Deseni Soobben’s sensibilities have changed over the years, but she keeps revisiting the composition and design techniques she learned from her mentors
South African research surges, but still lags rest of the world.
The CSIR has been listed as one of the world’s top science and technology think tanks for the first time.
The South African government sulked when its schools twice came last out of all the African countries that participate in the global TIMSS study.
Almost a third of researchers chosen for a global
scientific assessment are from developing nations.
Steenkamp describes physics as "always looking for answers to the ‘how does it work?’ question".
Ten department of science and technology employees were rewarded with "free" tickets to the World Cup quarterfinals in Port Elizabeth last Friday.
Ecologist wins Unesco award for research into the invasive lantana weed in the Sabi and Sand rivers.
Research by a PhD student suggests that municipal governments will have to reassess air pollution monitoring priorities as climate change kicks in.
South African plant pathologist is using an indigenous soil fungus to improve the stadium soccer fields for the 2010 Fifa World Cup.
The study itself consists of an assessment of mathematics and science, as well as student, teacher and school questionnaires.
South African researchers have been criticised for not attending the launch of a pan-African gathering of biosafety experts.
As head of the pan-African science council, Egypt is urging other countries to meet the target spending of 1% of GDP.
Christina Scott reports on South Africa’s bid to host a major astronomy project.
<i>Touched by TB</i> will have its premier on World Tuberculosis Day at the SciFest Africa in Grahamstown.
Ecologist Dr Bob Scholes has been writing daily emails from the Antarctic to his son about the work he is doing aboard the <i>SA Agulhas</i>.
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Christina Scott asks whether science centres educate or merely entertain.
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Will science and technology education get pushed out of the way by the public’s concern over lousy English and maths skills in primary schoolchildren?
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Scientists have unearthed a new species called Aardonyx on a farm in the Free State, writes Christina Scott.
Christina Scott reports on how South Africa and
Egypt are using supercomputers to avert disasters
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South Africa is carrying out an "impressive" amount of genetic research, concludes an analysis in Nature Reviews Genetics this month.
Rwanda has implemented a long-delayed ban on the import and use of chlorofluorocarbon gases that damage the ozone layer.
Want to encourage science? Start with one person at a time.
Tentative preparations for an African "wall of trees" to slow down the southern spread of the Sahara desert are finally getting under way.
"Parents have just handed the problem on to the next generation. We won’t see most of the damage — our children and grandchildren will."
Mthatha will host the Eastern Cape’s first regional science festival from August 26 to 28.
A Nigerian initiative to produce large quantities of a new drug against sickle-cell anaemia is mired in accusations of fraud and corruption.
It’s an ideal time for researchers to make their voices heard. Especially if their research is particularly yucky, icky or cool.
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Science is supposed to be about proof, numbers, evidence, data. Not heart — unless you’re a cardiologist. But Phil Campbell, editor-in-chief of the peerless peer-review journal, Nature, recently got soft and sentimental at the Astronomical Observatory in Cape Town as he honoured two leading South Africans for quietly doing something emotional and inspirational: nurturing the next generation of scientists.
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Academics in the sciences must realise that they are also entrepreneurs, according to a range of speakers at the annual Bio2Biz SA conference in Cape Town last month. But researchers must be prepared to fall and pick themselves up again in a real-life experiment, said Dr Joe Molete, conference organiser and CE of the BioPAD innovation funder in Gauteng.
Google South Africa has a new face at the top: Stafford Masie, previously Novell SA country manager, is now heading up the local operations of the internet search giant, ITWeb reported on Friday. Last year, Google had advertised three posts in South Africa on its jobs site.