In a joint initiative with the French government, the Paris Chamber of Commerce and the National Research Foundation, Technikon Pretoria is paving the way for bigger and better communication networks.
In the absence of palaeo-cassette recorders the problem of determining when speech began might seem insoluble, but analysis of recent evidence suggests we may have started talking as early as 2,5-million years ago.
Nanotechnology. It may sound like something out of <i>Star Trek</i>, but for researchers and postgraduate students from the Inorganic Porous Media Group (IPMG) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) it is an integral part of designing cheap, green and renewable energy.
Key to the multibillion-rand industry of horse racing in South Africa are the horses and the stud farmers who breed them. Pretoria University’s Equine Research Centre leads the field when it comes to identifying thoroughbred horses and verifying their parentage.
Universities worldwide are increasingly conscious of their responsibility for harnessing intellectual capital for the creation of wealth and economic development. The University of Stellenbosch has been at the forefront in translating the rhetoric of the debate about "academic entrepreneurship" into concrete action.
Financial markets delivered a much improved verdict on the prospects for the global economy last week, while key economic research noted a fundamental shift in investor attitudes towards emerging markets.
Different perspectives: Member of the Knesset Roman Bronfman and Israel Harel, founder of the Council of Jewish Settlements of Judea, Samaria and Gaza, debate Israel’s options on the West Bank and Gaza.
Professor Silvana Luyckx is as rare as some of the hard materials she and her team of postgraduates are developing at the University of the Witwatersrand. Wits’s department of metallurgy has become a centre of excellence in the war on wear, writes Sharon van Wyk.
South Africa is a water-scarce country, but there is plenty of sun. A group of University of Stellenbosch researchers has effectively used solar energy to produce drinkable water in isolated rural communities – cheaply, reliably and with very low maintenance.
The business unit of water, environment and forestry technology, at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Pretoria, is home to a key Thrip project that looks set to help solve the problem of what to do with waste mine water.