How we know the cables won’t snap
When Riaan Bergh spots a car with a tow bar, he’s on all fours before he can help himself, checking how the thing is designed...
Category : Physics & Engineering
Secondhand shipping containers retrofitted to be energy sources
by AdminBraai
By Lynne Smit for WWF Most people would agree that the best source of renewable energy is from our sun, but harvesting that energy...
Petrol prices and petrol-free cars
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The Science Inside #30 – The Nuclear Corruption
by AdminBraai
Catch up on the latest news with regards to South Africa’s nuclear programme, and all the wheeling and dealing behind its procurement. Also, listen to...
Nuclear waste is going nowhere slowly
by Sarah Wild
Generations from now, there will still be no-go areas storing radioactive by-products of nuclear power production, writes Sarah Wild in the Mail and Guardian. In 300...
New machine to boost paleoscience, climate change & drug discovery research
by Sarah Wild
With AMS scientists can determine how old a fossil is much more accurately and quickly, without having to cut it up and destroying it. In...
UK pledges more than R2bn to SKA project
by Sarah Wild
The largest radio telescope project in the world – being built in SA and Australia – has been given a £119-million boost by the UK....
Satellites could fill in where sinkhole studies fall through
by Sarah Wild
Earth orbiting satellites are now able to determine areas prone to land subsidence, the sinking of ground above abandoned mines. Age lies heavily on the...
The battle of Majuba goes underground
by Sarah Wild
Revolutionary technology is being tested to tap the unmineable coal seams at the Majuba power station in Mpumalanga. Coal trucks are a common sight on...
Chachane adds personal touch to first SA nano-satellite
When again you hear the name “Tshepiso” or anything to do with South Africa’s first low earth orbiting satellite, let your mind wander from outer...