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ALBANY MUSEUM, INSTITUTE
FOR WATER RESEARCH, SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY, &
ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Mutshekwa, T., Motitsoe, S. N., Maiyana, V.
P., Mofu, L., Ajay, K., & Phophi, L. (2025). Microplastic occurrence and
densities in small subtropical reservoirs of Southern Africa. Discover
Sustainability, 6(1), 132. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-025-00928-0 [Accessed 24 April 2025].
ALBANY MUSEUM, INSTITUTE
FOR WATER RESEARCH, SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY, & ICHTHYOLOGY
AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Mutshekwa, T., Mulaudzi, F., Maiyana, V. P., Mofu, L.,
Munyai, L. F., & Murungweni, F. M. (2025). Atmospheric deposition of
microplastics in urban, rural, forest environments: A case study of Thulamela
Local Municipality. PLoS ONE, 20(3 March), e0313840. Retrieved
from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313840 [Accessed 24 April 2025].
ALBANY MUSEUM, INSTITUTE
FOR WATER RESEARCH, ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY, & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR
AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Mutshekwa, T., Motitsoe, S. N., Naidoo, T., Majingo, Z.,
& Mlambo, M. C. (2025). Plastics underground: Microplastic pollution in
South African freshwater caves and associated biota. Hydrobiologia. Retrieved
from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-025-05800-w [Accessed 24 April 2025].
BIOCHEMISTRY,
MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS: Barozi, V., & Tastan Bishop, Ö. (2025).
Impact of African-Specific ACE2 Polymorphisms on Omicron BA.4/5 RBD Binding and
Allosteric Communication Within the ACE2–RBD Protein Complex. International
Journal of Molecular Sciences, 26(3), 1367. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26031367 [Accessed 24 April 2025].
BIOCHEMISTRY,
MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS: Daub, C. D., Michaels, A. L., Mabate, B.,
Mkabayi, L., Edkins, A. L., & Pletschke, B. I. (2025). Exploring the
Inhibitory Potential of Sodium Alginate Against Digestive Enzymes Linked to
Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes. Molecules, 30(5), 1155. Retrieved
from: https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30051155 [Accessed 24 April 2025].
BIOCHEMISTRY,
MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS, CHEMISTRY, & MATHEMATICS (PURE AND
APPLIED): Govender, S., Morgan, E., Ramahala, R., Lobb, K., Bishop, N. T.,
& Tastan Bishop, Ö. (2025). Transfer learning towards predicting viral
missense mutations: A case study on SARS-CoV-2. Computational and Structural
Biotechnology Journal, 27, 1686–1692. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2025.04.029
[Accessed 12 May 2025].
BOTANY: Gale, S. W., Li,
J., Suddee, S., Traiperm, P., Peter, C. I., Buruwate, T., Crain, B. J.,
McCormick, M. K., Whigham, D. F., Musthofa, A., Gogoi, K., Ito, K., Minamiya,
Y., Fukuda, T., Landrein, S., & Yukawa, T. (2024). Molecular phylogenetic
analyses reveal multiple long-distance dispersal events and extensive cryptic
speciation in Nervilia (Orchidaceae), an isolated basal Epidendroid genus. Frontiers
in Plant Science, 15(1495487). Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1495487 [Accessed 08 May 2025].
CENTRE FOR BIOLOGICAL
CONTROL: Gould, E., Fraser, H. S., Parker, T. H., Nakagawa, S., Griffith, S.
C., Vesk, P. A., Fidler, F., Hamilton, D. G., Abbey-Lee, R. N., Abbott, J. K.,
Aguirre, L. A., Alcaraz, C., Aloni, I., Altschul, D., Arekar, K., Atkins, J.
W., Atkinson, J., Baker, C. M., … Zitomer, R. A. (2025). Same data, different
analysts: Variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and
evolutionary biology. BMC Biology, 23(1), 35. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-024-02101-x [Accessed 08 May 2025].
