Low-cost mobile-based apps for health care in low-resource areas
Standard oximeters are typically used in operating rooms to make sure patients don’t become hypoxic, thus increasing the safety of anaesthesia. They can also be...
Category : Space & Astronomy
[LISTEN] The Science Inside’s Wine segment
by AdminBraai
This week’s The Science Inside radio slot is all about wine. The Drunken Monkey Hypothesis is discussed, and how our enjoyment of alcohol might be...
It starts with oneself – you need to love what you are doing
Janathon De Klerk calls herself the Astronomer of the Karroo in line with her ambition to become a radio astronomer at the Square Kilometre Array...
John Simaika’s fascination with dragonflies
Stellenbosch University water ecologist Dr John Simaika has spent lots of time around dragonflies since one serendipitously landed on his dinner plate while he was...
Pee, poo & pollen say climate change is real
by Anina Mumm
While chatting with one Nigel Barker of UP (@Nigel_GEBP) about something different entirely, he mentions that Dassie middens, used by generations of the little critters to...
MeerKAT science: First Light
MeerKAT science: First Light THE MEERKAT radio telescope opened its eyes for the very first time last month and with the science being done, produced...
I-MeerKAT Ithola Obekungaziwa eMkhathini
UMSHINI wokucwaninga izinkanyezi ozoba omkhulu kunayo yonke emhlabeni uvulwe ngokomthetho esifundazweni se-Northern Cape ngoMgqibelo odlule. Lomshini wakhiwa abacwaningi nonjiniyela bakhona la eNingizimu Afrika. Ukuvulwa kwalomshini...
MeerKAT Puts South Africa on the Map
TOP government officials bore witness to the launch of what is on its way to being the most powerful telescope in the world. The...
Shisa Sayensi: Isayensi yeviki 07 July 2016
Kusukela kwababhema ama-habli kuze kufikwe kunonzungezilanga omkhulukazi, nansi isayensi yeviki; Shisa Sayensi! Baningi abafundi ababhema ipayipi lamanzi Ukubhenywa kwepayipi lamanzi (hubbly) sekubonakala kwanda emiphakathini wezikhungo...
Shisa Sayensi: Isayensi yeviki (21 June 16)
Nansi isayensi yeviki esuka eNingizimu Afrikha kanye nomhlaba wonke. Izambane kumele libukwe njengesitshalo esiyisimanga Izambane libukeka njengesitshalo esejwayelekile kubantu abaningi. Ungaze ungakuboni ukubaluleka kwalo uma...