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ALBANY MUSEUM, INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH, ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY, & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Mutshekwa, T., Mlambo, M. C., Naidoo, T., Kolisi, S., Odume, O. N., Mudzielwana, R., & Motitsoe, S. N. (2026). Plastic Particles in Pristine Waters? Investigating Microplastic Contamination in Natural Springs. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 237(8), 486. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-026-09081-4 [Accessed 28 May 2026].
BIOCHEMISTRY, MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS: Elhalawaty, E. A., Alseedy, H. A., Woodland, J. G., Wicht, K. J., Swart, T., Rangel, G. W., Hoppe, H. C., Chibale, K., Llinás, M., Abadi, A. H., & Ahmed, N. S. (2026). Effect of Stereochemistry on the Antiplasmodial Activity and Metabolomic Profile of Novel Tadalafil Analogues. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 17(5), 1067–1077. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.6c00009 [Accessed 28 May 2026].
BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE: Motshudi, M. C., Naidoo, C. M., Obi, C. L., Iweriebor, B. C., Prinsloo, E., Zubair, M. S., & Mkolo, N. M. (2026). Network-Guided Identification of Plant-Derived Modulators of Stress-Adaptive Signalling in Neuroblastoma. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 27(9), 3739. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms27093739 [Accessed 28 May 2026].
BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE: Ruiz Brandão da Costa, B., Schramm, T., Buckett, L. R., Carlson, L. T., Coffey, N. R., Damiani, T., Dechent, E., Abiead, Y. E., Heuckeroth, S., Jennings, E. K., Kaesler, J., Stock, N. L., Orme, A. M., Torres, R. R., Trojahn, S., Whelton, H. L., Yan, Y., … Aron, A. T. (2026). Comparability of Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Dissolved Organic Matter across Laboratories. Environmental Science and Technology, 60(6), 4814–4829. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c12691 [Accessed 28 May 2026].
BOTANY: Khoury, K. L., Ågren, J., Peter, C. I., Sletvold, N., & Newman, E. (2026). The role of secondary pollinators in the evolution of complex colour signals in a bimodal pollination system. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 293(2064), 20252332. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.2332 [Accessed 28 May 2026].
BOTANY: Martínez-Azorín, M., Dold, A. P., Crespo, M. B., & Crouch, N. R. (2026). Trimelopter pterocarpum (Hyacinthaceae subfam. Ornithogaloideae), a new species from South Africa. Phytotaxa, 755(2), 245–252. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.755.2.8.
BOTANY: Martínez-Azorín, M., Eichhoff, A., Crespo, M. B., & Rügheimer, S. (2026). Iosanthus crypticus (Hyacinthaceae subfam. Urgineoideae), a new species from Namibia. Phytotaxa, 741(2), 215–225. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.741.2.6.
CENTRE FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL, & BIOCHEMISTRY, MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS: Cuthbert, R. N., Baso, N., Chikodza, T., Coombes, C., Doherty, J., Githae, M., Griffith, T. C., Hernandez, M. R., Jaschke, K. M., Jukes, M. D., Kinsler, D., MacIsaac, H. J., Mantshi, H. T., Muskett, P., Mutamiswa, R., Ricciardi, A., Sutton, G. F., … Coetzee, J. (2026). Parallel concepts and future opportunities across the biological control and invasion sciences. Journal of Environmental Management, 402, 128931. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.128931 [Accessed 28 May 2026].
CENTRE FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL: Ivey, P. J., Faulkner, K. T., Miller, J., & van Steenderen, C. J. M. (2025). WatchListR: a tool for developing watch-lists of invasive species to inform biosecurity decision-making. NeoBiota, 104, 163–177. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.104.163164 [Accessed 28 May 2026].
CHEMISTRY: Koohyar, F., & Lobb, K. (2026). Theoretical and experimental 1H-NMR spectroscopy for a series of Cbz-amino acids, dissolved in DMSO, at constant temperature and pressure. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia, 40(3), 485–500. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.4314/bcse.v40i3.1 [Accessed 28 May 2026].
