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Apherese: effective treatment for Long-COVID?
A team of researchers from Stellenbosch University's (SU) Department of Physiological Sciences are on their way to Mülheim in Germany to collaborate with and receive training from Dr Beate Jaeger, a medical doctor pioneering the use of...
SU students top of the class in 2021 Wits Maths Competition
Four undergraduate students from Stellenbosch University made it into the top 10 of the annual University of the Witwatersrand Mathematics Competition, with Ralph McDougall, a third year electrical and electronic engineering student...
SU chemist elected first president of African Crystallographic Association
Prof Delia Haynes, a chemist at Stellenbosch University's Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, was elected as the first president of the newly established African Crystallographic Association (AfCA). AfCA was officially constituted...
State-of-the-art biorepository a first in Africa
The brand new, state-of-the-art Biorepository Unit that was recently established at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences makes storage of precious biological samples safer, simpler and more affordable in the long term. The Unit...
First short course for book clubs a resounding success
If you relish reading and would like to get more out of Afrikaans novels and volumes of poetry, you've just missed an opportunity to learn how to delve deeper into literature and read with greater insight. The Department of Afrikaans and...
Biofilters with indigenous plants more effective in removing pollutants from stormwater
Biofilters with indigenous South African plants such as palmiet, mat sedge, soft rush, cobra lily and vleibiesie are more efficient than unvegetated soils in removing pollutants from urban stormwater which can have a detrimental impact on...
Dr Chris Jones’s book wins most downloaded book award
The BNC congratulates Chris Jones* and Juri van den Heever on winning the following award: Most downloaded book during 2020 in the Humanities & Social Sciences AOSIS Scholarly Domain Book Title: Moral Issues in the Natural Sciences and...
The hunt for coronavirus variants: how the new one was found and what we know so far
The hunt for coronavirus variants: how the new one was found and what we know so far Since early in the COVID pandemic, the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa has been monitoring changes in SARS-CoV-2. This was a valuable...
Top computer science students recognised for 2020 achievements
Working on improving the automated image recognition of individual leopards from photographs for her BScHonours project in Computer Sciences at Stellenbosch University, Ms Jacobie Mouton not only published her first peer-reviewed article...
Contribution of informal farming sector should not be underestimated, says BFAP expert
South Africa's informal farming sector is contributing far more to the economy and ultimately also food security than is officially being recognised. More should be done to develop this sector, and to intensify farming endeavours. On the...