By Bruce Crossey, PhD Zoology, University of Pretoria
A year-long study found that impala in a South African game reserve need their own space in the dry season, away from tourists, to reduce their stress.
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By Helena Hastie, Lecturer in Geography, University of Exeter
Adedayo Adeleke, Senior Lecturer: Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria, South Africa, University of Pretoria
Damien Mansell, Associate Professor of Geographical Information Science, University of Exeter
Simon Hull, Associate professor, University of Cape Town
Solar farms can bring jobs, but the story of one South African community shows that rural residents who give up their land need more say in how benefits are shared.
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By Gérard Charl Filies, Associate professor, University of the Western Cape
Healthcare teamwork is taught through western models. Ubuntu offers an African approach that could improve collaboration and patient care worldwide.
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By Naomi Braithwaite, Associate Professor in Fashion and Material Culture, Nottingham Trent University
A fashion academic recalls her time working at the iconic store in the 1990s, when it was at its fashion-forward peak.
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By Noelia Noël, Senior Lecturer, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Surrey
Nasa is about to launch a space observatory that could help settle some of the biggest mysteries in modern astronomy. The Nancy Grace Roman space telescope will study how the universe began, what it is made of and how it has evolved over time.
The observatory is named after Nasa’s first chief of astronomy and its first female executive. Nancy Grace Roman,…
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By Claire Peghaire, Docteur en pharmacie et enseignant chercheur en physiologie vasculaire, Université de Bordeaux
Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD), which notably increases the risk of stroke and cognitive disorders, is estimated to affect more than 5 million people in France alone. In the absence of a curative treatment, the prevention of cardiovascular risk factors remains the most effective strategy today. However, promising new therapeutic avenues are being explored.
Cerebral small vessel disease is a chronic condition that affects the smallest arteries of the brain, those that continuously supply the deep regions essential for memory, attention, and coordination.
Over time,…
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By Claire Isabella Gilmour, PhD Candidate, Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Bristol
Women played a crucial role in all aspects of the development and endurance of the state, including some who ruled the country in their own right.
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By Eric Chi, Professor of Economics, University of Guelph
A newly proposed pipeline to B.C.’s coast promises tens of thousands of jobs and billions in GDP growth. But falling Asian oil demand and a track record of cost overruns complicate the picture.
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By Ana Isabel Terraes Huerta, Técnico medio de investigación de la Facultad de Química de Valencia, Universitat de València
Eva Soriano Vega, Técnica Investigación (Servei Central de Suport a la Investigació Experimental-SCSIE), Universitat de València
There are few pleasures greater than letting a piece of chocolate melt slowly on your tongue. Indeed, the proximity of chocolate’s melting point to our own body temperature is one of the reasons it is so widely appreciated.
But this quality also makes it go soft and lose shape when temperatures rise, making it hard to store and transport in warm climates. To overcome this limitation, the food industry has developed several ways to make heat-resistant chocolate.
But to understand how this works, we must first learn how chocolate is made – particularly the role that cocoa…
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By Devin Adams, PhD Candidate, Accessible Environments Research Cluster, University of Stirling
The Commonwealth Games, being staged this year in Glasgow, hold para events in the same place and at the same time as the general competition. Not only does this give equal opportunity to all athletes, but it also brings disability sport into the mainstream conversation.
The multi-sport competition has been held every four years since 1930, when they were known as the British Empire Games. At the 1994 games in Victoria, Canada, disabled athletes were included in exhibition events. But in 2002 in Manchester, England, para athletes were fully integrated into their teams.
This…
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