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UCT student headed to innovation lab final in Berlin
UCT civil engineering student Hlumelo Marepula is headed for Berlin to represent South Africa at the Falling Walls Lab global final for young innovators.
29 May 2019
Young UCT scientist selected for international leadership initiative
Dickson Mambwe, a PhD student working in the field of drug discovery, has been selected for the prestigious CAS Future Leaders Program.
29 May 2019
Climate 100 honour for Mark New
UCT’s Professor Mark New has been listed among the world’s 100 most influential people in climate policy for 2019.
28 May 2019
The case against e-cigarettes
South Africa can tackle confusion around the safety of e-cigarettes by prioritising the Draft Control of Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill.
28 May 2019
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Nine UCT researchers among NSTF-South32 Awards finalists
UCT researchers have been named in a total of 14 categories in the final round of this year's ‘Science Oscars’ – the NSTF-South32 Awards.
28 May 2019
Politics disrupts elephants' last haven in Africa
A five-year ban on elephant hunting has been lifted in Botswana ahead of national elections in October.
28 May 2019
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Online platform to transform African legal research
The first graphical citator for African case law in the world is being launched by AfricanLII and the Democratic Governance and Rights Unit at UCT.
24 May 2019
Penguins indicate the health of local ecosystems
A new study has linked penguin foraging behaviour and chick condition to local fish stocks, making a case for including the species in ecosystem checks.
22 May 2019
Double publication prize for archaeologist Chirikure
Head of the Department of Archaeology Professor Shadreck Chirikure has won the Antiquity Prize for the best paper of 2018, his second such award.
22 May 2019
Laying foundations for precision cancer medicine
Key intellectual property to which UCT now has access could take cancer biotechnology research at the university to the next level.
22 May 2019
Afrophobia: Language does the dirty work
UCT lecturer and PhD candidate Ivan Katsere discusses his research into how the use of language fuels Afrophobia in South Africa.
21 May 2019
UCT professor honoured by Emperor of Japan
Applied mathematician and fisheries scientist Professor Emeritus Doug Butterworth has been recognised by Japan for his contribution to ensuring sustainable use of marine living resources.
21 May 2019
Rat poison threat to city’s peri-urban wildlife
Wildlife on Cape Town’s periphery, such as caracal, mongoose, otters and owls, is increasingly falling prey to lethal rat poisons.
14 May 2019
Why breastfeeding is a workplace issue
The new mothers’ room in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences is a critical step forward in creating an inclusive, productive workplace.
10 May 2019
The student/mother juggling act
A research paper by a philosophy master’s student examines UCT’s on-campus environment and looks at how inclusive it is for young student mothers.
09 May 2019
Documenting nature’s ‘dangerous decline’
UCT’s Dr Lynne Shannon is among the lead authors of a landmark report that presents a grim picture of nature’s “dangerous decline”.
09 May 2019
Life in the ice in a warmer Arctic
Declining sea ice in the Arctic could have a large and complex impact on sea-ice algae – the powerhouses of the polar food web.
08 May 2019
South Africa’s winter rains shifting later in the year
An initial study into the Western Cape’s shifting rainfall season needs further research before the change can be attributed to climate change.
03 May 2019
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