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Haal die meeste uit medisinale plantekstrakte met nanotegnologie
’n Gegradueerde van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) bring eeue oue kennis van plante en die jongste nanotegnologie bymekaar om die meeste uit plantekstrakte te haal.Volgens ’n nasionale nanotegnologie-inisiatief van die Verenigde State is nanotegnologie tans besig om ’n omwenteling in die tegnologie- en bedryfsektore teweeg te bring. Dit sluit…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-helps-library-services-blind-nw-province
NWU helps with library services for the blind in the NW province
The North-West University (NWU) has partnered with the North West Department of Arts, Culture, Sport and Recreation (ACSR), and the South African Library for the Blind (SALB) to improve reading access for the blind and the visually impaired in the province. The project, sponsored by Sasol Social and Community Trust, was launched at a media…http://news.nwu.ac.za/world-prematurity-day-2020-%25E2%2580%2593-turn-awareness-action
World Prematurity Day 2020 – turn awareness into action
For the past 10 years every 17 November is observed as World Prematurity Day. This day aims to highlight and raise awareness of preterm birth and the concerns of preterm babies and their families worldwide. In South Africa 15% of all births, which equates to one in seven babies, are born preterm. Premature birth is the leading cause of death…http://news.nwu.ac.za/us-president-elect-joe-biden-%25E2%2580%2593-possible-economic-implications-sa-and-world
US President-elect Joe Biden – possible economic implications for SA and the world
“The election of Joe Biden as United States (US) president-elect could eventually create an opportunity for South Africa to buttress its economic narrative with the US from both a trade and an investment point of view.” This is according to Prof Raymond Parsons, economist at the North-West University (NWU) Business School. He says that while…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/lang-en-moeilike-pad-om-die-suid-afrikaanse-lugdiens-reg-te-ruk
Lang en moeilike pad om die Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens reg te ruk
Die Noordwes-Universiteit se Ofentse Mokwena, ʼn vervoerekonoom, gooi sy blik op die Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens (SAL) se finansiële- en bedryfstreuermare en gee ook sy voorstel vir oplossings. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens (SAL) het verborge kwesbaarhede gehad toe dit tot in die middel-2000’s deel van Transnet Bpk. was. Voor daardie tyd is dit in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/long-and-lean-road-reviving-south-african-airways
Long and lean road to reviving South African Airways
lign="center">The North-West University’s Ofentse Mokwena, a transport economist, takes a look at South African Airways’ dire financial and management situation. He also elucidates on some possible solutions. South African Airways (SAA) had hidden vulnerabilities while it was in Transnet Ltd up to the mid-2000s. But leading up to that, it…http://news.nwu.ac.za/successful-year-nwu-career-centre
A successful year for the NWU Career Centre
This year the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Career Centre hosted two very successful virtual career fairs. During the virtual events hosted on 5 August and 21 October, more than 2 000 students engaged with various employers regarding their careers. PWC, Ernst and Young, Total Petroleum, Bowmans law firm, Vodacom, and 40 other companies…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-navorsingsgroep-lewer-%25E2%2580%2599n-bydrae-tot-internasionale-vo%25C3%25ABlstudie
NWU-navorsingsgroep lewer ’n bydrae tot internasionale voëlstudie
Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se navorsing oor die genetiese data van dwergpapegaaie, oftewel lovebirds (genus Agapornis), is by ’n omvattende internasionale voëlstudie ingesluit. Nege dwergpapegaaispesies kom inheems in Afrika en Madagaskar voor. Hierdie navorsing het ook gelei tot ’n patent en die moontlike kommersialisering van ’n…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-research-group-contributes-international-bird-study
NWU research group contributes to international bird study
The North-West University’s (NWU’s) research on the genetic data of the nine lovebird species (genus Agapronis) that are native to Africa and Madagascar has been included in a comprehensive international bird study. This research has also led to a patent and the possible commercialisation of a genomic test developed by the NWU that will be of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/getting-most-out-medicinal-plant-extracts-nanotechnology
Getting the most out of medicinal plant extracts with nanotechnology