CHEMISTRY: Segodi, R. S., Agbo, E. N., Mofeli, L. B., Poopedi, K. W., Oderinlo, O. O., & Nxumalo, W. (2026). Pyrazoline Derivatives: Synthesis, In Silico, Enzyme Kinetics Studies and Biological Activity against Cholinesterase, Lipoxygenase, and α-Amylase. ChemistrySelect, 11(9), e04686. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202504686 [Accessed 28 May 2026].
CHEMISTRY: Zola, E. N., Muanga, C. J. K., Kyana, J., Luzala, M. M., Wendji, S. N., Tshimanga, C. M., Safari, J. B., Nsabatien, V., Zanga, J., Metelo, E. M., Nuapia, Y. B., & Memvanga, P. B. (2026). Exploring the larvicidal and repellent potentials of silver nanoparticles greenly synthesized using three Congolese plant extracts against Anopheles gambiae along with molecular docking analysis. Next Nanotechnology, 9, 100415. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nxnano.2026.100415 [Accessed 28 May 2026].
COMPUTER SCIENCE: Bortoluzzi, F., Irwin, B., Silvero Beiler, L., & Merkle Westphall, C. (2026). Quantitative Analysis of Botnet Activity Within Internet Background Radiation as Observed by a Cloud Telescope. In: Rocha, Á., García-Peñalvo, F.J., Gonçalves, R., García-Holgado, A., Moreira, F. (eds) Proceedings of 19th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI 2024). CISTI 2024. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 1746 LNNS, 182–196. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-12876-8_17.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, & CENTRE FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL: Marais, C., Hoffmann, J., Powell, M., Biggs, R., Huchzermeyer, N., Impson, F., & Hill, M. (2026). An assessment of changes in the abundance of two Australian Acacia species under biological control in the Southwestern Cape region, South Africa. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 36(5), 627–648. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2026.2639434 [Accessed 28 May 2026].
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Cumming, G. S., De Vos, A., Clements, H. S., Dube, B., Fritz, H., Gandiwa, E., Guerbois, C., Mpapane, N. P., & Roux, Dirk. J. (2026). A synthesis of principles for building the social–ecological resilience and adaptive capacity of protected and conserved areas. Conservation Biology, e70238. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70238 [Accessed 28 May 2026].
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Mothupi, F., & Shackleton, C. (2026). Perceptions of wild edible plants use, consumption, and commercialisation in rural Limpopo households, South Africa. Cogent Food and Agriculture, 12(1), 2638559. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2026.2638559 [Accessed 28 May 2026].
GEOGRAPHY: Kepe, T. (2026). A long way home: my Journey as a Geographer. In K. R. Cox (Ed.), Geographical Journeys: Geographers Tell Their Stories (pp. 158–167). Taylor and Francis. Retrieved from: http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003540038-15.
GEOGRAPHY: Matimolane, S., Strydom, S., Chikoore, H., & Mathivha, F. I. (2026). Household experiences and adaptation to drought impacts on rural livelihoods in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Discover Sustainability, 7(1), 162. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-025-02428-7 [Accessed 28 May 2026].
GEOGRAPHY: McGregor, G. K., Kraaij, T., Crouch, N. R., Sephton, M., Vos, S., George, S., & Sephton, W. (2026). A national resource assessment of Cyclopia intermedia (Honeybush; Bergtee): Effects of harvesting, fire and biophysical factors on population characteristics. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 81(1), 35–45. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1080/0035919X.2026.2646860 [Accessed 28 May 2026].
