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Meet the Teaching Excellence Award winner: Dr Martin Venter
For Dr Martin Venter, one of the recipients of Stellenbosch University (SU) Teaching Excellence Awards 2020–2021, teaching is a tough but rewarding profession. This senior lecturer at the department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering...
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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...
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Women not safe in their own homes
The annual 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children campaign ends on Sunday 10 December. In an opinion piece for News24, Prof Juliana Claassens (Department of Old Testament and New Testament) writes that we sometimes...
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BIOGRIP Node for Soil and Water Analysis fully operational
The BIOGRIP Node for Soil and Water Analysis at Stellenbosch University is now fully operational. The node focuses on enabling the interdisciplinary study of the chemical, physical, geological and biological processes that influence the...
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The world according to electrons - an overview of what can be achieved through Scanning Electron Microscopy
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) is a powerful tool for topological, morphological and chemical analysis of a broad range of samples. Few analytical instruments rival the breadth of application in the study of solid-state materials...
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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...
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Scanning Electron Microscopy applications in Earth Sciences
Many geological samples contain a variety of phases. Some of these phases are not easily distinguishable using a backscattering electron detector (BSD). In this case, Energy Dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) and/or Wave dispersive analysis...
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SU reaches out to schools
During the month of May, Prof Wim de Villiers, Rector and Vice-Chancellor of Stellenbosch University (SU), in partnership with the Centre for Student Recruitment and Career Advice (CSR), hosted Bloemfontein, Kimberly, Oudtshoorn and George...
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SEM applications in Biology
SEM has been a reliable research tool in biological research for decades, and as such has been applied to various disciplines including botany, zoology, microbiology and physiology. Our different SEM platforms allow for the analysis of...
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Inge Lotz Foundation donates R1 million to SU's bioethics unit
The Inge Lotz Foundation, which was established by her father Prof Jan Lotz after the 22-year old Stellenbosch University (SU) student was tragically murdered in her Welgevonden flat in Stellenbosch, has donated R1 million to the Unit...