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This stunning debut novel is about the forbidden union between two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation, the refuge they find in eachother, and a betrayal that threatens their existence. Edmund White’s starred Publishers Weekly…

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the fifth International Polytechnic Winter School has begun. All programs of one of the largest international projects of Polytechnic University will take place entirely online. This year more than 150…

Researchers investigated how cancer genes lead to the breakdown of the capsule that prevents cancerous cells from invading the surrounding healthy tissues and - find a hijacked “molecular crowbar”. The new findings help understand the…

A new type of ultra-efficient, nano-thin material could advance self-powered electronics, wearable technologies and even deliver pacemakers powered by heart beats.The flexible and printable piezoelectric material, which can convert…

Scientists from The University of Western Australia have uncovered the oldest starfish-like fossil, Cantabrigiaster Fezouataensis, which is the first ancestor of all starfish in the world. The fossil was uncovered in Morocco and the…

A new scientific journal on philosophical and socio-humanitarian sciences Koinon has appeared at the Ural Federal University. It is planned that it will publish materials written in Russian, English, German, French, Spanish and Italian.…

Aleksey Melkikh, professor of the Department of Technical Physics of the Ural Federal University, leads the research on chaotic movement. Photo: Ilya Safarov.Investigating the nature of dynamic chaos in complex systems (in other words,…

UCT’s Dr Lwazi Lushaba delivered a thought-provoking Summer School lecture on the decolonisation of the social sciences.The current discourse on the colonial character of knowledge in South Africa places emphasis on the colonial period,…

Prof Marc Mendelson said that without rapid COVID-19 vaccinations, population immunity won’t be possible and a third wave is on the cards.“Without rapid vaccination of at least two thirds of the population, we (South Africa) are not going…

Two giant radio galaxies – among the largest single objects in the universe, which were thought to be quite rare – have been discovered with South Africa’s powerful MeerKAT telescope. The discovery has been published online in the Monthly…