Engineering and technology
Spreading optics and photonics in Southern Africa
With a freshly printed PhD certificate from Stellenbosch University (SU) in his pocket, Dr Amos Kiyumbi is on a mission to invest all the research experience he...
Media release
Curiosity with light leads to PhD in physics
As an undergraduate science student, Dr Anneke Erasmus’ curiosity about lasers made her stay behind after physics classes to ask lecturers about their research...
Natural and mathematical sciences
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...
Natural and mathematical sciences
Muon detector from IP2I will kick-start cosmic-ray research at SU and UWC
Cutting edge technology in the form of a muon detector on loan from the Institute of Physics of the Two Infinities (IP2I) in Lyon, France, will kick-start...
Natural and mathematical sciences
Deep underground laboratory will be a first for Africa
Africa's first deep underground science laboratory may become a reality in the next five to ten years with the establishment of the Paarl Africa Underground...