GEOLOGY: Bhattacharjee, S., Chakrabarty, A., Mitchell, R. H., Araoka, D., Kon, Y., Hoshino, M., Satori, S., & Jiang, G. (2026). Mineralogy, in situ trace element geochemistry, and C–O isotopic composition of contaminated allanite-bearing Khaderpet carbonatite: Insights regarding magmatic and supergene processes. Mineralogical Magazine. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2026.10211 [Accessed 28 May 2026].
GEOLOGY: Büttner, S. H., van Huyssteen, A., Marima, E., Glynn, S., & Rocholl, A. (2026). Sequential unmixing and crystallisation of carbonated silicate melt from source to emplacement: Textural and compositional evidence from ilmenite-hosted melt inclusions from the Monastery kimberlite, South Africa. Gondwana Research, 155, 144–161. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2026.01.013 [Accessed 28 May 2026].
HUMAN KINETICS & ERGONOMICS: Lukwa, A. T., Wayas, F. A., Lambert, E. V., & Alaba, O. (2026). From Savings to Nutrition: How Stokvels Currently Operate and How They Could Enable Nutrition-Sensitive Interventions: A Realist Evaluation in South Africa. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2026.03.013 [Accessed 28 May 2026].
ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Bova, C., & Potts, W. (2026). Animals for Recreational Fishing. In: Batini, N. (eds) The Economics of Non-Human Animals. Natural Resource Management and Policy, 63, 141–163. Springer, Cham. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-17580-9_8 [Accessed 28 May 2026].
INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Fry, A. S., Clifford-Holmes, J. K., & Palmer, C. G. (2026). Leverage Points for Meaningful Participation: A 5-Point Framework From a Rural South African Landscape. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.70084 [Accessed 28 May 2026].
INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Gwapedza, D., Lazar, S., Mqoqi, N., Xoxo, S., Niipele, J., Tanner, J., & Falayi, M. (2026). Riparian zone transformation in South Africa: Evaluating changes, causes, and the role of legal frameworks. Environmental Challenges, 23, 101448. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2026.101448 [Accessed 28 May 2026].
INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Gwapedza, D., State, A. E., Namuddu, C., Weaver, M. J. T., Kabenge, I., & Tanner, J. L. (2026). Applying the Adaptive Systemic Approach to activate community participation in waste management and pollution control in the Inner Murchison Bay, Uganda. Ecology and Society, 31(2), 20. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-17252-310220 [Accessed 01 June 2026].
INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Mensah, P. K., Akwetey, M. F. A., Agboli, N. A., & Tibu, G. (2026). Impact of beach seining on macroalgae biomass and biodiversity on the central coast of Ghana before and after closed season. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 95, 104849. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2026.104849 [Accessed 01 June 2026].
INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Twaha, R., Nobert, J., Alexander, A. C., Mulungu, D. M. M., Ndimbo, T., Mollel, G., Senga, M., Powell, R., Tanner, J., Palmer, C., & Porroche-Escudero, A. (2026). Evaluating water allocation scenarios to inform water resource development decisions in the Great Ruaha River Catchment, Tanzania. International Journal of River Basin Management. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1080/15715124.2026.2629607 [Accessed 01 June 2026].
MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED): Banchuin, R., Noa, W., Moussa, S., Gurgel, N. B., Fakra, A. H. D., Tartibu, L., Atemkeng, M., Fontgalland, G., Lalléchère, S., & Ravelo, B. (2026). HP-NGD circuit theory with generalized exponential kernel fractional derivative-based impedances. IEEE Access, 14, 27023–27035. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3662131 [Accessed 01 June 2026].
MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED): Bishop, N. T., Kakkat, V., & Naidoo, M. (2026). Gravitational wave interactions with a viscous fluid: Core collapse supernova, binary neutron star merger, and accretion around a black hole merger. Physical Review D, 113(6), 064047. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1103/YNDB-YSVP [Accessed 01 June 2026].
MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED): Nxumalo, M. (2026). On F λ -perfect and F λ -regular locales via the F λ -below relation. Mathematica Slovaca. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1515/ms-2025-1045.
MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED), SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY, & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Zaza, S., Atemkeng, M., Murray, T. S., Filmalter, J. D., & Cowley, P. D. (2026). Unsupervised-explainable anomaly detection in large-scale estuarine acoustic telemetry data. Ecological Informatics, 94, 103672. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026.103672 [Accessed 01 June 2026].
MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED), & STATISTICS: Hamlomo, S., & Atemkeng, M. (2026). Clustering-based low-rank matrix approximation for multimodal medical image compression. BioData Mining, 19(1), 30. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13040-026-00541-5 [Accessed 01 June 2026].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Aguena, M., Aiola, S., Allam, S., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Bacon, D., Bahcall, N., Battaglia, N., Battistelli, E. S., Bocquet, S., Bolliet, B., Bond, J. R., Brooks, D., Calabrese, E., Carretero, J., Choi, S. K., da Costa, L. N., Costanzi, M., Coulton, W., … Zubeldia, I. (2026). The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: DR6 Sunyaev-Zel’Dovich Selected Galaxy Clusters Catalog. Open Journal of Astrophysics, 9. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.33232/001c.155863 [Accessed 01 June 2026].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Cowie, F. J., Fender, R. P., Heywood, I., Carotenuto, F., Matthews, J. H., Reville, B., Olivera-Nieto, L., Cooper, A. J., Hughes, A. K., Savard, K., Woudt, P. A., Van den Eijnden, J., Grollimund, N., & Saikia, P. (2026). Dynamic shocks powered by a wide, relativistic, super-Eddington outflow launched by an accreting neutron star in the mid-20th century. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 546(4), stag163. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stag163 [Accessed 01 June 2026].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: da Samboco, V. G. G., & Keenan, R. P. (2026). Constraining the Molecular Kennicutt–Schmidt Relation with Multi-transition CO Observations of Nearby Galaxies. Astrophysical Journal, 1002(2), 193. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ae5ba3 [Accessed 01 June 2026].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Gómez, J. L., Cho, I., Traianou, E., Krichbaum, T. P., Zhao, G.-Y., Lico, R., Fuentes, A., Foschi, M., Dahale, R., Georgiev, B., Moriyama, K., Wielgus, M., Gold, R., Pesce, D. W., Müller, H., Jorstad, S., Toscano, T., Röder, J., … Zhao, S.-S. (2026). Spatially resolved polarization swings in the supermassive binary black hole candidate OJ 287 with first Event Horizon Telescope observations. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 705, A23. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202555831 [Accessed 01 June 2026].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Grollimund, N., Corbel, S., Fender, R., Matthews, J. H., Heywood, I., Cowie, F. J., Hughes, A. K., Carotenuto, F., Motta, S. E., & Woudt, P. (2026). Large-scale radio bubbles around the black hole transient V4641 Sgr. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 706, A283. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202557124 [Accessed 01 June 2026].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Gwebushe, L., Venturi, T., Merluzzi, P., Busarello, G., Casasola, V., Smirnov, O., Ramatsoku, M., & Dawson, J. (2026). Neutral hydrogen in the Shapley supercluster core – I. Environmental effects on gas content and galaxy evolution. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 548(2), stag680. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stag680 [Accessed 01 June 2026].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Hailemariam, M. K., Leeuw, L. L., Morales, M. F., DeBoer, D. R., Abdurashidova, Z., de Lera Acedo, E., Adams, T., Aguirre, J. E., Baartman, R., Beardsley, A. P., Bernardi, G., Berkhout, L. M., Billings, T. S., Bowman, J. D., Byrne, R., Bull, P., Burba, J., Cox, T., … Zheng, H. (2026). Results from the investigation of temporal discontinuity in the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array data. RAS Techniques and Instruments, 5, rzag030. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1093/rasti/rzag030 [Accessed 01 June 2026].