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Gauteng Learner Wins Top Science Prize
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A Gauteng Grade-11 learner has won the top prize at the 2026 Eskom Expo International Science Fair.
Rudra Patel from UJ Academy Maths, Science and ICT School of Specialisation won the Top Senior Scientist Award and 75-thousand-rand for research into using plant extracts to improve wheat growth.
Free State Grade 8 learner Denica Swartz won the Top Junior Scientist Award, while Mpumalanga learner Tshepisho Vuyo Nkosi received the Best Development School Award.
The fair also awarded 25 gold, 100-silver and 111-bronze medals to young scientists.
Rudra Patel from UJ Academy Maths, Science and ICT School of Specialisation won the Top Senior Scientist Award and 75-thousand-rand for research into using plant extracts to improve wheat growth.
Free State Grade 8 learner Denica Swartz won the Top Junior Scientist Award, while Mpumalanga learner Tshepisho Vuyo Nkosi received the Best Development School Award.
The fair also awarded 25 gold, 100-silver and 111-bronze medals to young scientists.
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Teachers Recognised at National Awards
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Teachers from across South Africa have been recognised for their work at the 26th National Teaching Awards in Gauteng.
The awards, held last week, recognise educators in categories including primary and secondary school teaching, mathematics teaching and the National Best Teacher Award.
The awards aim to highlight good work in schools and promote the teaching profession.
The awards, held last week, recognise educators in categories including primary and secondary school teaching, mathematics teaching and the National Best Teacher Award.
The awards aim to highlight good work in schools and promote the teaching profession.
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Three Scientists Win Nobel Medicine Prize
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The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three scientists: American Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel.
This is for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and opto-genetics.
The trio’s research led to the development of a light-sensitive switch that can be used to control nerve cells in the living brain, switching them on or off.
Nobel Committee member professor Anna Wedell says this research provides a better understanding of the brain:
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This is for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and opto-genetics.
The trio’s research led to the development of a light-sensitive switch that can be used to control nerve cells in the living brain, switching them on or off.
Nobel Committee member professor Anna Wedell says this research provides a better understanding of the brain:
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The Rand is trading at 16.63 to the US Dollar, 0.00 to the British Pound, and 0.00 to the Euro.
Gold is trading at 4,143.12 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at Error per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 85,975.00.
The Rand is trading at 16.63 to the US Dollar, 0.00 to the British Pound, and 0.00 to the Euro.
Gold is trading at 4,143.12 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at Error per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 85,975.00.
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