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NWU among the most committed towards environmental and social change
2022-10-27 Universities have a pivotal role to play in finding solutions to pressing environmental and social questions. The latest ranking by the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) agency places the North-West University (NWU) among the top global and local universities when it…http://news.nwu.ac.za/there-nothing-small-about-nanotechnology-north-west-university
There is nothing small about nanotechnology at the North-West University
2023-03-02 One thousand-millionth of a metre. Or, to put it differently: one billionth of a metre. This unfathomably small number is called a nanometre and the world of nanotechnology operates at between 1 and 100 nanometres. This is also where the North-West University…http://news.nwu.ac.za/new-discovery-could-help-crops-survive-harsh-climates
New discovery could help crops survive harsh climates
2025-05-21 Unpredictable rainfall and rising temperatures are threatening crop production across Southern Africa. A groundbreaking discovery by a North-West University (NWU) researcher could pave the way for stronger, more resilient crops capable of withstanding harsh…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-and-emfuleni-local-municipality-strengthen-partnership-impact-communities-positively
NWU and Emfuleni Local Municipality strengthen partnership to impact communities positively
2023-11-09 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Vanderbijlpark Campus recently hosted a meeting with the executive mayor of the Emfuleni Local Municipality (ELM), Cllr Sipho Radebe, to strengthen their partnership and to further explore possible opportunities that would…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/geology-and-soil-science
Geology and Soil Science
2025-08-31 What is Geology? Geology is the study of the Earth. This field of study is concerned with the materials that comprise the Earth, rocks and minerals, as well as the processes that contributed to shape our planet, both internally and on the surface.…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/geo-spatial-sciences/about-us
About Us
2025-09-08 Welcome to the School of Geo and Spatial Sciences Geography and Environmental Management is the science where the interaction between mankind and its environment is studied and researched. A relatively new branch of Geography, namely Environmental…http://engineering.nwu.ac.za/research/research-innovation-engineering
Research & Innovation: Engineering
2022-07-01 Research Chairs: DST/NRF SARChI Chair in Nuclear Engineering The DST/NRF SARChI Research Chair in Nuclear Engineering is the only research chair in nuclear engineering in South Africa and NWU is the only university in South Africa with a PhD program…http://news.nwu.ac.za/what-does-weather-hold
What does the weather hold?
2020-09-17 We had an uncommonly cold winter that had our teeth chattering. Now, with spring in full swing, Hector Chikoore, an associate professor at the North-West University (NWU) who specialises in meteorology, climatology and climate change, looks back on the…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/af/material-science-innovation-and-modelling/navorsingsprojekte
Navorsingsprojekte
2017-08-31 Staff and students work in the following research groups/subthemes: Electrochemistry, kinetics, adsorption, thermodynamics of corrosion prevention in materials. Computer Modelling and Simulation / Quantum chemical / molecular modelling and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/researcher-first-africa-lead-global-hypertension-society
Researcher is first in Africa to lead global hypertension society
2018-10-25 Normal heart rates range from 60 to 100 beats per minute. Anything above that means blood is racing at an alarming speed through your veins. One person whose blood is pumping with passion in the fight against a deadly health condition, hypertension, is…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-faculty-law-marches-rights-children
NWU’s Faculty of Law marches for the rights of children
2019-02-27 More than 200 people participated in the North-West University’s (NWU’s) awareness march to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Bill of Rights and the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The march took place on 26…http://news.nwu.ac.za/driehoek-tragedy-%25E2%2580%2593-nwu-expert-emphasizes-need-professional-trauma-counselling
Driehoek tragedy – NWU expert emphasizes the need for professional trauma counselling
2019-02-07 On Friday, 1 February 2019, the country was shocked by the news of a walkway collapse at Hoërskool Driehoek in Vanderbijlpark. Learners were leaving the morning assembly to go to their respective class rooms when tragedy struck. Three pupils: Roydon…http://news.nwu.ac.za/amberley-angel-disguise-0
Amberley, an angel in disguise
2019-06-14 A guardian angel is defined as an angel believed to protect a particular person, for instance from danger or error, and that is exactly what two-year-old Labrador Amberley is to her owner, Lindi Opperman. Lindi, a final-year LLB student at the North West…http://news.nwu.ac.za/taylor-swift-south-africas-rescue
Taylor Swift to South Africa’s rescue?
2024-04-11 • Taylor Swift is a cultural phenomenon, spelling a massive cash influx in consumer spending for her concert destinations. • Cities and provinces in South Africa can benefit hugely by exploiting the spending potential from concerts by international…http://news.nwu.ac.za/researchers-demonstrate-conservation-and-development-can-go-hand-hand
Researchers demonstrate that conservation and development can go hand in hand
2025-11-13 While cities in Africa expand rapidly and the pressure for economic growth is increasing, the protected areas on the continent face a complex challenge: how to conserve nature and empower people. At the North-West University (NWU) the Protected Areas…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/atmospheric-chemistry-research-group/funders
Funders
2023-07-03 BIOGRIP project/program, funded under the Department of Science and Technology (DST) Research Infrastructure (RI) Platform in South Africa NRF/SAEON/EFTEON funding for the South African Deposition of Biogeochemical Important Trace Species (DEBITS)…http://www.nwu.ac.za/announcements-2023
Announcements 2023
2024-01-17 [accordion] New NWU Facebook page 14 December 2023 Dear #MyNWU Community, Following a brief pause due to a security breach setback, we are delighted to unveil our brand-new Facebook page, symbolising a fresh start and a commitment to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/plastic-pollution-downside-celebrations
Plastic pollution is the downside to celebrations
2024-04-09 Ten million tiny pieces of plastic are estimated to be lying on the lawn in front of the North-West University (NWU) Law Faculty in Potchefstroom, and the soil in the Fanie du Toit Sports Grounds also has high levels of plastic pollution. This is the downside…http://news.nwu.ac.za/smart-station-nwu-will-monitor-air-quality-and-weather
Smart station at NWU will monitor air quality and weather
2019-10-08 Vanderbijlpark, a pollution hotspot, has been chosen as the location for a state-of-the-art observation station that will monitor both the weather and air quality. This multi-million-rand development will see the North-West University (NWU) becoming the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/north-west-university-forefront-agricultural-innovation