Posted on May 17, 2017
A biological phenomenon known as “polyploidy” may hold the key to how species adapt to climate change and how we can improve farm yields and cancer drugs.
Posted on May 15, 2017
In the last 15 years, electric fences have become a popular choice for the control of animal movement on game reserves, private game farms and commercial farms – ensuring livestock and wildlife stay in the confines of the farm and unwanted predators and people stay out.
Posted on May 08, 2017
While political leaders deny climate change, mass deaths of desert birds resulting from escalating temperatures are becoming a frequent occurrence.
Posted on May 03, 2017
A collaborative study by researchers from the University of Pretoria (UP), the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and the University of Sydney in Australia, have mapped the entire genome of a prostate cancer tumour for the first time.
Posted on May 03, 2017
Tourism is one of the few sectors of the economy that is growing in South Africa, thanks in part to our unique and world-class natural and cultural resources.
Posted on April 25, 2017
The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2016 report paints a concerning picture of primary school-level reading literacy in South Africa, with no significant progress made since the last report in 2011...
Posted on April 24, 2017
Imagine putting 100 mice in a shoebox, taping the box shut and burying it a metre underground. The result should be obvious – 100 dead mice.
Posted on April 19, 2017
A new study from the Conservation Ecology Research Unit (CERU) at the University of Pretoria provides an estimate of the number of elephants that should be present in 73 protected areas spanning 21 African countries.
Posted on April 18, 2017
A study by Prof Tahir Pillay, Head of the Department of Chemical Pathology and the Division of Clinical Pathology at the University of Pretoria (UP), and Dr MA Islam, a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Chemical Pathology, has identified three compounds that may have potential for the...
Posted on April 03, 2017
Is a line just a line? Do people with autism see a simple black line drawn on a page the same way I do, or does it come to life like most things that attract the attention of these brilliant minds, the potential of which we as society have only glimpsed?
Posted on March 31, 2017
Rabies is a fatal viral disease that affects both humans and other mammals, causing inflammation of the brain. The disease spreads when an infected animal scratches or bites another animal or human that has not been vaccinated against the disease.
Posted on March 16, 2017
One of the topics that will be discussed at the IOC World Conference in Monaco from 16–18 March 2017 is 'Protecting the health and performance of the traveling athlete'.
Posted on March 10, 2017
The recent deaths of two women in Doornpoort in the north of Pretoria due to malaria is causing panic among people living in Tshwane.
Posted on March 09, 2017
The 40th Cape Town Cycle Tour will take place on Sunday, 12 March 2017. This popular annual event is the largest, timed cycling event in the world and on Sunday morning 35 000 cyclists will line up to race.
Posted on March 07, 2017
South Africa may be known as the Rainbow Nation, but not all the colours in this rainbow are bright and beautiful.
Posted on March 01, 2017
Whales off the south-western coast of South Africa are behaving in a new way, prompting experts in the field to ask more questions about these giants. Humpback whales have started to change their normal feeding behaviours, forming never-before-seen supergroups of hundreds of individuals.
Posted on February 24, 2017
Mastitis is one of the most common diseases affecting dairy cattle, causing huge annual financial losses to the dairy industry. Antibiotics are usually administered to treat this infectious and occasionally fatal disease of the mammary glands.
Posted on February 15, 2017
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently launched BreatheLife, a campaign to make people more aware about the fact that air pollution – which it calls the invisible killer – is a major health and climate risk.
Posted on January 30, 2017
Using eye-tracking technology and website user data, researchers can better understand user experience of apps and websites, to help companies and other organisations design more effective interfaces.
Posted on January 26, 2017
For millennia wood has played an integral role in the development of human civilisation, providing a source of energy and raw materials for building, furniture, industry and art.
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