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Kalita, J. M., Kalita, M., & Chithambo, M. L. (2026). Overcoming fading in passive dosimetry: A combined persistent-luminescence and residual-thermoluminescence method. Journal of Applied Physics, 139(8), 084901. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0309598 [Accessed 01 June 2026].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Malefahlo, E., Jarvis, M. J., Santos, M. G., Cress, C., Smith, D. J. B., Hale, C., Afonso, J., Whittam, I. H., Vaccari, M., Heywood, I., Jin, S., & An, F. (2026). Deblending the MIGHTEE-COSMOS survey with XID+: The resolved radio source counts to S 1.4 ≈ 5μJy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 547(2), stag285. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stag285 [Accessed 01 June 2026].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Mana, M. M., Ji, B., Zhao, Z., Dana, B. D., Koya, A. N., & Lin, J. (2026). Extended plasmon dephasing time of Fano resonance in hybrid nanorod-split ring resonator system. Optics Communications, 607, 132974. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2026.132974 [Accessed 01 June 2026].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Martins, R. T. E. K., Chithambo, M. L., & Trindade, N. M. (2026). Effects of blue illumination on the thermoluminescence of amazonite (KAlSi3O8). Physica B: Condensed Matter, 728, 418353. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2026.418353 [Accessed 01 June 2026].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Okoh, D., Habarulema, J. B., Nava, B., Cesaroni, C., Baki, P., Migoya-Orué, Y., Rabiu, B., Ochieng, G., Awuor, A., Jamjareegulgarn, P., Fathy, A., Mungufeni, P., Onime, C., & Akerele, A. (2026). An operational machine learning framework for calibrating COSMIC radio occultation TEC to ground-based GNSS-derived TEC. Advances in Space Research, 77(6), 7257–7273. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2026.01.042 [Accessed 01 June 2026].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Saurabh, Müller, H., Von Fellenberg, S. D., Tiede, P., Janssen, M., Blackburn, L., Broderick, A. E., Chavez, E., Georgiev, B., Krichbaum, T. P., Moriyama, K., Nair, D. G., Natarajan, I., Park, J., West, A. T., Wielgus, M., Akiyama, K., Albentosa-Ruíz, E., … Zhao, S.-S. (2026). Probing jet base emission of M87* with the 2021 Event Horizon Telescope observations. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 706, A27. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202557022 [Accessed 01 June 2026].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Shimwell, T. W., Hardcastle, M. J., Tasse, C., Drabent, A., Botteon, A., Williams, W. L., Best, P. N., Röttgering, H. J. A., Brüggen, M., Brunetti, G., Callingham, J. R., Chyzy, K. T., Conway, J. E., De Gasperin, F., Haverkorn, M., Horellou, C., Jackson, N., Miley, G. K., … Wijnholds, S. (2026). The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey: VII. Third Data Release. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 707, A198. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202557749 [Accessed 01 June 2026].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Trehaeven, K. S., Tasse, C., Smirnov, O., & Venturi, T. (2026). A direction-dependent framework for visibility plane mosaicing and primary beam correction. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 546(2), staf2248. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf2248 [Accessed 01 June 2026].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: van Weeren, R. J., Osinga, E., Brunetti, G., Riseley, C. J., Botteon, A., Timmerman, R., Bonafede, A., Brüggen, M., Cassano, R., Cuciti, V., Dallacasa, D., De Gasperin, F., De Jong, J. M. G. H. J., Gastaldello, F., Knowles, K., & Zhang, X. (2026). MeerKAT observations of Abell 1775 and Abell 1795: The discovery of a hadronic radio halo? Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 546(2), stag054. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stag054 [Accessed 01 June 2026].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Wandia, K., Garrett, M. A., Golden, A., Hallinan, G., Williams-Baldwin, D., Lucatelli, G., Beswick, R. J., Radcliffe, J. F., Siemion, A., & Myburgh, T. (2026). Radio activity from the rapidly rotating T dwarf 2MASS 2228-4310. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 546(4), stag085. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stag085 [Accessed 01 June 2026].
SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY, & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Cochran, J. E. M., Charles, R., Temple, A. J., Kyne, P. M., García-Rodríguez, E., Gonzalez-Pestana, A., Batlle-Morera, A., Mouton, T. L., Armstrong, A. O., Rohner, C. A., Coker, D. J., Hardenstine, R. S., Kattan, A., McIvor, A. J., Peinemann, V. N., O’Toole, K. A., Palm, L., … Jabado, R. W. (2026). Only one percent of important shark and ray areas in the Western Indian Ocean are fully protected from fishing pressure. Ecology and Evolution, 16(1), e72690. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72690 [Accessed 01 June 2026].
SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY, ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE, & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Harwood, M., Broom, C. J., Van Wyk, A., Castañeda, R. A., Wong, M. Y. L., Bernard, A. T. F., Stebbing, P. D., Dunn, A. M., & South, J. (2026). Application, development and opportunities of Remote Underwater Video for freshwater fisheries management. Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, (427), 5. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2026001 [Accessed 02 June 2026].
STATISTICS: Izally, S. R., van der Merwe, A. J., & Raubenheimer, L. (2026). A comparison of objective priors for Cronbach’s coefficient alpha using a three-component hierarchical model. Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, 55(12), 3658–3689. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1080/03610926.2025.2583221 [Accessed 02 June 2026].
TEBELLO NYOKONG INSTITUTE FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION: Jokazi, M., Oyim, J., Welegergs, G., Britton, J., Chindeka, F., Mashazi, P., & Nyokong, T. (2026). Composites of Cobalt and Zinc Porphyrins with Titania and Graphene Quantum Dots for Photoelectrodegradation of Pentachlorophenol. Electrocatalysis, 17(3), 549–561. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12678-026-01027-y [Accessed 02 June 2026].
TEBELLO NYOKONG INSTITUTE FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION: Phundulu, S., & Nyokong, T. (2026). Development of reduced graphene oxide/carbon black nanocomposites as counter electrodes and porphyrin anodes for dye-sensitized solar cells. Carbon Trends, 23, 100624. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cartre.2026.100624 [Accessed 02 June 2026].
TEBELLO NYOKONG INSTITUTE FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION: Samuel, Z., Mashazi, P., & Nyokong, T. (2026). Electro-oxidation of nitrite with TiO2 nanoparticles functionalized with Co(II) 5(4-carboxyphenyl)-10, 15, 20-tris(phenyl)porphyrin modified glassy carbon electrode. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 597, 123152. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2026.123152 [Accessed 02 June 2026].
TEBELLO NYOKONG INSTITUTE FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION: Samuel, Z., Phundulu, S., Mashazi, P., & Nyokong, T. (2026). Asymmetrical porphyrins and titania nanoparticles conjugates fabricated for nitrite electrochemical sensing in water. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 1009, 119987. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2026.119987 [Accessed 02 June 2026].
TEBELLO NYOKONG INSTITUTE FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION: Sun, Y., Tian, L., Tauyakhale, K. G., Mack, J., Nyokong, T., Lu, H., & Gai, L. (2026). Julolidinyl-engineered BODIPY and Aza-BODIPY dyes: Versatile photofunctional dyes for advanced applications. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 558, 217776. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2026.217776 [Accessed 02 June 2026].
TEBELLO NYOKONG INSTITUTE FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION: Vukeya, T. S., Mack, J., & Nyokong, T. (2026). Investigation of chromene-porphyrin derivatives for use in photodynamic therapy and photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy. Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 59, 105478. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdpdt.2026.105478 [Accessed 02 June 2026].
