Ancient superdeep diamonds from Brazil and Western Africa, formed between 650 and 450 million years ago beneath the supercontinent Gondwana, have offered new insights into…
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Research shows climate change will negatively impact mountain landscapes and human activity – including increasing risks such as avalanches, river floods, landslides, debris flows, and…
Four different Australopithecus crania that were found in the Sterkfontein caves, South Africa. The Sterkfontein cave fill containing this and other Australopithecus fossils was dated…
A reconstruction of the skull of Leti, the first Homo naledi child whose remains were found in the Rising Star cave in Johannesburg. Credit: Wits…
Wits PhD student Isaac Nape cracks the high-dimensional quantum code. Credit: University of The Witwatersrand A new and fast tool for quantum computing and communication.…
Reconstruction of Massospondylus carinatus. Credit: Dorling Kindersley Anyone who’s raised a child or a pet will know just how fast and how steady their growth…
Shuvuuia deserti artist’s reconstruction. Credit: Viktor Radermaker The tiny desert-living dinosaur Shuvuuia had extraordinary vision and owl-like hearing for nocturnal life in the Mongolian desert.…
Novavax Vaccine Trial Indicates 100% Protection Against Severe COVID-19 Due to South African Variant
Novavax Vaccine Trial Indicates 100% Protection Against Severe COVID-19 Due to South African Variant
Results from the initial primary analysis of the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine trial conducted by Wits VIDA in SA have been published. The New England Journal…
Professor Somnath Bhattacharyya next to the vapor deposition chamber that is used to produce diamonds in the lab. Credit: Wits University The discovery of triplet…
An artistic impression sharing a secret using structured light. Credit: Wits University Wits Researchers have demonstrated a new quantum approach for sharing a secret amongst…
Sightings of aardvarks foraging in the daytime are becoming more common but can be a sign of food shortages brought on by drought. Credit: Nora…
An artistic impression of the metasurface laser to produce super-chiral twisted light with OAM up to 100. Credit: Wits University Laser opens up a new…
Artist’s reconstruction of two rauisuchians fighting over a desiccated corpse of a mammal-relative in the Triassic of southern Africa. In the background, dinosaurs and mammal-like…