Jul 15, 2016
The first solar-powered microgrids have been launched in the northern KwaZulu-Natal district of uMkhanyakude, South Africa, as part of the Connectivity, Electricity and Education for Entrepreneurship (CE3) programme in partnership with Accenture, the University of...
Jul 14, 2016
The JunoCam camera aboard NASA’s Juno mission is operational and sending down data after the spacecraft’s 4 July arrival at Jupiter. Juno’s visible-light camera was turned on six days after Juno fired its main engine and placed itself into orbit...
Jul 13, 2016
A recent Gartner survey found that 41% of surveyed IT professionals believe their IT organisation to be ready for the digital business of the next two years. Twenty nine per cent of those surveyed said that engagement with the demands of digital business would be...
Jul 12, 2016
The Hydrogen Epoch of Reionisation Array (HERA) was granted the status of SKA precursor telescope by SKA Organisation, joining the three other SKA precursor telescopes located on the SKA sites in Australia and South Africa. “We’re very pleased to grant...
Jul 11, 2016
Climate has influenced the distribution patterns of Adélie penguins across Antarctica for millions of years. The geologic record tells us that as glaciers expanded and covered Adélie breeding habitats with ice, penguins in the region abandoned their colonies. When the...
Jul 8, 2016
Football club Manchester City has completed its fourth signing for this summer season with the surprise addition of eSports player, 18-year-old Kieran ‘Kez’ Brown, to the team. The club has snapped up the youngster as it announces its move into eSports,...
