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Acid mine drainage in Gauteng, South Africa, has polluted the water and soil in Soweto. Courtesy Professor Craig Sheridan, University of the Witwatersrand

ESG & Sustainability

Gold mine pollution is poisoning Soweto’s water and soil – study finds food gardens are at risk

Lesego Khomo 28 May 2024

Healthcare

Caesarean births: South Africa’s rates are too high – they can be dangerous for mothers and babies

Priya Soma-Pillay and Andre Van Niekerk 27 May 2024

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Healthcare

Caesarean births: SA’s rates are too high – they can be dangerous for mothers and babies

Priya Soma-Pillay and Andre van Niekerk 7 May 2024

Secrets of soil-enriching pulses could transform future of sustainable agriculture

Agriculture

Secrets of soil-enriching pulses could transform future of sustainable agriculture

Sebastian Schornack 12 Feb 2024

Navigating 2024's top nutrition trends with insights from registered dietitians

Healthcare

Navigating 2024's top nutrition trends with insights from registered dietitians

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 25 Jan 2024

#COP28: 7 food and agriculture innovations needed to protect the climate and feed a rapidly growing world

Agriculture

#COP28: 7 food and agriculture innovations needed to protect the climate and feed a rapidly growing world

Paul Winters 4 Dec 2023

Space biology will be a first for Africa

Education

Space biology will be a first for Africa

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 1 Nov 2023

Go ahead, touch the Propelair toilet latch! It's antimicrobial

ESG & Sustainability

Go ahead, touch the Propelair toilet latch! It's antimicrobial

Issued by Propelair SA 5 Sep 2023

5 ways to start fixing SA's deteriorating water quality

Construction & Engineering

5 ways to start fixing SA's deteriorating water quality

Bonga Ntuli 4 Aug 2023

Africa's understudied human gut microbiomes could be a rich source of therapeutics

Healthcare

Africa's understudied human gut microbiomes could be a rich source of therapeutics

Issued by University of Pretoria 28 Jun 2023

Nigeria is Africa's leading rice producer, but still needs more - reusing wastewater for irrigation would boost farming

Agriculture

Nigeria is Africa's leading rice producer, but still needs more - reusing wastewater for irrigation would boost farming

Christopher Oluwakunmi Akinbile 22 Jun 2023

#FarmingfortheFuture: RegenAg SA - Advancing regenerative agriculture for soil, human and planet health

Agriculture

#FarmingfortheFuture: RegenAg SA - Advancing regenerative agriculture for soil, human and planet health

Robin Fredericks 28 Apr 2023

UP microbiologists discover rich diversity of life in Antarctica's cold, dry soils

Education

UP microbiologists discover rich diversity of life in Antarctica's cold, dry soils

Issued by University of Pretoria 28 Feb 2023

Your laptop - the mobile plague-bearer?

ICT

Your laptop - the mobile plague-bearer?

Issued by ASUS 12 Dec 2022

Farming and fertilisers: How ecological practices can make a difference

Agriculture

Farming and fertilisers: How ecological practices can make a difference

Chloe MacLaren 1 Sep 2022

UP's Prof Michael Wingfield wins Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award

Agriculture

UP's Prof Michael Wingfield wins Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award

13 Jul 2022

Considerations for nutraceutical packaging

Retail

Considerations for nutraceutical packaging

Issued by Pyrotec 4 Jul 2022

How Waterfall is turning trash into landscaping treasure

ESG & Sustainability

How Waterfall is turning trash into landscaping treasure

3 Jun 2022

Marine life in Western Cape's False Bay is full of chemical pollutants

ESG & Sustainability

Marine life in Western Cape's False Bay is full of chemical pollutants

Leslie Petrik and Cecilia Yejide Ojemaye 2 Jun 2022

5 ways to start fixing SA's deteriorating water quality

Construction & Engineering

5 ways to start fixing SA's deteriorating water quality

Andi Rweqane 30 May 2022

Clean drinking water: Discharging raw sewage into rivers and dams is a national security issue

ESG & Sustainability

Clean drinking water: Discharging raw sewage into rivers and dams is a national security issue

Professor Anthony Turton 28 Mar 2022

Green buildings can boost productivity, wellbeing and health of workers

Construction & Engineering

Green buildings can boost productivity, wellbeing and health of workers

Md Sazan Rahman 3 Feb 2022

Swapping probiotics for antibiotics: How it could be a game changer for chickens, and us

