The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it many teaching and learning challenges in higher education. As the lockdown took root, and new rules were ushered in on social distancing, it …
REACH is a joint venture between the University of Cambridge and Stellenbosch University in South Africa. With primary funding for hardware and logistics from the Kavli Foundation (through the Kavli Institute for …
The global demand for energy is rapidly increasing each year. In fact, BP’s Statistical Review of World Energy indicates that “[p]rimary energy consumption grew at a rate of 2.9% … …
The current COVID-19 pandemic has sparked a controversial debate around whether radio frequencies such as the latest 5G communication band can be connected to human illness or disease. Most of …
1. Introduction and objectives The ability to accurately forecast energy usage has become progressively more important, especially in the current South African milieu. An interest in energy conservation within today’s …
Background When harvesting the Rooibos plant, only the top 30cm of the shrub is cut off. Rooibos plants are harvested annually, and the lifecycle of a plant is between 3 …
Our previous post noted that for SKA2, large, electronically steerable phased arrays or “aperture arrays” are being developed for the mid-frequency band (450 – 1450 MHz). The Mid-Frequency Aperture Array …
In our previous post, we discussed the history of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project which commenced during September 1993 and is being constructed in South Africa and Australia. However, …
“I always thought something was fundamentally wrong with the universe” – Arthur Dent The Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT) is the world’s largest single-dish steerable millimetre wave telescope. The Mexican …
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project was born out of an international effort to build the world’s largest radio telescope. The name derives from the fact that the telescope has …
