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Suhas Diggavi and Yizhou Sun will receive $80,000 grants to help fund their research proposals.

News Author: Wiida Fourie-Basson Published: 19/05/2021 Mr David Baker Effendi, an MSc-student in Computer Sciences at Stellenbosch University, has received an Amazon Research Award based on his innovative research in program analysis with applications in bug-finding and cybersecurity. The Amazon Research Awards  include cash and Amazon Web Services (AWS) promotional credits for making use of Amazon's cloud computing resources. David says the award will help to cover his tuition fees and living expenses but, most importantly, it will provide him with much needed computing resources for his ex...

Trees are the Earth’s lungs – it’s well understood they drawdown and lock up vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But emerging research is showing trees can also emit methane, and it’s currently unknown just how much. This could be a major problem, given methane is a greenhouse gas about 45 times more potent than carbon dioxide at warming our planet. However, in a world-first discovery published in Nature Communications, we found unique methane-eating communities of bacteria living within the bark of a common Australian tree species: paperbark ( Melaleuca quinquenervi...

Intimidation of Brazil’s enviro scientists, academics, officials on upswing Increasingly, Brazilian environmental researchers, academics and officials appear to be coming under fire for their scientific work or views, sometimes from the Jair Bolsonaro government, but also from anonymous Bolsonaro supporters. Researchers and academics have come under attack for their scientific work on agrochemicals, deforestation and other topics, as well as for their socio-environmental views. Attacks have taken the form of anonymous insults and death threats, gag orders, equipment thefts, and even attempt...

| UPDATED: 18:25, Tue, Mar 16, 2021 Link copied Brazil variant: Expert on P1 Manaus strain's impact on vaccine Sign up to receive our rundown of the day's top stories direct to your inbox SUBSCRIBE Invalid email When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Lucas Ferrant, a biologist at the National Institute for Amazon Research (INPA) in Manau...