CENTRE FOR BIOLOGICAL
CONTROL: Kolesik, P., Sutton, G. F., van Steenderen, C. J. M., Martins, D. J.,
Plowes, R., & Paterson, I. D. (2025). A new genus and two new species of
gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) feeding on Guinea grass Megathyrsus
maximus (Poaceae) in Africa. Austral Entomology, 64(1), e12719. Retrieved
from: https://doi.org/10.1111/aen.12719 [Accessed 08 May 2025].
CENTRE FOR BIOLOGICAL
CONTROL: Smith, M. C., Canavan, K., Minteer, C. R., & Lieurance, D. (2025).
Preemptive and proactive application of biological control for weeds: An
argument for swifter action to aid conservation efforts. Biological Control,
202(105725). Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2025.105725 [Accessed 08 May 2025].
CENTRE FOR BIOLOGICAL
CONTROL: Townsend, G., Hill, M., Hurley, B. P., & Roets, F. (2025).
Escalating threat: Increasing impact of the polyphagous shot hole borer beetle,
Euwallacea fornicatus, in nearly all major South African forest types. Biological
Invasions, 27(3), 88. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-025-03551-2 [Accessed 08 May 2025].
CENTRE FOR BIOLOGICAL
CONTROL: Wheeler, G. S., Lake, E. C., Frank, E. M., Pratt, P. D., & Sutton,
G. F. (2025). Host range, biology, and thermal tolerance of Lygomusotima stria,
a potential biological control agent of Old World climbing fern (Lygodium
microphyllum) in the USA. Biological Control, 204(105741). Retrieved
from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2025.105741 [Accessed 08 May 2025].
CHEMISTRY: Adeoye, A. O.,
& Lobb, K. A. (2025). Malaria parasite cysteine and aspartic proteases as
key drug targets for antimalarial therapy. Journal of Molecular Modeling,
31(3), 78. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00894-025-06303-0 [Accessed 08 May 2025].
CHEMISTRY: Chithambo, B.,
Matsunami, K., Nakajima, R., Marwarwa, S. Z., Kumamoto, T., Tshiwawa, T.,
Krause, R. W. M., & Kaye, P. T. (2025). Synthesis, 13C NMR and electrospray
HRMS fragmentation studies and antioxidant potential of unsymmetrical,
monochlorinated imido derivatives. Journal of Molecular Structure, 1332(141536).
Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2025.141536 [Accessed 08 May 2025].
CHEMISTRY: Iloamaeke, I.
M., Ezenwa, S., Olasunkanmi, L., Lobb, K., & Nnaji, N. (2025). Biomass of
Anthonotha macrophylla leaf extract as a mild steel acid corrosion inhibitor:
Experimental and theoretical study. Next Materials, 7(100344). Retrieved
from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nxmate.2024.100344
[Accessed 12 May 2025].
CHEMISTRY: Kabeya, J. K.,
Ngombe, N. K., Mutwale, P. K., Safari, J. B., Matlou, G. G., Krause, R. W. M.,
& Nkanga, C. I. (2025). Antimicrobial capping agents on silver
nanoparticles made via green method using natural products from banana plant
waste. Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine and Biotechnology, 53(1),
29–42. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1080/21691401.2025.2462335 [Accessed 08 May 2025].
CHEMISTRY: Unoka, E. C.,
Iyasele, J. U., Uwidia, I. E., Nnaji, P. C., Lobb, K., & Nnaji, N. (2025).
Dioscorea bulbifera seed peel chars as electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution
reactions—Experimental and theoretical investigations. Journal of Molecular
Modeling, 31(3), 97. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00894-025-06312-z [Accessed 08 May 2025].
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, &
INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Carlos Bezerra, J., Nqowana, T., Oosthuizen, R.,
Canca, M., Nkwinti, N., Mantel, S. K., New, M., Ford, J., Zavaleta-Cortijo, C.
C., Galappaththi, E. K., Perera, C. D., Jayasekara, S. M., Amukugo, H. J.,
Namanya, D. B., Togarepi, C., Hangula, M. M., Nkalubo, J., … Arotoma-Rojas, I.
(2025). Addressing Food Insecurity Through Community Kitchens During the
COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study from the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Urban
Science, 9(2), 37. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci9020037 [Accessed 08 May 2025].
