Researching the effects of high fructose consumption on memory and learning capabilities
A researcher from the University of the Free State (UFS) is studying the influence of high fructose – a type...
TechnoGirl Trust: Empowering Women in STEM for Societal Development
The TechnoGirl Trust, a pioneering organisation dedicated to bridging the gender gap in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields,...
South African women at higher risk of perinatal depression
South Africa faces a perinatal depression crisis, with mothers three to four times more likely to be affected than their...
Head of Sibanye Stillwater Digital Mining Laboratory graduates with a PhD in engineering from Wits.
In a celebratory ceremony held at Wits Great Hall on 8 July 2024, Dr. Muhammad Ahsan Mahboob, the Head of...
The urgent need to empower women in tech
The Urgent Need to Empower Women in TechAfrica stands on the precipice of technological revolution with the potential to leapfrog...
BePRECISE consortium unveils guidelines to enhance reporting in precision medicine research
The inaugural reporting guidelines for precision medicine research, of which Wits University Professor Michèle Ramsay is co-author, have been published...
Can an ancient treatment be used to help fight cervical cancer?
Researchers at Wits University have successfully applied a new technique to enhance the effectiveness of heat therapy as a way...
Eskom Expo ISF honours top young scientists with exciting prizes and bursaries
Friday, 27 September 2024: An array of exciting prizes from full bursaries to cash prizes, laptops and tablet computers were...
Breaking Barriers
In Women Rising: The Unseen Barriers, published in Harvard Business Review, authors Herminia Ibarra, Robin J. Ely and Deborah M. Kolb),...
Artificial Intelligence and gender equality
The world has a gender equality problem and nowhere is it more often mirrored than Artificial Intelligence (AI).Globally more women...