iThemba LABS on The Conversation

June 2, 2025

Fruit peels could help power your smartphone’s camera flash – here’s how

New research has found that a key component of valuable supercapacitor energy storage devices can be made with waste peel from the mangosteen fruit.

February 7, 2019

Ntombizikhona Beaulah Ndlovu, iThemba LABS; Amanda Weltman, University of Cape Town; Amélie Beaudet, University of the Witwatersrand; Judith Koskey, Egerton University; Marilyn Ronoh, University of Nairobi; Melisa Achoko Allela, Technical University of Kenya, and Mercy Muendo, Daystar University

Women are drastically under-represented in the science, technology, engineering and maths fields.

December 3, 2018

Neutrons can penetrate through matter, which means they can be harnessed for all sorts of important work.

November 10, 2016

Sahal Yacoob, University of Cape Town and Karen Jacqueline Cloete, iThemba LABS

South Africa must address the root factors contributing to nationwide protests in the higher education sector or face dire consequences