Scientists; Prof. Dr. Christian Borgemeister from the Center for Development Research (ZEF) at the University of Bonn and his colleagues from Kenya and the UK have developed an innovative way of preventing tsetse flies from cows called antelope perfume, a method that prevents sleeping sickness disease. The scientists took advantage of the fact that tsetse flies […]
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The ability of facing the challenges and determination has been an empowerment firing flame for four undergraduate students from Omdurman Islamic University, College of engineering. We all time speak about lack of resources and uncomfortable environment to develop creative and advance project here in Africa, but those young fresh minded undergraduates (Mohammed Ishag, Yousif Elfatih […]
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Women’s role in science has been hotly debated and discussed in recent decades. Policy-oriented and scholarly studies have explored a range of topics on the issue. From girls’ participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM); to how women are represented and perform in STEM occupations and women’s access to technologies. Read more […]
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Rwanda pioneering this approach, East Africa is leading the world in pursuing innovative solutions to the problem. By jumping platforms in a rapidly evolving technology, Rwanda and Tanzania have secured the services of California-based robotics company Zipline to provide the world’s first drone medical delivery services. They do so with breathtaking efficiency, saving many lives. Read […]
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David Ferguson, external Communications and PR Manager University of Surrey writes that researchers from a group of UK universities have developed a 10-second test for HIV, based on mobile phone technology. The University of Surrey, working with colleagues at University College London, the Africa Health research Institute (South Africa), OJ-Bio (Newcastle), QV (holdings (Netherlands) and the Japan […]
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Researchers from Lancaster University in the UK show a novel technique that allows body movement, or movement of objects, to be used to interact with screens. The ‘Matchpoint’ technology, which only requires a simple webcam, works by displaying moving targets that orbit a small circular widget in the corner of the screen. The technology can turn […]
Nobel laureates give a human face to science, Wellcome Trust’s Jeremy Farrar gives his opinion piece in the guardian that, If we rely too heavily on the narrative that science is the history of great men and too seldom great women, we underestimate how much it is a result of team work and partnerships. Even in […]
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Le Next Einstein Forum (NEF) a récemment annoncé ses 16 lauréats de différents pays d’Afrique, parmi lesquels, Dr. Rym Kefi, chercheuse au laboratoire de génomique biomédicale et oncogénétique et responsable du service de typage génétique à l’Institut Pasteur de Tunis. Read more […]
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Jonathan Mboyo Esole, named a Next Einstein Forum Fellow for 2017-2019, an award that recognizes Africa’s best young scientists and technologists. Born from the Democratic Republic of Congo, he was inspired by the famous physicist, Esole is an accomplished mathematician, and specialist in string Geometry. He is now an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics […]
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It’s been more than 50 years since there was a female winner. Maria Goeppert Mayer, is the last woman to win a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963 after she discovered that the nucleus of the atom has an onion like layered structure. Elizabeth Landau writes that since then many other women have been widely considered […]