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Rheumatic heart disease persists in poor regions
The risk of dying of rheumatic heart disease persists in poor regions of the world where penicillin is too costly − or just not available.
11 Sep 2017
Open day showcases PACK programme
The Knowledge Translation Unit is hosting an open day to showcase their Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK), the work it supports and the people involved.
08 Sep 2017
Alumni advance excellence
Ten recent graduates of UCT’s Department of Chemical Engineering will pursue their master’s degrees at top institutions in the United Kingdom and Sweden.
07 Sep 2017
How do youth find their place in the world?
A UCT contingent’s July 2017 trip to Japan kick-started a research project that interrogates how citizenship is experienced and claimed by young South Africans and Japanese.
07 Sep 2017
Explosion protection: reality or fantasy?
In her Inaugural Lecture, Professor Genevieve Langdon will talk about different types of explosions and the ways we can protect against their devastating effects.
06 Sep 2017
A gateway for promising Khayelitsha matriculants
UCT’s Schools Improvement Initiative celebrates the fifth year of a partnership that’s yielding a new cohort of Khayelitsha matriculants – and graduates − at the university.
06 Sep 2017
Restoring land productivity
Master’s student Nontobeko Gule hopes that her research into poorly rehabilitated opencast mines will help move the mining industry towards sustainability.
04 Sep 2017
Geological ‘barcodes’: a unique way to date rocks
Dr Lara Sciscio reveals why studying the ancient rocks of the Elliot Formation in the Karoo Basin will unlock the secrets of the end-Triassic mass extinction.
01 Sep 2017
Report back on the meeting of the IRTC Steering Committee
The Chair of the IRTC Steering Committee writes about the meeting of 24 August 2017.
01 Sep 2017
UCT Famelab winner using light to ensure food security in times of drought
Nyasha Chimhandamba, winner of the UCT Famelab finals, is working to create a luminescent biosensor that can provide an accurate reading of salinity in plants to notify a farmer of a salt-stressed plant.
01 Sep 2017
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