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Ocean’s potential to bolster food security
By more effectively managing ocean resources and harnessing marine aquaculture, we could see the oceans provide more food than they currently are.
27 Nov 2019
Safeguarding the judiciary
New research and guidelines from UCT could lead to more transparent selection of judicial officers in southern Africa.
27 Nov 2019
UCT Annual Awards 2019
Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town (UCT), will host the 2019 UCT Annual Awards, on Thursday, 28 November 2019. The evening will see the university community gathered together to celebrate the outstanding contributions of professional, administrative support and service (PASS) and academic staff.
27 Nov 2019
Students head to national computing competition final
Two student teams from UCT will participate in the gruelling second and final round of the Centre for High Performance Computing’s Student Cluster Competition.
26 Nov 2019
UCT scientist takes to the catwalk
UCT PhD student Lyle Curry is one of 13 full-figured men who will model a new plus-size men’s range at the Radisson RED Hotel at the V&A Waterfront.
26 Nov 2019
Republished
Women in Global Health
Silindile Ngcobo, a PhD candidate in biomaterials at UCT’s Department of Surgery, recently took part in the 2019 Women in Global Health Conference in Rwanda.
22 Nov 2019
Exam results and other updates
22 Nov 2019
Inside growing brains
Safe and non-invasive techniques for visualising the brain have changed the way we study children’s development, particularly in high-risk contexts.
22 Nov 2019
Prestigious scholarship for star pupil
Prospective UCT student Terrell Demorgan has been awarded the inaugural Daniel Samuel Maseko Memorial Scholarship for 2020.
22 Nov 2019
Co-creating a locally relevant web
Dr Melissa Densmore’s research into bandwidth-constrained communities in and around Cape Town tackles difficult questions about what the internet should look like in Africa.
22 Nov 2019
The highest energy light from a gamma-ray burst detected
Astronomers from the University of Cape Town (UCT), including Professor Patrick Woudt and MSc student Reikantseone Diretse, are part of an international team of more than 300 researchers that has gained further insight into the physical processes at work during gamma-ray bursts (GRB).
22 Nov 2019
The highest energy light from a gamma-ray burst detected
UCT astronomers are part of an international team that have taken the next step towards understanding extreme stellar explosions.
21 Nov 2019
Misuse threatens antibiotics effectiveness
World Antibiotic Awareness Week celebrates the contribution that antibiotics have made to global public health and calls for action to ensure their continued usefulness.
21 Nov 2019
Republished
The dead teach in a universal language
Dissection is core to teaching anatomy but how do UCT’s second-year medical students prepare for their first clinical encounter with the dead?
21 Nov 2019
UCT scientist leads ground-breaking project on fluctuating pollen levels
A multidisciplinary project which may fundamentally change the allergy treatment process and the way healthcare professionals respond to common allergies like asthma, hay fever and eczema is being led by the Division of Allergology and Immunology at the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Lung Institute. The project is examining the fluctuating pollen levels in South Africa and the subsequent effects on the human body.
21 Nov 2019
Fixed lines needed to bridge the digital divide
Few South African households have access to the internet at home, but relying solely on mobile networks to solve this disparity is not enough.
20 Nov 2019
Republished
UCT prof leads ground-breaking pollen monitoring campaign
The Division of Allergology and Immunology at UCT’s Lung Institute is leading a multidisciplinary project that examines the levels of pollen across South Africa.
20 Nov 2019
Tackling HIV: one haircut at a time
In collaboration with Legends Barbershop, the Amajita Tutu Truck gave 50 men free HIV tests and complimentary haircuts on International Men’s Day on 19 November.
20 Nov 2019
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