In November last year, we launched the first issue of our new multimedia-rich e-magazine, Re.Search, which is available on the University of Pretoria’s (UP) dedicated science communication platform, Research Matters.
The first issue focused on the theme of ‘Sustainability’ – Issue 2 highlights ‘Innovation’ and is now available online.
In keeping with the theme of innovation and thinking out of the box, the cover artwork features a colourised scanning electron micrograph of a flower bud of the snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) – or for innovators, a rose by any other name! Snapdragons are known to grow in rocky and uninhabitable areas, and much like innovation, seem to grow and develop against the odds. Like creativity in innovation, they spread their seeds through the wind and, despite being one colour when their flowers fall, can reinvent themselves and grow back in another colour after winter. Due to their self-seeding abilities and capacity to be propelled by the wind, they can sometimes seem to appear out of nowhere – much like all of our great ideas!
Simply click on the cover to open the hosting page and then click on the magazine cover again and scroll through the pages to read.
April 26, 2022
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RE.SEARCH 9 is our most novel edition yet. In it, we have featured research that encourages us to think afresh, and is doing so, we’ve highlighted new ways of looking at research. You can expect to read about research that has potential and promise for the future but which is still nascent or represents an educated guess. This edition also features a range of multimedia that you can immerse...
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The University of Pretoria (UP) has been part of a groundbreaking international study to understand how plants found in drylands have adapted to these extreme habitats. The results of this large-scale study, which involved 120 scientists from 27 countries, were recently published in scientific journal Nature and have significant implications for protecting biodiversity as the planet warms and...
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UP researchers contributed datasets from South African drylands, with sampling being carried out in the vicinities of Graaff Reinet and Prince Albert in the central Karoo, and around Lichtenburg in the North-West province. These sites provided unique data as South Africa’s drylands are particularly rich in plant species compared with many of the other sites included in the study.
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