Jan 3, 2023
By taking advantage of nature’s own inherent symmetry, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have found a way to control and communicate with the dark state of atoms. This finding opens another door towards building quantum computing networks and...
Dec 29, 2022
The James Webb Space Telescope has spied a spiral galaxy – NGC 7469 is located 220-million light-years from Earth in the constellation Pegasus. In this image (featured picture) released on 21 December 2022, the galaxy is seen to be very dusty, but...
Dec 22, 2022
New research examining the services and benefits of elephants has revealed many values are often overlooked when deciding how they should be protected. The collaboration between universities in England and South Africa, including the University of Portsmouth, found...
Dec 20, 2022
In the coming days, NASA’s Perseverance rover is expected to begin building the first sample depot on another world. This will mark a crucial milestone in the NASA-ESA (European Space Agency) Mars Sample Return campaign, which aims to bring Mars samples to Earth for...
Dec 15, 2022
Kathy Gibson reports – Improvements in safety was the main driver for implementing 5G communications in the Phalanndwa Colliery – but this is just the first step in the mine’s digitalisation journey. Kgotso Mongalo, GM of Phalanndwa Colliery, says...
Dec 14, 2022
South Africans opened more credit accounts to navigate the pressured economic climate, but lenders kept closer oversight by offering lower loan amounts and limits on revolving facilities to mitigate risk. This trend prevailed across credit cards, non-bank personal...
