topical issues, attended by both staff and students. The event was the Dean's Women's Month Lunch and Conversation on 19 August.
Posted on June 13, 2022
Nearly 70 prizes were awarded at the Annual Exceptional Achievers Function for the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences students in May this year.
Posted on May 31, 2022
Faculty newsletter for May 2022 now available
Posted on May 12, 2022
Astronomers have unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy. The announcement was made at simultaneous press conferences around the world. Professor Roger Deane, an Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria and Director for the...
Posted on March 01, 2022
On 28 February 2022, the Conversation Africa published an article co-authored by Professor Tjaart Kruger and Professor Emil Roduner titled "Unpacking a mystery of physics: Why processes in nature operate only in one direction".
Posted on December 19, 2021
Ané Kritzinger, a master’s student in the Department of Chemistry, is bridging the fields of chemistry and physics to develop an ultra-sensitive instrument for pollutant detection.
Posted on November 12, 2021
The work of the UP team led by Prof Ncholu Manyala takes Africa and the world closer to the elusive “Water-Energy-Waste Nexus” – a recycling loop where water used to grow food can be cleaned using energy from food waste.
Posted on October 28, 2021
Hardy cyanobacteria in the Namib Desert rely on rock shelters and opportunistic water consumption to safely carry out photosynthesis and survive.
Posted on August 21, 2021
Women’s Month: Focus on Prof Mmantsae Diale
Posted on August 17, 2021
“It’s very important for women to uplift each other,” says UP graduate Shilpa Ranchod, a researcher in radio astronomy. She chats about what inspired her career choice and about women in science supporting one another.
Posted on August 01, 2021
NAS celebrates Women’s month in style, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Women’s Month
Posted on July 23, 2021
Meet Mr Manfred Molomo, Faculty Manager in the Dean’s Office in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS), who was appointed to NAS in June this year.
Posted on July 22, 2021
NAS Featured scientist Prof Tjaart Krüger - Department of Physics
Posted on July 06, 2021
A study led by a University of Pretoria (UP) master’s student using South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope has led to the discovery of a group of 20 galaxies. This large galaxy group is likely the most neutral hydrogen gas-rich group ever discovered, and it is the first time this group has...
Posted on July 06, 2021
Shilpa Ranchod graduated from the University of Pretoria with an MSc which focused on detecting distant neutral hydrogen (HI) using MeerKAT, through gravitational lensing and HI spectral stacking, as well as HI in galaxy groups in the nearby Universe. MeerKAT is a world-class radio telescope...
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