Drive to increase quantum capacity at South African universities
Dr Yaseera Ismail, a quantum physicist in SU's Department of Physics, represented South Africa at the opening ceremony of the International Year of Quantum...
Physics postgrads reap 5 out of 10 awards at ICO-26
Postgraduate students in Stellenbosch University's (SU) Department of Physics walked away with five of the ten student awards during the recent 26th Congress of...
SU quantum expert receives Italian knighthood
One of Stellenbosch University’s (SU) top academics received an extraordinary honour over the weekend when Italy’s ambassador to South Africa bestowed the...
MSc-student tackles one of the major challenges in quantum computing
At Sovetjheza Senior Secondary School in the rural village of Matshiding, Mpumalanga, Unathi Skosana remembers being fascinated by the physics teacher...
SU Physics student off to Lindau for Nobel Laureate Meeting
Stellenbosch University (SU) Physics student JC Louw is amongst 20 top South African scientists to attend the 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting from June 30...
The search for knowledge and understanding in the sciences and humanities
There is much in the hard sciences that we do not understand or may never know. So writes Prof. Doug Rawlings, former acting-dean of the Faculty of Science and...