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Science

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Business / Economics

South Africa needs more nautical scientists and maritime engineers – if you love the sea these may be the careers for you

Careers in the maritime industry can take graduates all over the world. Igor-Kardasov   By Ekaterina Rzyankina, Cape Peninsula University of Technology   When most people are asked to picture an engineer at work, they probably imagine a civil engineer in a hard hat at a construction site, a chemical engineer in a laboratory or an electrical engineer examining a complex circuit board. Very few, I’m willing to bet, visualise […]

todaySeptember 18, 2024 16

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South Africa

South Africa’s Education Minister Takes Action Against Deregistered Colleges

Blade Nzimande, South Africa's Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Innovation, has declared his department's refusal to tolerate gross governance and compliance failures. This statement follows the deregistration of Damelin, City Varsity, Icesa City Campus, and Lyceum College—owned by Educor—as higher education institutions. Since 2020, these four private colleges have failed to submit audited annual financial statements and have neglected to comply with certain regulations. Nzimande addressed the complaints received […]

todayMarch 27, 2024 16

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Health / Medical

Scientists create ‘mini-organs’ for the first time from human stem cells taken from wombs

Researchers have successfully grown organoids from stem cells taken in late and active pregnancies for the first time. "Mini-organs," also called organoids, are tiny structures that can be used to test new medical treatments or study how the real organs they resemble work when healthy or diseased. "Those cells are very important because in that little organoid is contained all the functions of the epithelium, so of the inner layer […]

todayMarch 6, 2024 24

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Science & Technology

Odysseus Moon lander may have tipped sideways but is ‘stable’

A lunar lander which became the first privately owned spacecraft to land on the Moon is “stable” and is in communication with operators. Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C Odysseus lander, a private spacecraft, touched down in the Moon’s south pole region at 11.23pm UK time on Thursday. Steve Altemus, the chief executive and co-founder of Intuitive Machines, told a press conference the lander may have “tipped” but it is in communication with […]

todayFebruary 24, 2024 19

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Environment

How do whales sing?

In a paper published Wednesday, scientists studied the voice boxes, or larynxes, from three dead, stranded baleen whales. Scientists say they are one step closer to figuring out how humpback and other types of whales sing: with specialized voice boxes that allow them to produce music loud enough to travel through the ocean.

todayFebruary 23, 2024 11

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