See the Bloodhound SSC in Pretoria before record attempt
The opportunity to have a close look at a jet-powered car built to clock at 1000 mph (1600 km/h) is not one to miss. You have...
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#Science Voices: A new ready-to-eat twist on old grains
by AdminBraai
A locally produced nutritious ready-to-eat composite meal produced from locally available indigenous grains using non-traditional low cost processing methods could be a possible solution to...
Renosters se weefsel só bewaar
by Elsabé Brits
Die weefsel van gestroopte renosters lê ’n vrieskas vol en duisende dooies se inligting word gehou in lêers wat rye kaste vol staan. En nuwe...
Science Voices: Meatless Mondays might be harmful in SA
by AdminBraai
Is skipping out on a meaty meal to save the environment doing more harm than good? Nicolette Hall, a PhD candidate at the University of Pretoria,...
Beefing up efforts to breed with cattle
Beef cattle farmers will be able to fine-tune their selection and breeding programmes even further thanks to the research efforts of veterinarian Dr Dietmar Holm...
SCIENCE VOICES: The sleeping pill that wakes up damaged brains
by AdminBraai
Between our love for contact sports and our shocking road traffic injury figures, South Africans are at the troubling end of head trauma statistics, writes...
Fancy toothpaste with a local flavour?
Earlier this year, Prof. Namrita Lall of the University of Pretoria received the Order of Mapungubwe – South Africa’s highest honour – in recognition of her...
A life dedicated to fungi – and academics
For Prof Brenda Wingfield of the University of Pretoria fungi are the stuff that genomics researchers’ dreams are made of. However, this tree disease expert’s...
Hear hear for the hearScreen app
To do a hearing screen test on each and every Grade 1 learner entering the South African school system is easier said than done. Current...
West Coast’s Heaviside’s dolphins are all family
The sight of an albino Heaviside’s dolphin off Hondeklipbaai during one of her sampling trips along the West Coast is one that she will always...