2020-03-28 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Corporate
CSET internationalisation pays off
An Australian patent and a joint research lab with the Zhejiang University of Technology were acknowledged at the Research & Innovation 2020 Awards.
2020-03-26 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Research news, Corporate
#SciComm through FameLab SA
Science with clarity and charisma is what it's all about, and Trevor Simbayi and Karabo Mashiloane from CSET impressed the judges at the Unisa Regional Heat.
2020-03-12 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Featured, Corporate
Sprinkler guard stands up to save water
The device invented by Prof Hennie Stoffberg of Unisa's School of Environmental Sciences physically protects irrigation risers from life's little knocks, containing their spray coverage and preventing wastage.
2020-03-12 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Research news, Corporate
Technology made in Africa set to mop up oil spills and save water
"Our team of researchers from Nigeria and South Africa wanted to ensure that when a spillage happens, we have a solution ready," says Prof Titus Msagati of the NanoWS research unit at Unisa.
2019-12-12 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Lead, Featured, Corporate
Nanoscientist receives grant of R7,6m (plus R3,8m) for new equipment
Prof Mokhotjwa Dhlamini of Unisa's College of Science, Engineering and Technology has received a grant of R7,6 million from the National Research Foundation's National Equipment Programme.
2019-06-26 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, North Eastern Region, Corporate
She salutes Unisa for shaping her future
Lina Molebogeng Motlanthe from Lebowakgomo, Limpopo Province, went to the US as part of the Unisa International Exchange Programme, an opportunity reserved for winners of the Student Research and Innovation Showcase.
2019-04-03 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Lead, Featured, Research news, Corporate
He's the [ideas] man
A passion for research with a practical application resulting in innovation that benefits South Africa has seen Prof Lukas Snyman crowned as the top intellectual property creator at Unisa for 2010 to 2018 by the DST.
2018-07-09 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Research news, Change_Technology, Corporate
Unisa gets first patent registered in the US
"The use of magnetic nanoparticles is not novel, but the novelty in our invention is the way in which the cleaning takes place. Most current systems use the magnetic property to separate the particles from the water after the purification is done. However, we use the magnetic property in the cleaning phase as well."
