From CRISPR to mini “brains”: My Kavli Week Diary
I recently attended the Kavli Prize week of activities around the Kavli Prize 2018 ceremony held in Norway in September 2018. In addition to the...
Category : Chemistry
Meeting the humans behind the Nobel Prize
by Paul Kennedy
It’s 11.25 on a Tuesday morning, and I’m nervous as hell. In just five minutes, I’ll be sitting down for an interview with Prof Bernard...
Young SA scientists forge networks at BRICS
The 2nd BRICS Young Scientists Forum gathered young researchers from five partner countries of the BRICS conglomerate to share in their academic and policy practices....
The science of what Doom bug spray does to humans
You writhe in pain, your limbs twitch uncontrollably, you get convulsions all over your body, your heart stops, you stop moving, you die. This is...
Smart solution for smart dust
by AdminBraai
Our lives have been taken over by smart things – smart phones, smart televisions, even smart homes. And now research has shown that smart dirt...
Drink a toast to the wine boffins
by Sarah Wild
Every bottle of wine has a story to tell: of the ground it grew on, the varietal of grape that went into it, the wood...
Doctorate in beer leads to first brewery in the Cederberg
For Dr Melanie Nieuwoudt her doctoral studies on beer brewing are much more than just an academic matter. She will be putting the knowledge she...
Kagiso’s environmental and health hazard in pictures
by Anina Mumm
I interviewed Mariette Lieferink for episode 3 of The Science Inside, and she took me on a tour of Kagiso, a township on Jozi’s West Rand,...
Nobelprys vir chemie: Een wenner se wortels is in SA
by Elsabé Brits
Hy is in 1947 in Pretoria gebore, het in Suid-Afrika grootgeword en hy is met die Nobelprys vir chemie bekroon. Prof. Michael Levitt (66) is...