Humanities crosses digital divide
For many years, the NWU has been at the heart of technology advances that support the use and development of South Africa's 11 official languages. Now, as host of a national research infrastructure, the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources, the NWU will be able to take its commitment to multilingualism a major step forward.
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Physicist looks to the sun for stored power
Solar energy is an intermittent energy resource but can be stored for later use, says Prof Ashmore Mawire, principal researcher in the solar thermal energy group at the NWU's campus in Mahikeng. He is one of the very few applied physicists investigating solar thermal energy storage systems for domestic applications in South Africa.
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Screening at birth can save babies
Newborn screening (NBS) is internationally recognised as essential in preventive healthcare practices. It involves the testing of newborn babies for treatable genetic conditions or inborn errors of metabolism that may not be apparent at birth. All newborn babies' tests in South Africa are screened by the NBS laboratory at the NWU.
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