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Botswana asteroid likely came from Vesta – one of largest objects in asteroid belt
A small asteroid was discovered on an impact trajectory with Earth on June 2, 2018. Eight hours later, a video camera in South Africa recorded a bright fireball over Botswana. An international team of researchers, including Western’s Peter Brown and the Western Meteor Group, have now published their findings in the journal Meteoritics and Planetary Science after they tracked down the surviving meteorites deep inside the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in central Botswana.
“Combining the observations of the small asteroid in space with information gleaned from the meteorites shows it likely came from Vesta, target of NASA’s DAWN mission,” said lead author and meteor astronomer Peter Jenniskens of the SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center.
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CAUTIOUS: Minister Segokgo
The Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) held a successful three-day virtual Cybersecurity Symposium on Tuesday.
The symposium was held under the theme: “Our Cyber state of affairs: Securing Botswana’s cyberspace for all”.
Giving an overview of the event, Dr. Oteng Tabona said the Symposium is an event meant to close gaps in awareness and understanding of the cybersecurity state of affairs in Botswana.
He said the BIUST Cyber Security Research Group is dedicated to addressing global challenges in cybersecurity, digital forensics, and networking.
“The group aims to be at the forefront of cybersecurity research and lead in the areas like; publications, awareness campaigns, cyber emergency response (CERT), SOC, academic program development, training services, consultation, conferences and workshops, industrial collaborations, and international collaborations,” he said.
Application Deadline:9 April 2021.
Alliance 4 Universities has been awarded funds under Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility programme (Action KA107). Through these funds, students and staff from non-European partner universities (see Call for details) and from A4U universities have the opportunity to participate in mobility schemes.
Who can apply? The calls are open to Bachelor, Master and PhD students and staff from the participating universities.
How long can the mobility be? For Bachelor, Master and PhD students the mobility can be from 3 to 5 months long. For staff, 7 days are covered by the grant: 5 days for teaching (or training, or both) and 2 days for travel.
UB-CERC Continues to Impart More Knowledge on Solar Water Heaters
The University of Botswana Clean Energy Research Centre (UB-CERC) continues to equip more Batswana with knowledge on the design, build and install solar water heaters. UB-CERC recently held a two-day dissemination workshop on Solar Water Heaters: Design, Build and Installation. The workshop brought together 34 participants drawn from tertiary institutions, solar thermal companies, non-governmental organizations and private institutions took part in the workshop.
Organised by Southern African Solar Thermal Training and Demonstration Initiative (SOLTRAIN IV) project, the workshop was funded by Austrian Development Agency (ADA). In his opening remarks, the Dean of Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Botswana, Prof Edward Dintwa, reminded the participants of the importance of the new skills they acquired and urged them to use them to contribute to nation building. Participants were taken through the bas