The research on motion sickness was done among passengers and crew on the SA Agulhas II, South Africa's polar supply and research vessel. The researher created the Mariner 4.0 system, which equips seafarers with technology that can help them with their tasks, to advance the study of motion sickness among seafarers.

The understanding of the global Zinc cycle in our oceans has important implications in the context of warming oceans. A warmer climate increases erosion, leading to more dust in the atmosphere and consequently more dust being deposited into the oceans. More dust means more scavenging of Zinc particles, leading to less Zinc being available to sustain phytoplankton and other marine life, thereby diminishing the oceans' ability to absorb carbon.

In what is described as an astonishing breakthrough, scientists have discovered the world’s oldest, inhabited termite mounds along the Buffels River in Namaqualand in South Africa. These mounds, dating back a staggering 34,000 years, are rewriting our understanding of prehistoric life, climate and carbon storage. These termite mounds, called "heuweltjies" in Afrikaans, meaning "little hills," are still inhabited by the southern harvester termite, Microhodotermes viator.

Researchers from Stellenbosch University (SU) in South Africa provide the first insight into the mode of action of the lipopeptide serrawettin W2-FL10, derived from Serratia marcescens. This lipopeptide targets the cell membrane of S. aureus, causing lesions which result in the leakage of intracellular components and ultimately cell death.

Fossils found on the shoreline of Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe represent a completely new dinosaur species. This remarkable find, named Musankwa sanyatiensis, marks only the fourth dinosaur species named from Zimbabwe. The research detailing this significant discovery is set to be published in the prestigious journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. The study was conducted by an international team of scientists from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe, Stony Brook University in New York and was led by Prof Paul Barrett from the Natural History Museum in London.

Mozambique's Maniamba Basin’s Energy Potential.

Researchers have unearthed a collection of fossilised bovids, revealing the presence of previously unknown species that once roamed these ancient grasslands alongside our hominin ancestors. This significant finding, detailed in a study published in Quaternary Science Reviews, not only highlights the biodiversity of the Plio-Pleistocene era but also offers unprecedented insights into the environmental conditions that influenced the development of early human species. In the sprawling savannas of South Africa's Cradle of Humankind, the Kromdraai archaeological site has yielded a new discovery that profoundly enriches our understanding of the ecosystems that shaped human evolution. Researchers have unearthed a collection of fossilised bovids, revealing the presence of previously unknown species that once roamed these ancient grasslands alongside our hominin ancestors. This significant finding, detailed in a study published in Quaternary Science Reviews, not only highlights the biodiversity of the Plio-Pleistocene era but also offers unprecedented insights into the environmental conditions that influenced the development of early human species.