Tag : University of the Witwatersrand

Biology & Evolution

Homo Naledi goes virtual

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Thanks to funding received from the Royal Society of South Africa, Scibraai will be publishing a few new science stories in the coming months by...
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Prof Trefor Jenkins: a good man in Africa

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When the Ford Foundation and the Oppenheimer Family Trust agreed, in 2004, to make a joint Endowment Grant to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)...
Space & Astronomy

David Glasser: working towards economic benefits

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On 29 September 1936, David Glasser was born in Alexandria in the Eastern Cape. A strong scholar, he was placed in St Andrews School in...
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Robin Crewe: the complete beekeeper

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Robin Michael Crewe was born in Johannesburg on 18 February 1946. Growing up on a farm in Mpumalanga, his secondary and tertiary education was undertaken...
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Darrell Comins’ fascination with materials

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Darrell Comins was born in Pietermaritzburg on 10 June, 1942. Attending Merchiston Preparatory School and, later, Maritzburg College, he followed what was then the traditional...
Biology & Evolution

Species without boundaries: a new way to map our origins

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by Francis Thackeray, University of the Witwatersrand More than 145 years ago, Charles Darwin argued that Africa was the continent from which humans evolved in prehistory....
Human & Social Technology & Computer Science

IBM research lab to work with the cool kids

Sarah Wild
Multinational research company IBM announced on Friday that it will be opening a research laboratory, in collaboration with the University of Witwatersrand, in the Tshimologong...
Climate & Earth M&G's Science Voices

MG’s #Science Voices: Is lightning’s ‘blast’ as bad as its strike?

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How close does a person have to be to a lightning strike to be at risk? How far does this pressure blast wave extend? Ryan Blumenthal,...
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Scibraai Sides: Criminals beware: CCTV specialists know what they are doing

Engela Duvenage
Closed circuit television (CCTV) footage was in the news this week as part of the so-called “Anni Dewani Honeymoon Murder Trail” in Cape Town. With this...