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Ground-breaking study reveals colonies of mole-rats communicate with each other in their own dialect

A study by a team of scientists at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in Berlin, Germany and the University of Pretoria (UP)

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Spacing out: Air pollution and human health

Professor Janine Wichmann is an environmental epidemiologist and Head of the Environmental and Occupational Sciences Division, School of Health Systems and Public Health, at the University of Pretoria.

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UP part of team that solves mystery of X-shaped radio galaxies with MeerKAT telescope

A team of astronomers from South Africa and the USA has used the MeerKAT telescope to solve a longstanding puzzle in ‘X’-shaped radio galaxies by observing a galaxy called PKS 2014-55 that’s situated 800 million light years away from Earth.

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Pine Tree Pest Biocontrol - Imagine a world without forests

Finding the right worm for the job Osmond Mlonyeni, a PhD student at the University of Pretoria’s Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), studies the genetic code of microscopic worms known as nematodes.

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May 2021: Monthly video message from the Vice-Chancellor and Principal

In his May 2021 monthly video message, the University of Pretoria’s Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Professor Tawana Kupe, reflects on Workers' Day which falls on 1 May, and talks about UP's hosting of the first Nobel Dialogue to take place in Africa, on 18 May.

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Tasty, healthy and African: UP plays its part in international project to promote local crops and develop new food products

UP is representing South Africa in a 20-partner African and European consortium to boost food security and nutrition in Africa.