COMPUTER SCIENCE: Brown,
D., & Mollah, I. (2024). Enhanced Human Face Recall by Reconstruction of
Real and Synthetic Occlusions. 2024 5th International Conference on Data
Intelligence and Cognitive Informatics (ICDICI), Tirunelveli, India, 2024,
pp.1105–1112. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICDICI62993.2024.10810768.
COMPUTER SCIENCE: De
Silva, M., & Brown, D. (2025). Early detection of Wheat Stripe Mosaic Virus
using multispectral imaging with deep-learning. Ecological Informatics, 87(103088).
Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2025.103088 [Accessed 08 May 2025].
COMPUTER SCIENCE:
Magwenzi, T., Terzoli, A., & Shibeshi, Z. (2025). Re-thinking
the Connectivity for Schools Within the Public Education System
in South Africa. In: Sere, A., Sie, O., Saeed, R.A. (eds) Towards new
e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries. AFRICOMM 2023. Lecture
Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and
Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST, 587 LNICST, 53–67. Retrieved
from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-81570-6_4.
COMPUTER SCIENCE:
Tembiso, L., Shibeshi, Z., & Terzoli, A. (2025). Investigating
Cost-Effective Computing Infrastructure for Schools/Community Centres
Using Raspberry PIs. In: Sere, A., Sie, O., Saeed, R.A. (eds) Towards new
e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries. AFRICOMM 2023. Lecture
Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and
Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST, 588 LNICST, 18–34. Retrieved
from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-81573-7_2.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE:
Ramarumo, L. J., Thondhlana, G., & Ruwanza, S. (2025). Minimal Soil Impacts
of Caesalpinia decapetala Invasion in South Africa’s Vhembe Biosphere Reserve. African
Journal of Ecology, 63(2), e70036. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.70036 [Accessed 12 May 2025].
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE:
Sardeshpande, M., & Shackleton, C. (2025). Spatial synergies for urban
foraging: A South African example. Ambio, 54(4), 714–733. Retrieved
from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-024-02094-5 [Accessed 08 May 2025].
GEOGRAPHY: Kepe, T.,
Memela, S., Cingo, Z., & Ibrahim, A.-S. (2025). The Political Ecology of
Contested Land Use Planning in the Context of Urban Livestock Farming and Urban
Sprawl in South Africa: The Case of Makhanda Commonage. Urban Forum. Retrieved
from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-025-09531-y [Accessed 08 May 2025].
INSTITUTE FOR WATER
RESEARCH: Ali, A. A., Akamagwuna, F. C., Nnadozie, C. F., & Odume, O. N.
(2025). Macroinvertebrate colonisation of macroplastic litter in minimally
disturbed river sites, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Aquatic Ecology, 59,
233–245. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-024-10159-6 [Accessed 08 May 2025].
INSTITUTE FOR WATER
RESEARCH: Benam-Beltoungou, E. Y. T., Bassene, I., Emvoutou, H. C., Akpataku,
K. V., Diongue, D. M. L., & Faye, S. (2025). Groundwater quality assessed
using water quality indices and geostatistical methods in the Thiaroye aquifer,
Senegal. Water Science, 39(1), 151–170. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1080/23570008.2025.2466275 [Accessed 08 May 2025].
INSTITUTE FOR WATER
RESEARCH: Bhatta, A., Vreugdenhil, H., & Slinger, J. (2025). A living lab
learning framework rooted in learning theories. Environmental Impact
Assessment Review, 114(107894). Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107894 [Accessed 08 May 2025].
INSTITUTE FOR WATER
RESEARCH: Rebelo, A. J., Glenday, J., Holden, P. B., Gokool, S., Gwapedza, D.,
Metho, P., & Tanner, J. (2025). Structural differences across hydrological
models affect certainty of predictions of nature-based solution benefits. Ecological
Modelling, 501(110940). Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2024.110940 [Accessed 08 May 2025].
MATHEMATICS (PURE AND
APPLIED): Aljabali, A., Kasim, A. R. M., Waini, I., Khashi’ie, N. S., &
Tijani, Y. O. (2025). Thermal Analysis of Eyring-Powell Hybrid Nanofluid: A
Case of Combined Convective Transport and Radiative Heat Flux along Inclined
Stretching/Shrinking Sheet. WSEAS Transactions on Heat and Mass Transfer,
20, 1–13. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.37394/232012.2025.20.1
[Accessed 09 May 2025].
