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Australia’s shot-hole borer beetle invasion has begun, but we don’t need to chop down every tree under attack

Agriculture

Australia’s shot-hole borer beetle invasion has begun, but we don’t need to chop down every tree under attack

Theo Evans and Bruce Webber 16 Feb 2024

UP-led study finds aloe plant could impede life cycle of malaria-carrying parasite

Healthcare

UP-led study finds aloe plant could impede life cycle of malaria-carrying parasite

Issued by University of Pretoria 14 Feb 2023

How innovation and technology help wine producers farm better

Agriculture

How innovation and technology help wine producers farm better

28 Oct 2022

Healthcare

The warning lights are on for malaria medicines in Africa

Fredros Okumu and Deus Ishengoma 14 Dec 2021

Source: ©Igor Daniel

Healthcare

Breakthrough malaria vaccine offers to reinvigorate the fight against the disease

Eunice Anyango Owino 11 Oct 2021

5 top alternative therapies

Lifestyle

5 top alternative therapies

Shellee-Kim Gold 10 Jun 2021

We're a step closer to figuring out why mosquitoes bite some people and not others

Healthcare

We're a step closer to figuring out why mosquitoes bite some people and not others

Madelien Wooding & Yvette Naude 19 May 2021

The world spends billions on treated mosquito nets each year. Irene Abdou / Alamy Stock Photo

Healthcare

New malaria vaccine proves highly effective - and Covid shows how quickly it could be deployed

Adrian Hill 26 Apr 2021

Webinar sheds light on holistic management of grapevines

Agriculture

Webinar sheds light on holistic management of grapevines

Carin Venter 12 Mar 2021

Professor Vinny Naidoo, Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Pretoria.

Healthcare

Veterinary expert weighs in on Ivermectin debate

Vinny Naidoo 29 Jan 2021

UKZN and UniZulu researchers discover proteins to fight parasitic disease

Healthcare

UKZN and UniZulu researchers discover proteins to fight parasitic disease

24 Nov 2020

Dr Bha Ndungane-Tlakula, country medical director, Pfizer South Africa

Healthcare

Antimicrobial resistance - a threat to modern health

20 Nov 2020

Mosquitoes and parasites do not respect country borders. CDC/James Gathan

Healthcare

As the malaria season begins in southern Africa, Covid-19 complicates the picture

Jaishree Raman & Shüné Oliver 6 Nov 2020

Healthcare

Malaria parasites in Nigeria are genetically diverse: a danger but also a useful tool

Segun Isaac Oyedeji 20 Oct 2020

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Agriculture

Food is one aspect, but safe food is crucial

26 Aug 2020

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Healthcare

Antibiotic resistance: cheap diagnostic test could be a saviour

Lara Marks & Ankur Mutreja 11 Aug 2020

Anopheles Stephensi, Sem. Photo By BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Healthcare

Breakthrough: microbe found to block the transmission of malaria

Jeremy Herren 9 Jun 2020

Getting real about fake news

Marketing & Media

Getting real about fake news

Issued by Ogilvy South Africa 19 May 2020

Manu Prakash. Image source: Design Indaba newsletter.

Marketing & Media

#DI2020: Empathy and empowerment hand-in-hand at Design Indaba 25

Terry Levin 2 Mar 2020

Bumblebees in crisis: Insect's inner lives reveal what the world would lose if they disappear

Agriculture

Bumblebees in crisis: Insect's inner lives reveal what the world would lose if they disappear

14 Feb 2020

Insights from Senegal: Involving farmers in research is key to boosting agriculture

Agriculture

Insights from Senegal: Involving farmers in research is key to boosting agriculture

10 Feb 2020

Researchers operate inexpensive drones to ‘see’ the areas with the highest likelihood of parasites. Chelsea L. Wood/University of Washington, CC BY-ND

Healthcare

Identifying aquatic plants with drones could be the key to reducing a parasitic infection in people

Chelsea L Wood 22 Jan 2020

20 awarded in regional L'Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science Young Talent Awards

ESG & Sustainability

20 awarded in regional L'Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science Young Talent Awards

25 Nov 2019

Africa is home to 92% of malaria cases and 93% of malaria deaths. Shutterstock

Healthcare

Collaboration pushes frontiers of anti-malaria drug regimes

Kelly Chibale & Richard Gordon 19 Nov 2019

Scanlan presenting at AfricaCom 2019.