Agriculture

Swapping probiotics for antibiotics: How it could be a game changer for chickens, and us

3 Dec 2021

Food wastage in SA: Why it harms the planet and what you can do to help

ESG & Sustainability

Food wastage in SA: Why it harms the planet and what you can do to help

12 Oct 2021

Education

Why UP researchers like rooibos, Nguni cows and 50 000-piece microbial puzzles

Issued by University of Pretoria 20 Aug 2021

To make agriculture more climate-friendly, carbon farming needs clear rules

Agriculture

To make agriculture more climate-friendly, carbon farming needs clear rules

Laura van der Pol, Dale Manning, Francesca Cotrufo and Megan Machmuller 2 Jul 2021

6 tips to prevent your WFH office from becoming a petri dish

HR & Management

6 tips to prevent your WFH office from becoming a petri dish

2 Jun 2021

Climate-friendly farming strategies can improve the land and generate income for farmers

Agriculture

Climate-friendly farming strategies can improve the land and generate income for farmers

29 Apr 2021

'Sacred forests' in West Africa capture carbon and keep soil healthy

Agriculture

'Sacred forests' in West Africa capture carbon and keep soil healthy

Michele Francis 9 Apr 2021

Healthcare

Viruses can hijack cellular process in order to block immune response

22 Feb 2021

Food and clean water start with soil biodiversity: Learning more about it is urgent

Agriculture

Food and clean water start with soil biodiversity: Learning more about it is urgent

Charlene Janion-Scheepers 10 Dec 2020

Planning a road trip in a pandemic? 11 tips for before you leave, on the road and when you arrive

Tourism & Travel

Planning a road trip in a pandemic? 11 tips for before you leave, on the road and when you arrive

Thea van de Mortel 1 Dec 2020

UKZN and UniZulu researchers discover proteins to fight parasitic disease

Healthcare

UKZN and UniZulu researchers discover proteins to fight parasitic disease

24 Nov 2020

Climate threats spark exciting research into drought tolerant crops

Agriculture

Climate threats spark exciting research into drought tolerant crops

5 Nov 2020

850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature - UN report

ESG & Sustainability

850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature - UN report

Katie Woolaston and Judith Lorraine Fisher 30 Oct 2020

In autoimmune diseases, circulating antibodies destroy an individual’s own tissues.
JUAN GAERTNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images

Healthcare

Covid-19 causes some patients' immune systems to attack their own bodies, which may contribute to severe illness

Matthew Woodruff 26 Oct 2020

Research points to low risk for Covid-19 transmission inflight

Tourism & Travel

Research points to low risk for Covid-19 transmission inflight

15 Oct 2020

Cheap plastic is flooding developing countries - we're making new biodegradable materials to help

ESG & Sustainability

Cheap plastic is flooding developing countries - we're making new biodegradable materials to help

Deirdre McKay 29 Sep 2020

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Healthcare

Antibiotic resistance: cheap diagnostic test could be a saviour

Lara Marks & Ankur Mutreja 11 Aug 2020

Paragon Group explores healthy-building design in masterclass

Construction & Engineering

Paragon Group explores healthy-building design in masterclass

20 Jul 2020

Scientists warn of increasing threats posed by invasive alien species

ESG & Sustainability

Scientists warn of increasing threats posed by invasive alien species

Wiida Fourie-Basson 29 Jun 2020

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Healthcare

The new architectural frontier: buildings and their microbiomes

Jako Nice 15 Jun 2020

Anopheles Stephensi, Sem. Photo By BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Healthcare

Breakthrough: microbe found to block the transmission of malaria

Jeremy Herren 9 Jun 2020

Buildings have their own microbiomes - we're striving to make them healthy places

Construction & Engineering

Buildings have their own microbiomes - we're striving to make them healthy places

Kevin Van den Wymelenberg, Leslie Dietz, Mark Fretz 21 Apr 2020

Plastic: Can't live without it, can reinvent it!

Retail

Plastic: Can't live without it, can reinvent it!

Dean Lynch, Issued by Bean Content 2 Apr 2020

Simple, fact-informed hygiene measures can help slow Covid-19 spread in Africa

ESG & Sustainability

Simple, fact-informed hygiene measures can help slow Covid-19 spread in Africa

Siddharth Chatterjee 23 Mar 2020