TEBELLO NYOKONG INSTITUTE FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION: Welegergs, G. G., Jokazi, M., Centane, S., Ambaye, A. D., Gebretinsae, H. G., Mokrani, T., Managa, M., Mashazi, P., Mack, J., & Nyokong, T. (2026). Integrating of MXene-Ti3C2 derived carbon supported TiO2 (TiO2-C) with ZnO@g-C3N4 heterostructure for efficient photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants in water. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry, 479, 117276. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2026.117276 [Accessed 02 June 2026].
ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Beukes, M., Perry, T., Parker, D., & Mgqatsa, N. (2026). Light Paths and Dark Valleys: Topographic Complexity and Mammal Occupancy in a Semi-Arid Mountain Landscape. Ecology and Evolution, 16(2), e73100. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.73100 [Accessed 02 June 2026].
ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Bollina, S., Zardi, G. I., Cuvillier, V., Seuront, L., & Nicastro, K. R. (2026). Microbial endolithic symbionts shape the behaviour of intertidal mussels: A multispecies perspective. Animal Behaviour, 233, 123496. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123496 [Accessed 02 June 2026].
ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Cazalis-Henry, S., Seuront, L., & Spilmont, N. (2026). Microplastic pellets do not affect heat stress-induced night-time respiration in the brown alga Fucus serratus. Biology Letters, 22(2), 20250577. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2025.0577 [Accessed 02 June 2026].
ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Daniels, R. J., Da Silva, J. M., Taft, J. M., Edwards, S., & Tolley, K. A. (2026). Plio–Pleistocene range dynamics of the spotted sand lizard (Pedioplanis lineoocellata) sheds light on taxonomic uncertainty. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 206(2), zlaf193. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf193 [Accessed 02 June 2026].
ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Firth, L. B., Desiderato, A., Knights, A. M., Aguirre, J. D., Astudillo, J. C., Azofeifa-Solano, J. C., Bilton, D. T., Chee, S. Y., Christie, H. C., Christofoletti, R. A., Curd, A., Dafforn, K. A., Dethier, M. N., Dong, Y.-W., Droual, G., Dubois, S. F., Espinosa, F., Evans, A. J., … Sempere-Valverde, J. (2026). Micro-Refuges or Ecological Traps: Context-Dependent Effects of Rock Pools on Intertidal Biodiversity Across Latitudes. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 35(2), e70208. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70208 [Accessed 02 June 2026].
ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Makopa, T. P., Alwasel, S., Nyamukondiwa, C., van Asch, B., Boekhout, T., & Zhou, N. (2026). The yeasts associated with the fungus-growing termite, Macrotermes michaelseni, of Botswana: Biodiversity and potential functional roles. International Microbiology. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10123-026-00801-8 [Accessed 02 June 2026].
ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Monsinjon, J. R., Zardi, G. I., & Nicastro, K. R. (2026). Biogeographic Patterns and Drivers of Endolithic Symbiosis in Mussels Across Atlantic Europe and North Africa. Journal of Biogeography, 53(2), e70174. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.70174 [Accessed 02 June 2026].
ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Muller Karanassos, C., Arnoldi, N. S., Claassens, L., Mesengei, M., Marshell, A., Krueck, N. C., & Wolfe, B. (2026). Acoustic telemetry reveals spawning aggregation dynamics and management implications for longnose emperor (Lethrinus olivaceus) in Palau. Fisheries Research, 296, 107688. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2026.107688 [Accessed 02 June 2026].
ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Perrin, A., Nyamukondiwa, C., Pigeault, R., Buxton, M., Kirschel, A. N. G., Baur, M., Glaizot, O., & Christe, P. (2026). Avian haemosporidian diversity and transmission across birds and mosquitoes in Botswana. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 29, 101212. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2026.101212 [Accessed 02 June 2026].
ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Seuront, L., & Kamio, M. (2026). Plastic leachates induce appetitive response in the helmet crab Telmessus cheiragonus. Science of the Total Environment, 1017, 181488. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2026.181488 [Accessed 02 June 2026].