A North-West University (NWU) graduate is bringing together age-old plant knowledge and the latest nanotechnology to make the most of medicinal plant extracts. According to a United States National Nanotechnology Initiative, nanotechnology is currently revolutionising the technology and industrial sectors. These include information technology,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/projek-oor-vloektaal-lewer-wetenskaplike-kennis
Projek oor vloektaal lewer wetenskaplike kennis
“Myns insiens het dit besonder goed gegaan met die projek. Nie net is die tegnologie en infrastruktuur daargestel vir goeie navorsing in die komende jare nie, maar ons het ook ’n groot klomp geregistreerde gebruikers gekry.”So sê prof Gerhard van Huyssteen, professor van Afrikaanse en Nederlandse Taalkunde by die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU),…http://news.nwu.ac.za/project-swearing-produces-scientific-knowledge
Project on swearing produces scientific knowledge
“To my mind, the project has progressed exceptionally well. Not only have technology and infrastructure been established for sound research in the years ahead, but we have also gained a large number of registered users.” These are the words of Prof Gerhard van Huyssteen, professor in Afrikaans and Dutch Linguistics at the North-West University…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/pre-tsd-en-die-covid-19-onsekerheid
Pre-TSD en die Covid-19-onsekerheid
Die impak van die Covid-19-epidemie op ons geestesgesondheid kan nie onderskat word nie. Vanuit ’n Suid-Afrikaanse perspektief het maande van harde inperking die manier verander waarop ons leef, die manier waarop ons werk en selfs die manier hoe ons funksioneer. Op sielkundige vlak kon ons nie heelhuids daarvan afkom nie. ’n Nuwe studie deur…http://news.nwu.ac.za/pre-tsd-and-covid-19-conundrum
Pre-TSD and the Covid-19 conundrum
The impact of the Covid-19 epidemic on our mental health cannot be understated. From a South African perspective, months of a hard lockdown has changed the way we live, the way we work and the very way we operate. Mentally we have not escape unscarred. A new study by Afriforte and the WorkWell research unit at the North-West University (NWU),…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/mense-los-probleme-op-en-maak-antropologie-die-regte-plek-om-te-wees
Mense los probleme op en maak antropologie die regte plek om te wees
Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se vakgroep Antropologie gaan van krag tot krag, en is van voorneme om die NWU een van die topuniversiteite te maak waar daar op hierdie gebied gestudeer kan word. “Met die besef dat die ingewikkelde probleme van ons samelewing net deur middel van mense opgelos kan word, het die vakgroep met ’n proses van…http://news.nwu.ac.za/people-solve-problems-making-anthropology-right-place-be
People solve problems, making anthropology the right place to be
The North-West University (NWU) Anthropology subject group is growing from strength to strength, and aims to make the NWU one of the top universities at which to study this field. “Recognising that the complicated problems of our society can only be solved with people, the subject group has embarked on a process of recurriculation linked to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/begrip-van-konsensuele-niemonogamie-swinging-uit-%E2%80%99n-suid-afrikaanse-perspektief
Begrip van konsensuele niemonogamie (swinging) uit ’n Suid-Afrikaanse perspektief
Hoewel sommige mense dit as taboe beskou, vind swinging – om jou maat toe te laat om geslagsomgang met ander mense te hê – al dekades lank regoor die wêreld plaas.’n Eenvoudige Google-soektog lewer duisende resultate oor die leefstyl op, en tog is bitter min oor swinging uit ’n Suid-Afrikaanse perspektief bekend. Marina Basson, ’n PhD-student…http://news.nwu.ac.za/understanding-consensual-non-monogamy-swinging-south-african-perspective
Understanding consensual non-monogamy (swinging) from a South African perspective
While some people consider it a taboo, swinging - the act of allowing one’s partner to engage in sexual intercourse with other people - has been practised around the globe for decades. A simple Google search gives thousands of results on the lifestyle, yet relatively little is known about swinging from a South African perspective. Marina…http://news.nwu.ac.za/prof-cameron-going-places
Prof Cameron is going places
For the past two years Prof Cameron Modisane, a North-West University (NWU) alumnus, has been breaking boundaries. After obtaining his PhD in 2019 from the NWU’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Prof Modisane became the first black person under the age of 35 to have a PHD in accounting in South Africa. He has since been climbing the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-featured-next-generation-brave-nominee