MATHEMATICS (PURE AND
APPLIED): Andriantiana, E. O. D., & Shozi, Z. B. (2025). The Number of
1-Nearly Independent Edge Subsets. Iranian Journal of Mathematical Chemistry,
16(1), 65–84. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.22052/IJMC.2024.254977.1871
[Accessed 09 May 2025].
MATHEMATICS (PURE AND
APPLIED): Fadja, A. N., Tagni, A. G. F., Che, S. R., & Atemkeng, M. (2025).
A dataset of annotated African plum images from Cameroon for AI-based quality
assessment. Data in Brief, 59(111351). Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2025.111351
[Accessed 09 May 2025].
MATHEMATICS (PURE AND
APPLIED): Fendji, J. L. K. E., Donatien, D., & Atemkeng, M. (2025). Hybrid
Profile based Multi-document Text Summarisation. 252, 862–872. Retrieved
from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2025.01.047
[Accessed 09 May 2025].
MATHEMATICS (PURE AND
APPLIED): Mongwane, B., Nkele, S., Duniya, D. G. A., & Bishop, N. T.
(2025). Quasinormal modes of a Schwarzschild black hole within the Bondi-Sachs
framework. Physical Review D, 111(4), 044002. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.111.044002
[Accessed 09 May 2025].
MATHEMATICS (PURE AND
APPLIED): Motsa, S. S., Oloniiju, S. D., & Sithole-Mthethwa, H. (2025).
Rational hybrid block method for solving Bratu-type boundary value problems. Partial
Differential Equations in Applied Mathematics, 13(101091). Retrieved
from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.padiff.2025.101091
[Accessed 09 May 2025].
MATHEMATICS (PURE AND
APPLIED): Nefale, M. M., Ayano, M. S., Otegbeye, O., & Oloniiju, S. D.
(2025). Overlapping Multi-Domain Paired Quasilinearization Method for the
Solution of the MHD Williamson-Nanofluid Flow Over an Exponentially Stretching
Surface. Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal
Sciences, 126(1), 17–38. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.37934/arfmts.126.1.1738
[Accessed 09 May 2025].
MATHEMATICS (PURE AND
APPLIED): Ngueajio, M. K., Aryal, S., Atemkeng, M., Washington, G., &
Rawat, D. (2025). Decoding Fake News and Hate Speech: A Survey of Explainable
AI Techniques. ACM Computing Surveys, 57(7), 169. Retrieved from:
https://doi.org/10.1145/3711123 [Accessed 09 May 2025].
MATHEMATICS (PURE AND
APPLIED): Nxumalo, M. (2025). On the Category of (i, j)-Baire Bilocales. European
Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, 18(1), 5362. Retrieved
from: https://doi.org/10.29020/nybg.ejpam.v18i1.5362
[Accessed 09 May 2025].
MATHEMATICS (PURE AND
APPLIED): Ogunseye, H. A., Tijani, Y. O., Oloniiju, S. D., Otegbeye, O., &
Agbaje, T. M. (2025). Entropy generation in Casson-Williamson-Powell-Eyring
hybrid ferrofluid flow in a microchannel: Adomian decomposition and deep neural
networks approaches. Colloid and Polymer Science, 303, 813–830. Retrieved
from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-025-05384-w
[Accessed 09 May 2025].
MATHEMATICS (PURE AND
APPLIED): Oni, M. O., Akolade, M. T., Samaila, G., Yusuf, T. S., Tijani, Y. O.,
Yusuf, A., & Malgwi, P. B. (2025). Theory of conjugate mixed convection
flow of hybridized ethylene glycol based nanoparticles with Joule heating. Journal
of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-024-13875-1
[Accessed 09 May 2025].
MATHEMATICS (PURE AND
APPLIED), & STATISTICS: Hamlomo, S., Atemkeng, M., Brima, Y., Nunhokee, C.,
& Baxter, J. (2025). A systematic review of low-rank and local low-rank
matrix approximation in big data medical imaging. Neural Computing and
Applications. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-025-11055-2
[Accessed 09 May 2025].
