Center of Excellence in Palaeosciences
The Centre of Excellence in Palaeosciences based at the University of the Witwatersrand announced the discovery of two new Devonian tetrapod species and the first Devonian tetrapods discovered in Africa. The species have been named Tutusius umlambo (named in honour of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu) and Umzantsia amazana and were discovered by Dr Rob Gess of the Albany Museum and supported by the Millenium Trust.
Youth Science Journalism Programme creates science and technology awareness in communities
For many learners across the country, mathematics and science continue to be difficult subjects to pass, and as a result they tend not to pursue them at post-matric level. Not so for Phelo Lakitika, who grew up in rural Mount Ayliff in the Eastern Cape.
Student finds a way to control the spin transport in networks of the smallest conductor known
By chemically attaching nano-particles of the rare earth element, gadolinium, to carbon nanotubes, the researchers have found that the electrical conductivity in the nanotubes can be increased by incorporating the spin properties of the gadolinium which arises from its magnetic nature.
