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- The Rhisotope Project: Insertion of radioisotopes into live rhinoceros https://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/general-news/2024/2024-06/a-novel-way-to-save-rhinos-.html 120 comments
- Shoes maketh man https://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/research-news/2023/2023-10/shoes-maketh-man.html 15 comments
- Regular physical activity before cancer diagnosis may lower progression and death risks. The study found as little as 60 minutes of regular weekly exercise may reduce the likelihood of cancer progression by 27% and death by 47% https://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/research-news/2025/2025-01/regular-physical-activity-before-cancer-diagnosis-may-lower-progression-and-death-risks.html 5 comments science
- Rising heat exposure threatens maternal and newborn health, according to a review of 198 studies across 66 countries for the impact of heat on maternal, foetal, and neonatal health https://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/research-news/2024/2024-11/rising-heat-exposure-threatens-maternal-and-newborn-health.html 8 comments science
- 'Teleporting' images across a network securely using only light - Researchers show for the first time, how we can transport images across a network without physically sending the image. https://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/research-news/2023/2023-12/teleporting-images-across-a-network-securely-using-only-light.html 16 comments futurology
- First-ever teleportation-like quantum transport of images across a network without physically sending the image with the help of high-dimensional entangled states https://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/research-news/2023/2023-12/teleporting-images-across-a-network-securely-using-only-light.html 302 comments science
- Lee Berger is sending Au. sediba fossils into space. This stunt is disgusting and heavily damages how paleoanthropology is viewed. Not to mention the potential risks to the fossils (which include HOLOTYPE material!) https://www.wits.ac.za/staff/news/latest-news/research-news/2023/2023-09/first-fossils-of-ancient-human-relatives-journey-to-space.html 4 comments anthropology
- Diamonds are a quantum scientist’s best friend: The discovery of triplet spin superconductivity in diamonds has the potential to revolutionise the high-tech industry https://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/research-news/2020/2020-10/diamonds-are-a-quantum-scientists-best-friend.html 40 comments science
- Diamonds are a quantum scientist’s best friend: The discovery of triplet spin superconductivity in diamonds has the potential to revolutionise the high-tech industry https://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/research-news/2020/2020-10/diamonds-are-a-quantum-scientists-best-friend.html 7 comments technology
- New research supports hypothesis that asteroid contributed to mass extinction 12,800 years ago http://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/research-news/2019/2019-10/new-research-supports-hypothesis-that-asteroid-contributed-to-mass-extinction.html 16 comments science
- Researchers demonstrate quantum teleportation of patterns of light. Technique paves the way for high-bit-rate secure long distance quantum communication, as published this week in Nature Communications. http://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/research-news/2017/2017-09/researchers-demonstrate-quantum-teleportation-of-patterns-of-light.html 151 comments science
- The first ever evidence of a comet entering Earth’s atmosphere and exploding, raining down a shock wave of fire which obliterated every life form in its path, has been discovered by a team of South African scientists and international collaborators. http://www.wits.ac.za/newsroom/newsitems/201310/21649/news_item_21649.html 470 comments science
- Scientists from South Africa, Australia and France have discovered a world first association while scanning a 250 million year old fossilised burrow from the Karoo Basin of South Africa http://www.wits.ac.za/newsroom/newsitems/201306/20374/news_item_20374.html 8 comments science