To take a typical household completely off the grid using solar panels, battery backup, and an inverter will cost between R200,000 and...

A team of students from Stellenbosch University (SU) and the University of Cape Town (UCT) have designed an award-winning ‘kraal’ style...

Scientists think artificial intelligence could help doctors treat their patients' bowel and stomach issues by using a camera installed in...

Russian scientists at the Ural Federal University (UFU) have created samples of clay bricks that are able to attenuate ionising radiation...

Concrete is synonymous with civilization. It gave rise to the cities that have shaped our modern society. It will be evidence of our...

Construction is booming in Dakar, where unfinished apartment blocks tower over most streets, their exposed concrete bricks a dull uniform...

The original bus was built in 1982, clocking in about 689,000 miles traveled throughout its life, including some time spent as a school...

Quantum mechanics can be used to create more stable and more easily produced organic solar cells. These are the findings of new research...

Construction of South Africa’s largest renewable energy project to date – the Redstone concentrated solar power (CSP) plant – has...

Cape Town’s largest and most ambitious sustainable mixed-use development, Harbour Arch, is steadily taking shape on the city’s foreshore,...

Since it was first introduced in 2016, transparent wood has been developed by researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology as an...

For more than a year now, our homes have also been our offices, our gyms, our classrooms, our bakeries and our coffee shops and pubs -...

The house, situated in the Eindhoven neighborhood of Bosrijk, is the first of five within ‘Project Milestone’ and fully complies with all...

Wondering how to paint a garage floor? Garage floors can wind up looking grimy and stained, but even if there’s oil or grease on yours,...

ArchiTech Company in the Netherlands has designed a 3D-printed, modular pavilion using waste from the local port industry. Known as...

A new patented German recycling technology is bringing an efficient solution to the recycling of greywater into fresh water suitable for...

While a geyser bursting isn’t necessarily as violent or destructive as it sounds - it is better to avoid this home disaster before it...

People in cities like London, Cardiff, Manchester, Bristol, Birmingham and Bristol may notice a new series of Volkswagen ads being...

Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe has published new embedded generation regulations which could help businesses and...

For centuries, engineers have relied on physical laws—developed by Newton and others—to understand the stresses and strains on the...