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Prof Cristina Trois, Director of Stellenbosch University’s Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies, presents research on unlocking value from vine waste at the Southern African Sustainable Energy Conference 2026. With her are co-authors Dr Yared Abera (left) and Martina Mariani. Picture: Desmond Thompson
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Taking sustainable energy research from the lab to the market

South African researchers should measure success not only by publications and patents, but by the tangible technologies, businesses and jobs their work creates...
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SAMRC grant advances research to unravel sexual violence

SAMRC grant advances research to unravel sexual violence

Dr Lihle Qulu, a senior lecturer in the Division of Medical Physiology, was recently awarded an Early Investigators Programme grant for 2021/2022 from the...

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FMHS hosts first F2F Open Day in two years

FMHS hosts first F2F Open Day in two years

More than 2000 prospective healthcare students and their parents attended Stellenbosch University's (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) first...

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HMF AND MT VISIT: 11 APRIL 2022

HMF AND MT VISIT: 11 APRIL 2022

On Monday the 11th of April, the Eu​cX​ylo​​ team was thrilled to be able to host three special guests. These were Dr. Khotso Mokhele and Mr. Chris Pienaar...

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We must help learners find the magical power of reading

We must help learners find the magical power of reading

​World Book and Copyright Day was celebrated on Saturday 23 April. In an opinion piece for Cape Times, Dr Zelda Barends from the Department of Curriculum...

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SU's three-year-old data school already a world leader

SU's three-year-old data school already a world leader

​​​When Stellenbosch University (SU) launched its School for Data Science and Computational Thinking in July 2019, it expressed the hope that the new entity...

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Applying your microbiology lab-skills in the wine industry

Applying your microbiology lab-skills in the wine industry

“My advice would be to keep an open mind. You never really know where you might end up." – Christina Relihan, BSc-graduate in molecular biology and...

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