Posted on October 29, 2025
Two University of Pretoria (UP) researchers have been awarded the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, along with colleagues from the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), for their contribution to the ATLAS experiment. The general-purpose particle physics experiment seeks...
Posted on September 26, 2025
Prof Lerothodi Leeuw, a professor in Physics and Astronomy at the University of the Western Cape, has been appointed as the new Head of the Department of Physics at the University of Pretoria (UP) from 1 September 2025.
Posted on September 08, 2025
The NAS Faculty newsletter's second edition for 2025 (August 2025), SquaredUP, is now available
Posted on July 17, 2025
Ten of the fourteen University of Pretoria (UP) finalists for the 2024/2025 National Science and Technology Foundation (NSTF) Awards hail from the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS).
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.
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