Marketing & Media

#AfricaCom: How to accelerate digital transformation to 5G the right way

Leigh Andrews 12 Nov 2019

Genetic improvement in aquaculture is key for food security

Agriculture

Genetic improvement in aquaculture is key for food security

28 Aug 2019

Bees: How important are they and what would happen if they went extinct

Agriculture

Bees: How important are they and what would happen if they went extinct

Philip Donkersley 21 Aug 2019

The core of food safety is centralised bakery facilities

Retail

The core of food safety is centralised bakery facilities

Alan Hockey 8 Aug 2019

Agriculture

Vineyard management: Protecting and preparing vines for 2020

20 Jun 2019

Vector control targeting the larval phase of the mosquito’s life cycle can be successful. Shutterstock

Healthcare

Killing mosquito larvae can contribute towards malaria elimination

Tiaan de Jager & Taneshka Kruger 30 May 2019

How over-regulation, lack of understanding cause poverty and lack of transformation

Agriculture

How over-regulation, lack of understanding cause poverty and lack of transformation

Peter Oberem 23 May 2019

Malaria detection campaign in the Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina-Faso) in collaboration with the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé. Elena

Healthcare

#WorldMalariaDay: What we're doing in Burkina-Faso to help stop it

Elena Gómez Díaz 25 Apr 2019

Can vaccines help fight the rise of drug-resistant microbes?

Healthcare

Can vaccines help fight the rise of drug-resistant microbes?

Chris Sweeney 10 Apr 2019

Antimalarial drugs on bed nets could lead to drop in malaria transmission

Healthcare

Antimalarial drugs on bed nets could lead to drop in malaria transmission

12 Mar 2019

How water treatment in South Africa can eradicate water-related diseases

Construction & Engineering

How water treatment in South Africa can eradicate water-related diseases

Issued by WEC Projects 18 Jan 2019

Healthcare

Why does malaria recur? How pieces of the puzzle are slowly being filled in

Miles B Markus 17 Jan 2019

10 biggest threats to global health

Healthcare

10 biggest threats to global health

15 Jan 2019

Scientists analysing data at the South-South Malaria Research Partnership project laboratory in Kenya. Flora Mutere-Okuku

Healthcare

Novel approach brings African scientists closer to a malaria vaccine

Faith Osier 7 Nov 2018

Zambezi Valley may soon be too hot for tsetse flies

Healthcare

Zambezi Valley may soon be too hot for tsetse flies

Wiida Fourie-Basson 5 Nov 2018

Clean, green tech startups go head-to-head in Startup World Cup Pitching Den

ESG & Sustainability

Clean, green tech startups go head-to-head in Startup World Cup Pitching Den

11 Oct 2018

Healthcare

Why drugs alone won't stop the spread of parasitic worms in Africa

Justin Komguep Nono & Hlumani Ndlovu 10 Oct 2018

Security forces detain a protester in Kampala on August 20. Security personnel beat and detained at least four journalists who were covering unrest in Uganda's capital. Credit: AP/Ronald Kabuubi/CPJ.

Marketing & Media

Ugandan security forces attack and detain journalists covering protests

27 Aug 2018

Kangnas Wind Farm backs research on current status of Red Lark

ESG & Sustainability

Kangnas Wind Farm backs research on current status of Red Lark

7 Aug 2018

NCDs are the biggest killer in poorer countries

Healthcare

NCDs are the biggest killer in poorer countries

27 Jul 2018

Agriculture

The secret agents protecting our crops and gardens

Lizzy Lowe & Manu Saunders 15 May 2018

Roundtable proposes a unified, globalised approach to food safety

Retail

Roundtable proposes a unified, globalised approach to food safety

16 May 2018

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Agriculture

Salmon farms are in crisis - here's how scientists are trying to save them

Lyndsay Christie 13 Apr 2018

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Agriculture

Embattled bees face yet another potential threat - virus-carrying hoverflies

Emily Bailes 13 Mar 2018

Dr. Nkululeko Nyangiwe. Image: Sonja Matthee

Agriculture

Dr Nyangiwe's doctoral studies shed light on distribution and ecology of ticks

7 Dec 2017