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Insight: Academia

Sweet dreams are made of bioplastic

Two chemical engineering students met in class and now they’re creating sustainable plastic from sugarcane.

The laboratory at the edge of the world

On a remote South African island in the Southern Ocean, scientists like Professor David Hedding are using cosmic rays to find climate clues hidden in rocks.

Insight: Academia

Tiana Cline

Build it, and hope they will come

Bridging the divide between large-scale projects and local community needs.

Insight: Academia

Tiana Cline

Feel the burn

Using AI and satellite data to predict who is most at risk during high temperatures.

Insight: Academia

Tiana Cline

The monastery of mathematics

Building an African AI community.

Insight: Academia

Tiana Cline

Radiation to rescue rhinos

Could an unlikely alliance between rhino horns and nuclear science put a stop to rhino poaching?

Insight: Academia

Tiana Cline

Are deepfakes the next hurdle in education?

Without a plan in place, the potential for misleading micro-credential content could be disastrous.

Deepfakes

Tiana Cline

SKA will help us see galaxies far, far away

The University of Pretoria’s first PhD graduate in astrophysics is gearing up to use the world’s largest radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array.

Insight: Academia

Tiana Cline

Inventor gadget

UCT’s holistic approach to developing innovative, award-winning medical devices.

Sudesh Sivarasu

Tiana Cline