Saving our coastlines
James Burns Stellenbosch University More than a billion people live along the world’s coastlines. But this coastal environment is under threat, endangering lives and livelihoods. […]
2016
South Africa’s forgotten islands
Tegan Carpenter-Kling Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University South Africa’s research vessel, the SA Agulhas 2, is one of the few ways to reach the country’s only […]
The dream of electric cars
Funeka P. Nkosi Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Wits University Twenty years ago, it looked like the dream of the electric car was dead. […]
Ancient SA bacteria hold secret to early life
Gavin Rishworth Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University It all started 3.5-billion years ago. Tiny, microscopic bacteria hustled an existence on the coastal seafloor in a world […]
Guerrilla tree warfare
Darryl Herron University of Pretoria Alongside many highways and roadways in South Africa, pine trees stand like soldiers in formation. In their emerald green jackets […]
A new direction
Heinrich Laue University of Pretoria A poacher in the Kruger National Park has just made a kill. He takes out his cellphone to call it […]
Trees to the rescue
Maxine Kelly Joubert Wits University Mounds of yellow sand rise up along the road between Johannesburg and Soweto, haphazardly continuing as far as the eye […]
Bushman medicine a possible treatment for antibiotic resistant infection
Tiza L. Ng’uni University of the Western Cape Small scale farmers and traditional healers in the Northern and Western Cape know when best to harvest […]
Every drop counts: watching water from space
Keneilwe Hlahane University of Cape Town The water is green, a clear sign that it is polluted. Dense mats of algal blooms float on the […]
How long until we lose the moon?
Sphumelele Ndlovu HartRAO, University of KwaZulu-Natal The Moon, every year, moves away from Earth by about 3.8 cm. It seems very small, about the width […]