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Medicine
Honouring Professor Omaswa’s Legacy of Service to Medicine, Africa, and…
24 Jul, 2019

Dr. Francis Gervase Omaswa’s tremendous humanitarian efforts dedicated to the education, training, retention, and migration of healthcare workers through his…
Biology
Evolution at Work? New Bone Growth From Excessive Smartphone Use
26 Jun, 2019

Feel the back of your head, where your skull meets your spine. If you can feel a bony lump, like…
Astronomy
The Great Leap Into a Black Hole
10 Jun, 2019

On the 10th of April of this year (EST), Earthlings beheld for the first time a real image of one…
Chemistry
The Periodic Table 150 Years Later
10 Jun, 2019

Last March of this year marks the 150th anniversary of the creation of the periodic table. To commemorate this -…
Health
The Connection Between Physical and Emotional Pain
10 Jun, 2019

Physical pain is the body’s response to damage, such as from injury or illness. It begins as a neurological response,…
Health
Screen Time and Sleep Deprivation in Teenagers
10 Jun, 2019

Studies have linked screen time - time spent on smartphones, tablets, and computers - to poor sleep quality and sleep…
Health
It Goes Without Saying – Processed Meat is Bad for…
10 Jun, 2019

Scientists have warned us time and again of the cancer risks of eating processed meat on a regular basis. Numerous…
Medicine
Dr. John Ekure The Surgeon Behind Uganda’s Only Orthopedic Hospital
8 Jan, 2019

President Yoweri Museveni has honored Dr. John Ekure, an orthopaedic specialist who overcame his personal tragedy when his mother died…
Biology
Antibiotic-Resistant Superbacteria on the Rise
8 Jan, 2019

The past year has seen an increased number of cases of ‘superbug’ infections. Superbugs, or antibiotic-resistant bacteria, are bacteria that…
Chemistry
A World without Chemistry?
5 Jan, 2019

What would life would be like if nobody had ever studied chemistry? It’s easy to grumble about the homework, but…
Medicine
Pius Okong: saving mothers’ lives in Uganda and worldwide
27 Jan, 2017

At the age of 21 years, Pius Okong entered a city for the first time. Born in 1952, the second…
Biology
The Many Effects of Music
18 Jan, 2017

Music gives many people great pleasure and a sense of meaning and emotion in their lives. Research shows that it…
Biology
Researchers Add Another Organ to the Human Body
18 Jan, 2017

Medical researchers recently reclassified a collection of membranes in the human abdominal cavity as a new organ. Called the mesentery,…
Chemistry
Imagine a World Without Chemistry
18 Jan, 2017

Chemistry homework might be a pain, but a world without chemistry would be an even bigger one. Without chemistry we…
Chemistry
The Dream of Cheap Sustainable Clean Energy Comes Closer to…
18 Jan, 2017

Hydrogen has the potential to provide enough cheap, clean energy to run the whole world. It is highly abundant as…
Agriculture
New Agriculture Technologies Will Make a Big Difference in the…
18 Jan, 2017

New technologies are constantly being developed to make life easier and more productive for people all over the world. Business…
Agriculture
Drip Irrigation Uses up to 50% Less Water to Grow…
7 Jan, 2017

The world is in the midst of a fresh water emergency that will only get worse as climate change increases.…
Agriculture
“Great Green Wall” Designed to Hold off the Sahara Desert
7 Jan, 2017

Eleven countries (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and Senegal) in North Africa have joined…
Agriculture
Design Solutions for Informal Settlements
7 Jan, 2017

One billion people around the world live in slums, also known as informal settlements, that outpace the civic authorities’ ability…
Chemistry
Efficient hydrogen production made easy
3 Jan, 2017

Sticking electrons to a semiconductor with hydrazine creates an electrocatalyst LOS ALAMOS, NM, June 13, 2016 – In the 2015…
Agriculture
15 Emerging Agriculture Technologies That Will Change the World
3 Jan, 2017

Policy Horizons Canada worked with futurist and data visualizer Michell Zappa of Envisioning to produce a report called MetaScan 3:…
Astronomy
Astronomers Discover a Planet with Three Suns
31 Dec, 2016

A team of astronomers, led by the University of Arizona, announced in July 2016 that they had used the direct…
Astronomy
The Age of the Universe
31 Dec, 2016

Scientists have concluded that the universe is about 13.8 billion years old. They measured the universe’s age using two methods:…
Astronomy
NASA Unveils Prototype Probe for Asteroid-Seeking Mission
31 Dec, 2016

NASA recently released photos of the prototype robot arm for its Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM), which is planned to launch in…
Electronics
New Robots Make Factories Safer and More Efficient
31 Dec, 2016

New manufacturing robots are more intelligent, more agile, and take up less space than ever before. They are able to…
Biology
New Alzheimer’s Treatment Shows Promising Results in Initial Trials
31 Dec, 2016

A new drug might turn out to be the best new weapon against Alzheimer’s disease. An antibody treatment called aducanumab…
Biology
Scientists Engineer Bacteria with Only 473 Genes
31 Dec, 2016

Researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute in La Jolla, California, announced that they have created a cell with what…
Astronomy
Gravitational Waves Detected for the First Time
31 Dec, 2016

On 11 February 2016, scientists from the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) announced that they had detected gravitational waves…
Biology
Battle vs the Zika Virus Makes Headway in 2016
31 Dec, 2016

The year 2016 has seen a better understanding of both the nature of the Zika virus and how to combat…
Electronics
Soroti Solar Plant Lights up Uganda
31 Dec, 2016

New Vision recently ran an article celebrating East Africa’s first large solar power plant in Soroti, Uganda. A new solar…
Robotics
Teso College Team Takes Home Two Cups from the Science…
23 Dec, 2016

Teso College Aloet won two cups at the 3rd annual Science and Technology Innovation Challenge, held in 2015. TCA's Science…
Agriculture
Sitting on gold mine, Teso College Aloet embarks on pine…
22 Jan, 2012

By Vision Reporter Added 22nd November 2011 03:43 PM Teso College Aloet embarks on pine farming At Teso College Aloet,…