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Prof Bruce Bassett (University of Cape Town). Many thanks to our speaker, our in-person and online participants. The presentation will be available on our YouTube channel by tomorrow.

Reminder - NITheCS Colloquium: 'How close is Artificial General Intelligence & how will it affect fundamental science?' - Prof Bruce Bassett (UCT) - today @ 16h00 - online & in person. buff.ly/3U5jZhX #AI #artificialgeneralintelligence #superintelligence #datascience

Science-related anniversary, 22 April 1904: birthday of American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer. Director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II; often referred to as the 'father of the atomic bomb'. See also buff.ly/3xJceGG

15 Short-term fellowships for advanced genomics ^ bioinformatics training with us in South Africa, deadline for application: 10 May 2024! ceri.org.za/news/?token=739

Researchers need ‘open’ bibliographic databases, new declaration says | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

World Quantum Day on 14 April is an annual celebration promoting public awareness & understanding of quantum science & technology. NITheCS joins in engaging the general public & discussing how these help us understand nature at its most fundamental level.buff.ly/329l9OP

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The British theoretical physicist Peter Higgs, whose work led to the discovery of the Higgs boson, died yesterday on 8 April at the age of 94 ow.ly/eGSv50RbG1G

The opening of the Hamburg-Stellenbosch Condensed Matter Symposium Research at Stellenbosch University NITheCS

Science anniversary: Swiss-US biochemist Edmond Fischer (b. 6 April 1920). Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine in 1992 with Edwin G. Krebs for their discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism. buff.ly/3VDxHel

The African Open Science Platform (hosted by the NRF) and the IRD.fr invite abstract submissions for the Open Science in the South Conference 2024.

Please follow this link for details and to access the submission form: aosp.org.za/open-science-s…

Deadline: 30 June 2024.

UCT CTMP Hybrid Seminars - ‘Who needs ab initio nuclear theory?’ - Prof Ragnar Stroberg (University of Notre Dame, USA). Attend on Fridays, 5 & 12 April 2024 @ 15h00 SAST in the Duncan Elliott Seminar Room, UCT, or online at buff.ly/49Lwh5P. #nuclear #neutrino #physics

Science anniversary: Italian Jesuit priest, mathematician & physicist Francesco Maria Grimaldi (born 2 April 1618). Probably the first to make accurate observations on the diffraction of light, he coined the word 'diffraction'. buff.ly/3J4aUAW and buff.ly/3vCVQHg

Table Mountain, a geological marvel and biodiversity hotspot, at lunchtime today. #Science #TableMountain #CapeTown '

This afternoon Wits University hosts Cerene Rathilal and Lungile Sitole (@go2uj) as they launch their 2024 #STEM MentHER initiative, #inspiring the next generation of #women scientists in #SouthAfrica

#mathematics #Statistics #science NITheCS University of KZN Stellenbosch University UCT

Reminder - NITheCS Colloquium: 'Evolution of Quantum Systems Subjected to Noise' - Prof Marco Merkli (Memorial University, Canada) - today @ 16h00 SAST. Attend in person or online. buff.ly/3VwoXGA #quantum #quantum optics #quantum chemistry #mathematics

Quantum@SUN summitting Chapman’s Peak. Spectacular views over Hout Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Research at Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch University

Reminder - NITheCS Colloquium: 'Photons in quantum communication & computation' - Pablo Veganzones Parellada (University of Valladolid, Spain) - today @ 16h00. Attend online or in person. buff.ly/48Y2Dca #quantum #photons #computation #quantum optics #theoreticalphysics

Good to be back home

Next Monday our #AfricaEuropeCoRE on genomics for health in Africa is launching their new webinar series.

The monthly webinars feature a principal and young investigator who will discuss results from their field of study. The seminar series is open to all. Register here