Posted on June 17, 2025
Zerwick de Lange, currently an honours student in Physics, was awarded the Vice-Chancellor and Principal Award as the best undergraduate student in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS). His cumulative weighted average was an astounding 96,86% over his three years of...
Posted on June 10, 2025
The NAS Faculty newsletter's first edition for 2025 (May 2025), SquaredUP, is now available.
Posted on February 10, 2025
Enabled by supercomputing, University of Pretoria (UP) researchers have led an international team of astronomers that has provided deeper insight into the entire life cycle (birth, growth and death) of giant radio galaxies, which resemble “cosmic fountains” – jets of superheated...
Posted on December 12, 2024
The NAS Faculty newsletter's second edition (November 2024), SquaredUP, is now available.
Posted on September 23, 2024
“They didn’t think it would be possible for me to finish a degree,” says UP PhD student Zak Claassen, who put to rest any doubts of his success as a blind student, having obtained multiple degrees cum laude.
Posted on June 20, 2024
UP’s Dr Thabsile Thabethe used to be a nuclear physicist, gallivanting to Russia to collaborate with scientists there. Now, she’s switched her research focus to exploring materials used in hip and joint replacement surgery, working closer to home with a wealth of collaborators. And...
Posted on June 14, 2024
Dr Bertus van Heerden, who graduated recently with a PhD in Physics during the University of Pretoria’s (UP) 2024 autumn graduation season.
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.
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