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BIOLOGY

Tiny mouse-steps on the path to new organs

Scientists make a living and working organ from cells reprogrammed outside the body.

  • Sarah Wild
2 min read
NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

The rising stars

National Research Foundation: P-rated research professors

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
SOUTH AFRICA

On the cutting edge of knowledge

National Research Foundation: A-rated research professors

  • Staff Reporter
30 min read
DANIE VISSER

Poor performance rewarded with grants

Last year 17 institutions received R148-million in development grants above their research subsidies, from a total R1,38-billion in research subsidies.

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read
RESEARCH RATING

Time to stop rating researchers

South Africa’s rating system for researchers belongs to the past, but its administrators are reluctant to change, says Michael Cherry.

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read