Two South African winners are amongst a group of leading young scientists from 20 countries who are meeting Germany's sustainability research elite this month. South African PhD graduate Dr. Kapil Moothi, whose field of interest encompasses Sustainable Technology and Nanotechnology Waste Water Treatment, and PhD candidate Ms. Geraldine Brennan, whose area of expertise … [Read more...]
Can nanotechnology help rescue our water?
Finding new ways to tackle the growing challenge of accessing clean drinking water has become a priority for most countries around the world, including South Africa. With recent statistics indicating that more people are dying annually from unsafe water than from all forms of violence combined, including war, there has never been a greater global need. In South Africa, an … [Read more...]
First synthetic life form is born
It's been a dramatic week, a milestone in human history, with the development of the first synthetic life form. Two years after biologist Craig Venter (no, he's not South African - he's from Utah) mapped the human genome, he and his team have crossed another boundary, and created a synthetic life form. Technology is a powerful myth, and many respond with fear to any new … [Read more...]
