The University of the Witwatersrand, commonly referred to as Wits University, is a premier public research university located in Johannesburg, South Africa. Established in 1922, Wits has grown to become one of Africa’s leading higher education institutions. The university offers a broad range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs across five faculties: Commerce, Law and Management; Engineering and the Built Environment; Health Sciences; Humanities; and Science. Wits is known for its strong emphasis on research and innovation, contributing significantly to the global knowledge economy and playing a pivotal role in the socio-economic development of South Africa. Its urban campus places it at the heart of Johannesburg, providing a vibrant, multicultural environment for its diverse student population. Notable alumni include Nobel laureates Nelson Mandela in Law and Sydney Brenner in Medicine, highlighting its impact on both the national and international stage.
New fossil discoveries at South Africa’s Kromdraai site offer groundbreaking insights into the ancient ecosystems and their role in shaping human evolution, highlighting the interplay…
This experimental milestone allows for the preservation of quantum information even when entanglement is fragile. For the first time, researchers from the Structured Light Laboratory…
Researchers investigate whether dark matter particles actually are produced inside a jet of standard model particles. The existence of dark matter is a long-standing puzzle…
During the Early-Middle Devonian period, a large landmass called Gondwana—which included parts of today’s Africa, South America, and Antarctica—was located near the South Pole. Contrary…
Superdeep diamonds formed between 650 and 450 million years ago show how continents developed and moved. The analysis of ancient, superdeep diamonds dug up from…
A new approach to optical communication that can be deployed with conventional technology. The patterns of light hold tremendous promise for a large encoding alphabet…
According to research, climate change will have a severe effect on mountain landscapes and human activities, increasing the likelihood of avalanches, river floods, landslides, debris…
Karoo fossils provide “smoking gun” to when warm-bloodedness evolved in pre-mammalian ancestors. The ability of mammals and birds to generate their own body heat and…
Famous Sterkfontein Caves deposit is 1 million years older than previously thought. New dates for Australopithecus-bearing Sterkfontein Cave deposit places South African hominin fossils at…
The first partial skull of a child of Homo naledi begins to give us insight into all stages of life of this remarkable species. An…
Scientists in South African and the UK have found the smoking gun in forensic lightning pathology that could help save lives threatened by the increase…
A new and fast tool for quantum computing and communication. Isaac Nape, an emerging South African talent in the study of quantum optics, is part…
The innovative anti-poaching Rhisotope Project aims to significantly reduce demand for rhino horns through the safe application of radioisotopes and radiation research. From 2010 to…
Anyone who’s raised a child or a pet will know just how fast and how steady their growth seems to be. You leave for a…
The tiny desert-living dinosaur Shuvuuia had extraordinary vision and owl-like hearing for nocturnal life in the Mongolian desert. Today’s 10,000 species of birds live in…
Results from the initial primary analysis of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine trial conducted by Wits VIDA in SA have been published. The New England Journal…
Wits University astrophysicists are the only two scientists on African continent that contributed to the study. The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, a multinational team…
Previously thought of as heavy, slow and sluggish, the 260-million-year-old predator, Anteosaurus, was a ferocious hunter-killer. Judging by its massive, bone-crushing teeth, gigantic skull, and…