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Picture: Afrisnet graduate students partake in a webinar delivered by Prof Soni Lacefield on July 16, 2022Afrisnet runs an annual mentorship program to assist and support African college students applying for research-based graduate programs. Since 2019, dozens of...

When the body gets infected, it activates an immune defense that fights off the infection and provides protection against similar infections in the future. Vaccines can also train the body to recognize infectious agents, such as viruses, and fight them off in the...

Recent Research From South Africa is Redefining Our Timeline of Human EvolutionScientists in Southern Africa believe that the surrounding area has had a big contribution to human evolution. The landscape had been dry and hot for some time now so other scientists have...

Extreme Autotomy and Whole-Body Regeneration in Photosynthetic Sea SlugsScientists have started examing sacoglossan sea slugs. This new study began by observing the slugs and scientists discovered a new form of autonomy. Autonomy means the voluntary regeneration of a...

A Tiny Gold Ball Is the Smallest Object to Have Its Gravity MeasuredThe gravitational force from Newton's law has been studied for a long time, but it has not been researched enough for miniature objects. Newtons law of gravitation states that two objects will attract...

Farmers Fight Back: Making Animal Feed From A Locust PlagueLocust has been a long going issue for a long time. They consume large amounts of vegetation and crops in their path. Scientists have even stated the number of these insects is only growing. The eggs of...