CapeTowner

Artistic reconstruction of a newly hatched troodontid-like dinosaur resting among fragments of its eggshell (loosely based on Mongolian microtroodontid-type). These eggshells, when buried within ancient soil, interacted with meteoric waters, leading to early uranium incorporation into the eggshell calcite crystals.

FOSSILS

A groundbreaking study led by a Stellenbosch University researcher has unveiled a new technique that uses fossilized dinosaur eggshells to determine the age of rocks containing…

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Dr Tawanda Zininga, a biochemist from the Department of Biochemistry at Stellenbosch University.

MALARIA

Stellenbosch University (SU) researchers have identified three tiny proteins in the malaria parasite that could open the door to new treatments for the disease.

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Analytical chemists from Stellenbosch University have provided the first evidence of a rare class of phenolics, called flavoalkaloids, in Cannabis leaves.

CHEMICAL

Analytical chemists from Stellenbosch University (SU) have provided the first evidence of a rare class of phenolics, called flavoalkaloids, in Cannabis leaves.

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Speakers Aliya Chikte, economic justice project officer at the Alternative Information and Development Centre, with Dr Lauren Paremoer, a member of the People's Health Movement South Africa. PICTURE:SUPPLIED

CAPE TOWN

After 30 years of liberation, black working-class women are more likely to be unemployed, food insecure, lacking access to the most basic social services, and, on top of this,…

Lizahn Bowers

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research

Groundbreaking method utilises dinosaur eggshells for accurate fossil dating

New drug target identified in fight against deadly malaria parasite

Don’t throw away those Cannabis leaves – they are packed with rare compounds

Women bear brunt of austerity measures - report