ASSAf News
Invitation to a Public Lecture on Unravelling the Biology of Extinct Animals Using Bone Histology
Monday, 12 August 2019
Monday, 12 August 2019
The Royal Society of South Africa and the Academy of Science of South Africa invite you to a free public lecture by Professor Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town entitled Unravelling the Biology of Extinct Animals Using Bone Histology.
Please note that this event has been postponed. More information will be shared asap.The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) andthe Department of Science and Technology (DST) cordially invite you to the INNOVATION FOR INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT (IID) SEMINAR SERIES on The Smart City Initiatives in South Africa and Paving a Way to Support Cities toAddress Frontier Issues Using New and Emerging...
Annual Young Scientists’ Conference Abstract Date Extended - 14 August 2019
Thursday, 01 August 2019
Thursday, 01 August 2019
The Department of Science and Technology (DST), the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) and the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS) will be hosting the Annual Young Scientists’ Conference on 28 – 29 October 2019.
This year the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) is commemorating its 50th anniversary and the 90th anniversary of its predecessor, the National Bureau of Educational and Social Research (NBESR), while the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria (UP) is celebrating its 100th anniversary.
South Africa’s progress towards ensuring clean and accessible water will be interrogated at a two-day workshop on 23 and 24 July 2019 hosted by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf).
By Thabiso Goba. Winning a Nobel Prize in Physics is no easy feat and achieving this with your first paper is something else, said Professor Donna Strickland, who was speaking at the 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting held from 30 June to 5 July in Lindau, Germany.
By Paul Kennedy. Lightning flickers in the distance, reflecting off the wind-ruffled Bodensee. Bottles of South African wine and excited conversation circulate amongst groups of young scientists – mostly South African, but also Mexican, British, German, Finnish, and Australian.
So what is the difference between science and technology? They are pretty much the same thing, right? Wrong, according to Nobel Laureate Sir Konstantin Novoselov, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2011 for his discovery of the wunder-material graphene.
So what is the difference between science and technology? They are pretty much the same thing, right? Wrong, according to Nobel Laureate Sir Konstantin Novoselov, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2011 for his discovery of the wunder-material graphene.
Twenty-five years ago, political activist and astronomer Dr Bernie Fanaroff and colleagues had a dream that South Africa could be a world leader in astronomy; in those heady days after the fall of aparthed, it seemed a vague and distant possibility. Today, those dreams are solidifying rapidly as South Africa steps onto the world stage as the best place in the world to study the stars, galaxies and empty spaces beyond our earth’s atmosphere.
