14+ hour, 14+ min ago  (147+ words) Skip navigation and go to page content 15 April 2026 - Wits University First-ever egg of a mammal ancestor discovered. The researchers suggest these eggs were likely soft-shelled, explaining why they have remained elusive for so long. Unlike the hard, mineralised eggs of…...

9+ hour, 36+ min ago  (682+ words) Skip navigation and go to page content 15 April 2026 - Wits Alumni Relations Wits graduate reflects on the influences that shaped a career now recognised with the 2026 WT and Idalia Reid Prize. The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) selected Wits…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago  (432+ words) Skip navigation and go to page content 10 April 2026 - Leanne Rencken Ph D student Caitlin Wheeler digs deep beyond the data to connect with patients, students and mentors. Caitlin Wheeler speaks with quiet assurance from a world in which science and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (488+ words) Skip navigation and go to page content 3 April 2026 - Wits University The exhibition is currently on display until 6 May at the Wits Origins Centre, while the book is available at the Centre and at selected bookshops. Professor Vishwas Satgar, a scholar…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago  (427+ words) Skip navigation and go to page content 1 April 2026 - Ufrieda Ho Solutions that consider social realities and smart collaboration provide the City of Johannesburg with its best chance to resolve the ongoing water crisis. When dozens of Joburg citizens united in…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (720+ words) Skip navigation and go to page content 31 March 2026 - Wits University Five observations presented at Wits by the President of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Sir John Lazar, a globally respected technology leader, entrepreneur, and advocate for engineering, delivered a keynote…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (532+ words) Skip navigation and go to page content 31 March 2026 - Wits University Widening diversity in genomic datasets opens the door to discovering variants and biological pathways and thereby strengthening genomic science for everyone. An international research collaboration led by the University of…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (751+ words) Skip navigation and go to page content 27 March 2026 - Wits University How Prof. Patrick Arbuthnot helped shape gene therapy in Africa over a 46 years - some 30 years of which at the helm of the Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit Formerly the head…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (436+ words) Skip navigation and go to page content 27 March 2026 - Wits University Funding renewal recognises importance of applying advanced molecular biology tech to address some of the most pressing infectious disease challenges in Africa. The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) has…...

3+ week, 18+ hour ago  (480+ words) Skip navigation and go to page content 25 March 2026 - The AI4 Climate project will boost AI and machine learning climate science tools and techniques. The Wits Global Change Institute (GCI) in partnership with the UK Met Office hosted a week-long hackathon focused…...