MATHEMATICS (PURE AND
APPLIED): Tchokogoué, T., Noumsi, A. V., Atemkeng, M., & Fono, L. A.
(2025). Towards precision agriculture: A dataset for early detection of corn
leaf pests. Data in Brief, 59(111394). Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2025.111394
[Accessed 09 May 2025].
PHARMACY: Omoteso, O. A.,
Fadaka, A. O., Walker, R. B., & Khamanga, S. M. (2025). Innovative
Strategies for Combating Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Advances in Drug
Delivery Systems and Treatment. Microorganisms, 13(4), 722. Retrieved
from: https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13040722
[Accessed 12 May 2025].
PHARMACY: Patel, K. M.,
& Magula, L. (2025). Diagnostic difficulty in an adolescent with
dissociative identity disorder. South African Journal of Psychiatry, 31,
a2333. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v31i0.2333
[Accessed 09 May 2025].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS:
Akiyama, K., Albentosa-Ruíz, E., Alberdi, A., Alef, W., Algaba, J. C., Anantua,
R., Asada, K., Azulay, R., Bach, U., Baczko, A.-K., Ball, D., Baloković, M.,
Bandyopadhyay, B., Barrett, J., Bauböck, M., Benson, B. A., Bintley, D.,
Blackburn, L., … Zhao, S.-S. (2025). The persistent shadow of the supermassive
black hole of M87: II. Model comparisons and theoretical interpretations. Astronomy
and Astrophysics, 693, A265. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202451296
[Accessed 09 May 2025].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS:
Algaba, J. C., Baloković, M., Chandra, S., Cheong, W.-Y., Cui, Y.-Z.,
D’Ammando, F., Falcone, A. D., Ford, N. M., Giroletti, M., Goddi, C., Gurwell,
M. A., Hada, K., Haggard, D., Jorstad, S., Kaur, A., Kawashima, T., Kerby, S.,
Kim, J.-Y., … EAVN, C. (2024). Broadband multi-wavelength properties of M87
during the 2018 EHT campaign including a very high energy flaring episode. Astronomy
and Astrophysics, 692, A140. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202450497
[Accessed 09 May 2025].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS:
Chen, K.-F., Wilensky, M. J., Liu, A., Dillon, J. S., Hewitt, J. N., Adams, T.,
Aguirre, J. E., Baartman, R., Beardsley, A. P., Berkhout, L. M., Bernardi, G.,
Billings, T. S., Bowman, J. D., Bull, P., Burba, J., Byrne, R., Carey, S.,
Choudhuri, S., … Zheng, H. (2025). Impacts and Statistical Mitigation of
Missing Data on the 21 cm Power Spectrum: A Case Study with the Hydrogen Epoch
of Reionization Array. Astrophysical Journal, 979(2), 191. Retrieved
from: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad9b91
[Accessed 09 May 2025].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS:
Di Gennaro, G., Venturi, T., Giacintucci, S., Brüggen, M., Bulbul, E., Sanders,
J., Liu, A., Zhang, X., Trehaeven, K., Dallacasa, D., Merluzzi, P., Pasini, T.,
Bardelli, S., Bernardi, G., & Smirnov, O. (2025). Cosmic dance in the
Shapley Concentration Core: II. The uGMRT-MeerKAT view of filaments in the
brightest cluster galaxies and tailed radio galaxies in the A3528 cluster
complex. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 694, A28. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202451066
[Accessed 09 May 2025].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS:
Fagundes, P. R., Pillat, V. G., Habarulema, J. B., Muella, M. T. A. H.,
Venkatesh, K., de Abreu, A. J., Anoruo, C. M., Vieira, F., Welyargis, K. H.,
Agyei-Yeboah, E., Tardelli, A., Felix, G. S., & Picanço, G. A. S. (2025).
