Using genomics to conserve biodiversity links to food security
Using genomics to understand and protect the Africa's biodiversity could improve the resilience of plants, animals and other life forms to climate change, with a knock-on effect on food security, says NWU researcher Dr Roksana Majewska. She and fellow researchers at the African BioGenome Project are safeguarding and preserving African genomic biodiversity through an effort to sequence the genomes of plants, animals, fungi and protists that are endemic to Africa.
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Cyberattacks likely to increase as connectivity grows
Cyberattacks are occurring thick and fast as the world becomes more connected and the rewards greater. According to Prof Wian Erlank from the NWU's Faculty of Law, the possible rewards for cyberattackers will continue to increase,
as more aspects of our everyday lives become interwoven and reliant on online interaction.
He says he keeps a watch on cybersecurity develop-ments to understand how these affect other areas of law on which he conducts research.
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Covid-19 pandemic has further weakened SA's fragile peace
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the exclusion of even more South African residents from economic activity has further weakened the country’s already fragile peace. This is one of the conclusions drawn by NWU academic Dr Gideon van Riet, who recently published an article based on three years of research in the JB Marks Municipality. The research focused on investigating the link between the Covid-19 pandemic and South Africa's fragile peace through the lens of crime.
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