Health

Mental health is often perceived in binary terms – as in, you either have challenges, or you don’t. But the...

Scientists, in a recent study, have found that of pathogens known to have infected humans, more than half may cause...

The world is littered with plastic. Microplastics (MPs) are found in almost everything, including our blood. According to scientists in...

Alex Rose-InnesThe world can end AIDS – if everyone’s rights are protected. With human rights at the centre and communities...

Rhodes University (RU)’s state-of-the-art Institute of Nanotechnology Innovation (INI), which used to be housed in the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences...

Alex Rose-InnesOutbreaks of avian influenza (bird flu) have cost billions of dollars around the world, with more than seven million...

Dr Brigitta Derendinger A South African medical researcher’s findings are used in the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) course training material...

Top Female researchers at CSIR addressing African healthcare and nutrition challenges Women scientists at the Council for Scientific and Industrial...

Searching for a treatment to fight terminal diseases Terminal diseases like Alzheimers Disease (AD) is one of the main causes...

The University of Pretoria (UP)’s Dr Kathryn Malherbe, has made South Africa proud after being internationally recognised for her ground-breaking...