Equatorial Ionization anomaly disturbances (EIA) triggered by the May 2024
solar Coronal Mass Ejection (CME): The strongest geomagnetic superstorm in the
last two decades. Advances in Space Research. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2025.02.007
[Accessed 09 May 2025].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS:
Kittiwisit, P., Murray, S. G., Garsden, H., Bull, P., Wilensky, M. J., Cain,
C., Parsons, A. R., Sipple, J., Adams, T., Aguirre, J. E., Baartman, R.,
Beardsley, A. P., Berkhout, L. M., Bernardi, G., Billings, T. S., Bowman, J.
D., Bradley, R. F., Burba, J., … Zheng, H. (2025). matvis: A matrix-based
visibility simulator for fast forward modelling of many-element 21 cm
arrays. RAS Techniques and Instruments, 4, rzaf001. Retrieved
from: https://doi.org/10.1093/rasti/rzaf001
[Accessed 09 May 2025].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS:
Ramatsoku, M., Serra, P., Sun, M., Smirnov, O. M., & Makhathini, S. (2025).
MeerKAT HI imaging of the jellyfish galaxy ESO 137-001. Astronomy and
Astrophysics, 694, A159 Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202451050
[Accessed 09 May 2025].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS:
Roque, I. L. V., Razavi-Ghods, N., Carey, S. H., Ely, J. A., Handley, W.,
Magro, A., Chiello, R., Huang, T., Alexander, P., Anstey, D., Bernardi, G.,
Bevins, H. T. J., Cavillot, J., Croukamp, W., Cumner, J., de Lera Acedo, E., de
Villiers, D. I. L., Fialkov, A., … Zarb-Adami, K. (2025). Receiver design for
the REACH global 21-cm signal experiment. Experimental Astronomy, 59(1),
7. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-024-09975-3
[Accessed 09 May 2025].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS:
Sasaki, M., Zangrandi, F., Filipović, M., Alsaberi, R. Z. E., Collier, J. D.,
Haberl, F., Heywood, I., Kavanagh, P., Koribalski, B., Kothes, R., Lazarević,
S., Maggi, P., Maitra, C., Points, S., Smeaton, Z. J., & Velović, V.
(2025). Supernova remnants on the outskirts of the Large Magellanic Cloud. Astronomy
and Astrophysics, 693, L15. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202452178
[Accessed 09 May 2025].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS:
Shimwell, T. W., Hale, C. L., Best, P. N., Botteon, A., Drabent, A.,
Hardcastle, M. J., Jelić, V., De Jong, J. M. G. H. J., Kondapally, R.,
Röttgering, H. J. A., Tasse, C., Van Weeren, R. J., Williams, W. L., Bonafede,
A., Bondi, M., Brüggen, M., Brunetti, G., Callingham, J. R., … Sweijen, F.
(2025). The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey: Deep Fields Data Release 2: I. The
ELAIS-N1 field. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 695, A80. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202452930
[Accessed 09 May 2025].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS:
Smirnov, O. M., Golden, A., Myburgh, T., Ngcebetsha, B., Tasse, C., Heywood,
I., Ramaila, A. J. T., Thompson, M. A., Kenyon, J. S., Perkins, S. J., Dawson,
J., Bester, H. L., Bright, J. S., Oozeer, N., Samboco, V. G. G., Sihlangu, I.,
& Choza, C. (2025). Mining the time axis with TRON – II. MeerKAT detects a
stellar radio flare from a distant RS CVn candidate. Monthly Notices of the
Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 538(1), L89–L93. Retrieved
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FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION: Mkhondwane, S. T., & Nyokong, T. (2025). The
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FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION: Mpakanyane, T. E., Nwahara, N., Jokazi, M.,
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behaviour of meso-substituted trans-A2B2 porphyrin conjugated silica‑gold
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Seafoam avoidance is driven by both chemosensory and contact cues and points
towards the presence of soft-surface thigmotaxis in the intertidal gastropod
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Cabrera sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae): Genetic and morphological
unravelling of biocontrol agents for two invasive aquatic plants. ZooKeys,
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ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY:
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fly genus Africaterphis Schlinger, 1968 (Diptera, Acroceridae) with the
description of a new species. African Invertebrates, 66(1),
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the KwaZulu-Natal Museum collection: Part 2. Diachlorini and Tabanini. African
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