26 May 2021 - Wits University
The use of South African technology to produce high tech electronic components will cost five times less than importing the technology from the United States.
A team of scientists from Wits Institute for Collider Particle Physics (ICPP) and iThemba LABS in collaboration with the South African firm, CERadvance Engineering, have developed an innovative solution that will provide a cost-effective solution to the European experiment, ATLAS.
The team investigated the design and production of ceramic cylinders that could be used in the design of a new Low Voltage Power Supply (LVPS) of the ATLAS detector, which is situated along the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. The LVPS will power the next generation of experimental electronics in the ATLAS detector. The locally designed ceramic cylinders would help in reducing heat in the LVPS during the operation of the detector.
Expect third wave in three weeks! News24 A doctor holds a vial of a Covid-19 vaccine. . Credit: Getty Images
As new Covid-19 cases have doubled in Gauteng, the provincial government estimates that a third wave of the virus will hit in the next three weeks.
Speaking at a press briefing on Friday, virologist Professor Shabir Madhi said: My estimate is that if you look at what happened with the first and second wave, in three weeks from now, we are going to be seeing much more cases. We aren t in the threshold range yet, but we are on track to experience a third wave in three weeks.
Many local experts have agreed on the potential for a third wave of Covid-19 infections in South Africa
According to some of them, a spike in case numbers could be seen within the next few weeks
But a new AI-based algorithm shows that the risk of a third wave is small
Experts have warned that a third wave of Covid-19 infections could hit South Africa very soon. According to a new artificial intelligence (AI)-based algorithm, however, the risk in most provinces of South Africa is low.
The model was designed by the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), in partnership with iThemba LABS, the Provincial Government of Gauteng, and York University in Canada.
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