Biotechnology

Food

Marula nuts are growing SA’s rural entrepreneurs in a win-win partnership with scientists and conservationists

Targeting aflatoxins in maize

Breakthrough in battle against aflatoxin in African food crops

Big Mac serves up the whole world on one plate

African designed GM crop nears trials

Health

Deadly sleeping sickness set to be eliminated in 6 years

Aptamers – the right fit for sensors and therapy

Developing the male pill

A long road but potential malaria cure a boon for African science

Stem Cell Biotechnology – The Now and the Future

Human Origins

360 million year old fossils from the Eastern Cape of South Africa unveil the first page in the story of terrestrial animal life on the old continent of Gondwana

Early dentistry in Homo erectus link to prosocial behaviour

Are humans evolving faster?

Fast forensic test can match suspects' DNA with crime samples in 4 hours

Neandertal genome sequence published

Agriculture

Cassava - a new image

Genes from green pepper rescue Africa's banana from deadly wilt disease

Making Kenyan maize safe from deadly aflatoxins

Acacia tree's promise to revive African soils

Biopesticide puts invasive locust under control

Environmental

Biorecycling with Flies

Metagenomics: how to uncover the unseen majority!

DNA 'barcode' identified for plants

Detection of Illegal trade in the Cape Parrot and Blue Crane using DNA

Roan 200 years later

Energy

Microbial fuel cell use in bioremediation and harvesting of energy from waste

Using bugs to wean the world off fossil fuel

Ethanol from sweet sorghum does not compromise food security

Delft breakthrough in bioethanol production from agricultural waste

Biofuels – to make them relevant, we need to learn from a partially pink elephant

Entrepreneurship

Biomimicry: "innovation inspired by nature"

Bioprinting – The 3D Printing Revolution

Why finding potent antioxidants in natural products makes good health revenue

Bee resin used to save fish

Eating Chinese honey may be good for your money

Animal

Perfume of death

Healing wounds using maggots

Experts pull together against bird flu

Male cichlids transform as dominant rivals removed

How a zebra lost its stripes: Rapid evolution of the quagga

People

Crunching data to save lives

Biobank research – Implications for Africa?

Looking for solutions in Africa’s ‘orphan’ crop: sorghum

Nobel prizewinner plans to launch genetic engineering project to fight AIDS

African scientist wins world food prize

Industrial

The nuts and bolts of the genius behind aptamers - the future for drug delivery

The Biotechnologists Toolkit for New Drug Discovery – Rise of the Machines

Can Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage Wastewaters Really be Sustainable over the Long-term? Possibilities in the Rhodes BioSURE Process

Making sense of sensors - finding a needle in a haystack

Curbing the spread of airborne diseases