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Madagascar’s natural resources under siege
Scientists are racing to preserve Madagascar's trove of unique flora and fauna as deforestation threatens the African island's diverse plant and animal wealth....
South African scientists depart on whale studying expedition
Scientists have shipped out to research and collect data on humpback whales off the west coast of South Africa. Research will include sampling the environment and tagging whales to better understand their behaviour. Small cameras will also be attached to some whales.
Brand South Africa hails discovery of Homo naledi
Brand South Africa applauds the team of scientists from the University of the Witwatersrand and other volunteers, on their discovery of a new species of human relative – Homo naledi – at the Cradle of Humankind.
Girls encouraged to reach for the stars
It is believed that 80% of jobs in the future will need studies in the Stem subjects, but only 10% of schoolgirls have an interest in maths and science. MEDO has a plan to change that.
Karoo rocks explain mass extinction
A decades-long study of the rocks in South Africa's Karoo has revealed that a single cataclysmic
event on land and sea led to the Permian extinction, when life on Earth nearly came to an end. It
happened about 200 million years before the dinosaurs died out, and was more severe.
South Africa and US collaborate on medical research
Medical research grants worth $8-million in first-year funding have been awarded by the National
Institutes of Health and the South African Medical Research Council. They will target research
into HIV and Aids, TB and cancers at eight South African institutions.
South African scientists make astronomy breakthrough
Wits physicists have announced a breakthrough in the study of external galaxies using
the High Energy Stereoscopic System telescopes. The team has found three
"extremely luminous gamma-ray sources in the Large Magellanic Cloud", a satellite
dwarf galaxy of the Milky Way.
Eskom Expo for Young Scientists builds South Africas science capital
To ensure that Africas young scientists get the support they need, the Eskom Expo for Young
Scientists exposes pupils from across the continent to new ideas, projects, teachers and each other
building the continents science capital.
SA scientists helping to develop ‘game-changing’ TB drug
South African scientists are part of an international research group that is on track to deliver more effective, less expensive and shorter TB treatment - and one which also has the potential to cure multi-drug-resistant TB - using a new combination of drugs.
South Africans to play key role in SKA design
South African scientists are to lead two of the 10 teams involved in the design of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope, the international SKA Organisation announced on Monday.
