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Academic Lis Lange joins SU as a special advisor on learning and teaching
Accomplished academic Prof Lis Lange has been appointed at Stellenbosch University (SU) as Special Advisor to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC): Learning and Teaching, Prof Deresh Ramjugernath. The position has been created to drive...
Conference offers a glimpse into humanitarian disaster preparedness
When Professor Kathryn Chu met Gift of the Givers founder, Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, six months ago, she was so inspired by this non-governmental organisation's (NGO) work that she asked them to collaborate in a conference on humanitarian...
Nikita Sitharam's Innovative Arbovirus Dashboards to Redefine Epidemic Response in Africa
Nikita Sitharam, a dedicated bioinformatics Master's student at Stellenbosch University, is revolutionizing epidemic response in Africa through her ground-breaking research on arboviruses genomes. Sitharam's primary focus is the...
Study demonstrates a reliable method for quantifying image quality of micro-CT scans
Micro-CT is widely used in materials science and engineering applications because of its advantage of imaging and analyzing materials non-destructively. However, various errors can occur during the scan process. Scientists at the CT Scanner...
EM contributes to local production of PPE
One of the main reasons for the strict lockdown regulations in South Africa during COVID-19, was to prevent overcrowding of hospitals and provide them with precious time to prepare for the expected influx of patients as transmissions...
Mass Spectrometry wins CAF Unit of the Year Award
The CAF Mass Spectrometry (MS) unit was awarded as CAF Unit of the Year by Prof Gary Stevens, CAF director. The MS unit managed to function cost-effectively and produced a profit during 2020 despite the difficult circumstances with the...
Hyperspectral cameras used for PhD study to evaluate the quality of maize
Dr Kate Sendin (Department Food Science) used the VNIR and SWIR hyperspectral cameras at the Vibrational Spectroscopy unit for her PhD project to develop methods, which can be used to evaluate the quality of maize. Maize kernels are graded...
Oil penetration into vetkoek analysed at Fluorescence Microscopy
The first study using confocal micrographs on the quantitative analysis of vetkoek or magwinya crumb and crust properties was done by scientists from the University of Venda at the CAF Fluorescence Microscopy facility. The confocal laser...
Exciting capabilities of X-ray tomography at CT Scanner highlighted in Nature Reviews
X-ray computed tomography (CT) can reveal the internal details of objects in three dimensions non-destructively. This non-destructive imaging modality is well known in its medical form, but it is also very useful for imaging materials and...
Scanning Electron Microscopy - applications in Chemistry and Material Science
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) is a powerful tool for topological, morphological, and chemical analysis of a broad range of samples. Applications in chemistry and material science are looked at more closely in this article. Figure 1...