Can brain death be reversed?

Can brain death be reversed?

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...
Contact lens camera on the cards

Contact lens camera on the cards

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...
Network skills for TUT students

Network skills for TUT students

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...
SA scientists ID exploding star

SA scientists ID exploding star

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...
Self-service key to BI success

Self-service key to BI success

The most successful business intelligence (BI) programs are significantly more likely to place analysis and decision-making solutions in the hands of business users.  According to a survey by Qlik in association with Forbes Insights, nearly two-thirds of respondents...
NASA tracks a hazy killer

NASA tracks a hazy killer

For more than three decades NASA has focused its space-faring skills and science chops CSI-like on an elusive global killer. Later this month, that pursuit takes us to East Asia. In a few years, part way to the moon. Air pollution causes an estimated 152 000 deaths a...