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Bloemfontein, Nov. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With a new outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) reported this year in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – the 14th EVD outbreak in the...

Bloemfontein, Aug. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Research and research funding have traditionally been dominated by the Global North. Fortunately, there has been an encouraging increase in the...

Bloemfontein, July 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- “I don’t think South Africa is prepared for the possibility of a Gauteng Day Zero drought,” said Professor Francois Engelbrecht, director of the...

Bloemfontein, April 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for nearly 10 million deaths in 2020, or...

Bloemfontein, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Did you know that one can photograph a plant so clearly from a distance that it is likely to detect the health of its leaves? Or can you contemplate...

Bloemfontein, Jan. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Research done by the University of the Free State (UFS) has shown that Grade 1 learners not only experience visual problems, but also developmental...

Bloemfontein, Dec. 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Research on green concrete in the Department of Engineering Sciences at the University of the Free State (UFS) not only aims to minimise the...

Bloemfontein, Dec. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the vast, flat grasslands of South Africa a host of magnificent plant and animal species flourish, but not all of them are large. Insects and...

Bloemfontein, Dec. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Even though not much is yet known about the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, the presence of a high number of mutations – more than 30 – in the spike...

Bloemfontein, Nov. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The main driving force behind climate change is the emission of greenhouse gases through human activities, says Prof Linus Franke, Associate Professor...