Ten thousand 'print-and-fold' paper microscopes designed as low-cost medical diagnostic tools are being given away to researchers and citizen scientists who come up with novel ways ... Read more »
Ahead of South Africa's May elections, the country's official marketing agency, Brand South Africa - a result of a private-public partnership - invited a group of journalists from ... Read more »
South Africa has launched the first of 64 antennas that will make up the MeerKAT radio telescope, the country's precursor to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), planned to be the ... Read more »
A Johannesburg-based project has embarked on a pan-African campaign, working in South Africa, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Kenya to show how the continent's fossil records help to ... Read more »
European agro-chemical producing companies have been accused of protecting their factories by using local activists to oppose genetic engineering in the country. Read more »
A method for developing antibodies with the ability to kill multiple strains of the HIV has been announced by South African scientists working with US researchers. Read more »
Mandla Maseko will be the first black African to go to space next year after winning a competition organised by a U.S.-based Space Academy. Read more »
Mystery surrounds a deal struck eight years ago between South Africa and a Russian company for a satellite dubbed "Project Flute". Read more »
Malaria testing requires expensive equipment and skilled technicians which are often not available in resource-poor settings. Read more »
MSF is calling for the increased use of viral load monitoring to improve treatment outcomes of HIV patients in its latest study on testing in Africa, writes Scidev.net. Read more »
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