Aug 22, 2018
With a new research plane and a new base to improve its chances of outsmarting Atlantic hurricanes, NASA’s Oceans Melting Greenland campaign takes to the sky this week for its third year of gathering data on how the ocean around Greenland is melting its...
Aug 21, 2018
Kathy Gibson is at the IDC Security Summit in Johannesburg – If you are not thinking about security, you are not thinking about technology properly. That’s the word from Mark Walker, associate vice-president: sub-Saharan Africa at IDC, who explains that...
Aug 20, 2018
An advanced sensor device that scientifically determines the type of mattress that will ensure maximum comfort and support for each person is being launched in South Africa. The development has been achieved through close collaboration between South African...
Aug 17, 2018
Astronomers using the ultraviolet vision of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have captured one of the largest panoramic views of the fire and fury of star birth in the distant universe. The field features approximately 15 000 galaxies, about 12 000 of which are forming...
Aug 16, 2018
Deep in the rainforest in a northern corner of the Republic of Congo, some of the most sophisticated monitoring of animal sounds on earth is taking place. Acoustic sensors are collecting large amounts of data around the clock for the Elephant Listening Project. These...
Aug 15, 2018
Businesses across the world still struggle to understand, optimise, and protect their rapidly expanding application environments, according to new F5 sponsored research from the Ponemon Institute. A survey of 3 135 IT and security practitioners from businesses across...