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Awards and milestones
Brilliant mathematics achiever honoured with SU’s prestigious Chancellor’s Medal
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New African species confirms evolutionary origin of magic mushrooms
A long-standing debate about the evolutionary origin of the world’s most widely cultivated “magic mushroom” – Psilocybe cubensis – may now have been settled by...
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Eerste River study needs your help – students, hikers, landowners and other stakeholders
Stellenbosch University’s Centre for Invasion Biology is embarking on a comprehensive benchmarking exercise to establish the status of plant invasions along the...
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Novel approach to antibiotic discovery earns SU biochemist place in US$60 million global consortium
Prof Erick Strauss from Stellenbosch University’s Department of Biochemistry is leading one of two African project teams selected to participate in a global...
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Deaf student graduates with BSc Honours degree
Deaf with a capital D and proud of it!
It is with this attitude that Trevolin Pillay will walk over the stage this week to be capped with a BSc Honours degree in...
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Dinosaur eggshells unlock a new way to tell time in the fossil record
An international team of geologists and paleontologists is pioneering a groundbreaking methodology to reliably determine the age of fossil-bearing rocks — by...
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Scientists reveal another piece in Long COVID puzzle
In patients with Long COVID, a new study has revealed structural association between circulating microclots and neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs).
This...