Science and technology
Pure water in a jiffy
07 September 2010
Scientists from Stellenbosch University in the Western Cape have developed and patented an inexpensive and effective filtering device that could provide safe drinking water to millions of people. This innovation can considerably reduce the prevalence of water-borne illnesses such as cholera and other diarrhoeal diseases.
• Courts to protect SA's water
New centre to foster science careers
06 September 2010
A new science centre that opened at the North West University’s Mafikeng campus at the end of August is meant to benefit the community as much as it does the institution’s students.
• Giant leap for science in Ethiopia
Bow and arrow invented in South Africa?
02 September 2010
South African archaeologists have found the earliest evidence of human-made stone-tipped arrows, that push the emergence of bow-and-arrow technology back 20 000 years and throw light on humanity's cognitive development.
• South Africa's mammal-like croc discovery
South Africa’s first hydrogen bike rolled out
30 August 2010
South Africa’s rural communities may soon have access to a new, greener form of transport, following the recent launch of the country’s first hydrogen-powered bicycle.
• World’s first hybrid sports car in SA
South African researcher to help save sharks
27 August 2010
South African researcher Alison Kock is one of an international group of contributors to a massive photo library of great white shark fins – one they hope will enable them to eventually track the movements of every great white.
• Saving our vulnerable sharks
CSIR helps cricketers up their game
20 August 2010
A cricket-analysis application developed by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research will help improve the standard of the game and enhance players’ skills.
• SA to host women's cricket challenge
South Africa's mammal-like croc discovery
19 August 2010
South African scientist Zubair Jinnah's discovery of 100-million-year-old fossils of a small mammal-like crocodile that lived during the time of the supercontinent Gondwana has been described in the prestigious journal Nature.
• SA unearths new human ancestor
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