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The spectacular entry of a meteorite into Earth’s atmosphere over South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province on Sunday 25 August has unleashed a chain of events that would not be out of place in a Hollywood movie script.
R100 million expansion to Wits Roy McAlpine Burns Unit at Baragwanath Hospital officially opens to serve Soweto, SA and Africa.
In a significant move towards sustainability, the Flower Hall introduced new services designed to support energy-efficient use of the facility.
Professor Nelesh Govender was awarded one of 7 prestigious 5-year UK National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Global Research Professorships.
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The inaugural reporting guidelines for precision medicine research, of which Wits University Professor Michèle Ramsay is co-author, have been published in Nature Medicine.
Novel way to map spread and evolution of pathogens, and their responses to vaccines and antibiotics, reveals how to help predict and prevent future outbreaks.
The Rhisotope Project at Wits is entering a new testing phase with the insertion of radioisotopes into 20 live rhinoceros.
A National Institutes of Health five-year, $2.8 million grant to Wits and Vanderbilt University will advance traditional health practitioner-initiated HIV testing.
New Fossil Bovids from Kromdraai shed light on South Africa's ancient ecosystems.
The discovery of the Maniamba Basin's potential is a significant stride in energy exploration, yet it's only the first step. The research underscores the need for further investigations to fully unravel the basin's secrets. Advanced studies, employing a suite of geochemical and geological analyses, are essential to map out the path from potential to production.
The Sabin Vaccine Institute presented the Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal to physician-researchers Keith Klugman and Shabir Madhi.
The Bushveld Geology and Metallogeny Research Chair will advance the mining industry and develop the next generation of geoscientists.
New description of a ‘dwarf’ pareiasaur from the Karoo Basin
In only nine years between 2010 and 2019, Africa has turned from being a net carbon sink, to being a net carbon source.
A new species of fossil staphylinine rove beetle from Orapa.
Political theorist Achille Mbembe named 2024 Holberg Prize Laureate. The Cameroonian scholar Achille Mbembe is Research Professor of History and Politics at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WiSER), at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Dung beetles share the load when it comes to showing their affection for each-other, when transporting a “brood ball”.
Credit for discovering the first dinosaur bones usually goes to British gentlemen for their finds between the 17th and 19th centuries in England.
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