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Media release
Gut health: why food alone won’t fix childhood stunting
Institutional news
Prof Riaan den Haan develops yeast strains capable of converting waste into useful products
Prof Riaan den Haan of the Department of Microbiology in the Faculty of Science delivered his inaugural lecture on Tuesday 26 May 2026. The title of his lecture...
Institutional news
Prof Tammy Robinson-Smythe helps to keep invasive marine species in check
Prof Tammy Robinson-Smythe of the Centre for Invasion Biology in the Faculty of Science delivered her inaugural lecture on Thursday 14 May 2026. The title of...
Media release
CODA supports international collaboration to advance microvascular research in complex chronic disorders
The Complex Disorders Alliance (CODA) today announced its support of an international research collaboration focused on advancing understanding of microvascular...
Natural and mathematical sciences
Harnessing big data and zeta diversity to explain African plant distributions
Africa’s plant diversity
There are >40,000 native vascular plant species recorded in mainland sub-Saharan Africa. Despite the impressive species list, much of...
Media release
Insect body size is not constrained by atmospheric oxygen
Two researchers from Stellenbosch University (SU) were part of the team, led by researchers from the University of Pretoria (UP) and Adelaide University, that...
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...