Latest articles on Science Voices 2015

What can we learn from buffalo?

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Jul 2015

It is vital to preserve genetic diversity and private game farms can play an important role in this.

Rotten tomatoes and feverish weeds – how plants battle disease

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Jul 2015

Scientists are keen to figure out how exactly plants are able to defend themselves and why some are better at it than others.

Hunting down cancer-contributing genes

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Jul 2015

We need more research to understand breast cancer among black women in South Africa.

Dung: a solution to load-shedding

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Jul 2015

The ultimate goal is to have biogas solutions that will supply a university with clean energy.

Algae ponds can clean our dirty water

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Jul 2015

Biology can be put to work in the form of integrated algae pond systems that turn sewage into clean water.

Magic and mysteries in the kidneys

Article Robert Louw - 30 Jul 2015

The way our kidneys produce urine is still not fully understood.

Showering and focusing on hygiene can save your baby’s life

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Jul 2015

Showering rather than bathing or hand washing appears to reduce the mother's chances of aerobic vaginitis, lowering the risk of preterm labour.

Scientists unearth how to manage the Karoo

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Jul 2015

They're painting a more accurate three-dimensional image of the area's underground geology and resources.

Nanofibres could solve energy woes

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Jul 2015

Strands are thinner, conduct electricity better than copper and are 1 000 times stronger than steel, but lighter.

Power answer in black holes?

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Jul 2015

Scientists are looking for ways to harness the energy in galaxies to solve energy problems on Earth.

All hail the humble banana

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Jul 2015

Research indicates that unripe bananas have the potential to become a staple food, being mostly starch at this stage.

Is working with 3D printers a dangerous occupation?

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Jul 2015

It is possible that growth in this apparently miraculous technology could hurt those working with it.

Cellphone ‘fingerprints’ can stop criminals

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Jul 2015

Old military technology may make life more difficult for cellphone-using criminals.

Cheetahs in captivity need a better diet

Article Adrian Tordiffe - 30 Jul 2015

A lack of high-energy fat in the big cats' diets may cause depression.

Science Voices 2015: Editor’s note

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Jul 2015

Get in on the science debate, says Mail & Guardian's science editor Sarah Wild.

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