Paper microscope opens awesome world of the very small
Grade 10 learners from Kayamandi High and Makupula Secondary Schools in Stellenbosch were introduced to the awesome world of the very small when each of them...
Genetic blueprint for extraordinary wood-munching fungus from the Northern Cape
A relatively unknown fungus, accidentally found growing on an Acacia tree in the Northern Cape, has emerged as a voracious wood-munching organism with enormous...
Gutsy probiotic for broiler chicks
A probiotic for broiler chickens, based on the microbiota from the guts of free-range chickens, was successfully developed and patented by a PhD student in...
Prof. Patterton to lead bioinformatics initiative at SU
Prof. Hugh Patterton has been appointed to lead and coordinate the bioinformatics initiative at Stellenbosch University's main campus (SU).
Bioinformatics is an...
Upscaling the use of rainwater harvesting in South Africa
A microbiologist from Stellenbosch University (SU), Dr Wesaal Khan, is part of an international consortium of specialists that have been tasked to develop a...
New yeast species named after SU scientist
A microbiologist from Stellenbosch University (SU), Prof. Alf Botha, has been honoured for his contribution to the study of yeast ecology with a newly...
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...
Science Café: the human microbiome
The latest research on the human microbiome - that is the entire 'ecosystem' of all the bacteria, yeast, parasites, viruses and other single-celled eukaryotes...