May 9, 2016
A new NASA analysis of 30-years of satellite data suggests that a previously observed trend of high altitude clouds in the mid-latitudes shifting toward the poles is caused primarily by the expansion of the tropics. Clouds are among the most important mediators of...
May 6, 2016
Since 2000, when the first camera phone was introduced, the number of mobile users has quintupled globally – and, by 2020, mobile data traffic will grow nine-fold in South Africa, at a compound annual growth rate of 55%. These are among the findings of the Cisco...
May 5, 2016
Bioquark, a company focused on the development of novel biologics for complex regeneration and disease reversion, and Revita Life Sciences, a biotechnology company focused on translational therapeutic applications of autologous stem cells, have received approval for a...
May 4, 2016
Sony has filed a patent for a contact lens that will allow users to record and play back video images. The proposed design would build on both contact lens and smartphone technology, and will be controlled by the user blinking. The abstract from the US patent...
May 3, 2016
Huawei and the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) have jointly launched a Huawei Authorised Information and Network Academy (HAINA) at the university’s Soshanguve Campus. The HAINA initiative is a global ICT technology education programme and this is its...
Apr 29, 2016
South African astronomers have identified a rare star that exploded about 1 500 years ago. At the time, the star would have outshone all the stars of the Orion constellation, reaching a similar brightness to Jupiter in the night sky. Dr Brent Miszalski, South African...
