Category: NRF in the News

The National Research Foundation (NRF) in collaboration with the Global Young Scientists Summit (GYSS) wishes to call upon all the researchers (Doctoral students and Postdoctoral fellows) to send through their nominations for the Global Young Scientists Summit (GYSS) 2022. The

An article written by Julienne Du Toit for The Daily Maverick. The story of how a shy radio astronomer from the Eastern Cape came to be a central character in building of one of the world’s most sensitive scientific instruments involves

Professor Nadine Petersen, member of the NRF Board’s Research Development Committee, has been appointed Executive Dean: Faculty of Education at the University of Johannesburg (UJ). The appointment will be for a five-year term from 01 January 2022 to 31 December

Ms Cassandra Mfana has been appointed the NRF Board Secretary, effective from 02 August 2021. Ms Mfana is an admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa; a Certified Chartered Company Secretary; a Certified Ethics Officer; Associate of the

Results from a global collaboration among marine ecologists reveal that mangroves might be threatened by low functional diversity of invertebrates. The results were released on the 30th July on the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) scientific journal. Mangroves are

An international team of scientists has used high-powered X-rays to show how an extinct dinosaur breathed. The team, led by South African PhD student Viktor Radermacher, were able to virtually reconstruct a new skeleton of the plant-eating dinosaur Heterodontosaurus tucki in unprecedented

The National Research Foundation (NRF) was the co-organiser of a three-day conference on the Impact of Science that took place from 23 to 25 June 2021. The conference was hosted virtually from the University of Cape Town and was organised