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Close-up of a hydroxyl gigamaser through the lens of MeerKAT
Illustration of the distant galaxy 8 billion light-years away (red), magnified by an unrelated foreground disk galaxy, resulting in a red ring. Splitting up the radio light into different colours, as a prism does, reveals the hydroxyl gigamaser (rainbow-coloured line, top-right). Image credit: Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy
Stories
UP-led team detects record-breaking ‘cosmic laser’ halfway across the universe
A groundbreaking study led by the University of Pretoria (UP) has opened a new radio astronomy frontier. Using the MeerKAT radio telescope and strong...
February 03, 2026
RE.SEARCH 13: One Health
Infographic
Minds matter
Africa faces immense challenges in neurosurgery, such as severe underfunding, a lack of training positions and a high burden of disease. There is one neurosurgeon per four million people, far below the WHO’s recommendation of one per 200 000. This shortage, compounded by the lack of a central brain tumour registry and limited access to diagnostics, severely impacts patient outcomes.
