Scientific Research

The business of fake science

Article Gemma Ritchie - 16 Nov 2018

Publishers that flout sound peer review practices encourage bogus reports with widespread ramifications

Researchers plug carbon sink gaps

Article bogdan TagDiv - 23 Aug 2015

The Southern Ocean could yield important clues about the effects of climate change.

New facility lights way for future African research

Article bogdan TagDiv - 7 Jul 2014

The Accelerator Mass Spectrometry laboratory, a first for the continent, "places South Africa among the world leaders in accelerator-based research".

Studies all can access and apply

Article Alok Jha - 10 Aug 2012

The UK will make publicly funded studies open to all.

Mining for medicine

Article Staff Reporter - 26 Mar 2009

Healers and scientists team up to play on a competitive pharmaceutical field. Jan A Botha reports.

Stuff that matters

Article Staff Reporter - 23 Sep 2008

Give me a pearly white smile! There you go. Now consider this: the calcium in your teeth was cooked up inside a giant red star, billions of years ago.

The golden touch

Article Staff Reporter - 15 Sep 2008

Gold injections can treat arthritis and silver coating fights infections. Peta Bee reveals the practical uses of precious metals in medicine.

Pushing the boundaries of science

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Aug 2008

Professor Brenda Wingfield has always pushed the boundaries of science. She was the first person to start DNA sequencing of filamentous fungi in SA.

No ordinary scientist

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Aug 2008

Tebello Nyokong has come a long way -- from herding sheep in Lesotho as a young girl to becoming a professor of medicinal chemistry and nanotechnology

Inside the primate laboratory

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Jun 2008

James Randerson, given exclusive access to a research facility, talks to scientists about their experiments on monkeys.

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National

Western Cape Judge Mushtak Parker faces second misconduct complaint

Franny Rabkin - 1 Apr 2020

The Cape Bar Council says his conduct is ‘unbecoming the holding of judicial office’

National

The Mogale Centre: A place of hope for young offenders

Athandiwe Saba - 30 Mar 2020

In the last story of her series about children behind bars, Athandiwe Saba speaks to young men who have committed serious crimes and are now living behind the walls of the Mogale Child and Youth Care Centre

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