Oct 12, 2018
The growing global plastics sustainability movement is one of the biggest potential disruptors for the plastics industry and is putting future plastics resin demand and billions of dollars of industry investments at risk. Sustainability efforts around plastics will,...
Oct 11, 2018
Internet of Things (IoT) technology has reached early mainstream, with business and IT leaders expecting tangible results in three years or less – signaling that the days of simply experimenting with IoT projects are now consigned to the past. Fujitsu...
Oct 10, 2018
South Africa ranks 94 out of 162 countries and territories according to its economic system, having slipped a massive 48 places since 2000. The Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) index measures the degree to which the policies and institutions of countries support...
Oct 9, 2018
Last week, (3 October), Parker Solar Probe performed the first significant celestial manoeuvre of its seven-year mission. As the orbits of the spacecraft and Venus converged toward the same point, Parker Solar Probe slipped in front of the planet, allowing...
Oct 8, 2018
More than 500 learners gathered at the annual Eskom Expo for Young Scientists International Science Fair (ISF), hoping to take home a share of R10-million worth in prizes. Top performing scholars were awarded prizes in the form of bursaries from Eskom, Siemens, the...
Oct 5, 2018
New research emerging from the final orbits of NASA’s Cassini spacecraft represents a huge leap forward in our understanding of the Saturn system — especially the mysterious, never-before-explored region between the planet and its rings. Some preconceived...
