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UCT’s Herman Wasserman leads global study on disinformation
UCT’s Professor Herman Wasserman will lead a study on disinformation in the Global South, with a grant from the International Development Research Centre.
26 Jan 2021
How to grow the local vaccine production industry
The issue of vaccine production has become a topic of hot debate following the approval of treatments for COVID-19.
25 Jan 2021
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South Africa’s MeerKAT finds radio galaxies that dwarf our Milky Way
In a patch of sky long trawled across by countless telescopes, astronomers have discovered two gigantic radio galaxies.
20 Jan 2021
Republished
More management measures lead to healthier fish populations
Fish populations tend to do better in places where rigorous fisheries management practices are used, according to a new paper published in Nature Sustainability.
13 Jan 2021
Win-win for wind energy and eagles
While the rapid uptake of wind energy across the globe offers hope of a transition toward sustainability, this same energy can also present a real threat to soaring birds of prey.
13 Jan 2021
Analysis reveals ivory origins on 16th-century shipwreck
Academics at UCT organised a multi-institutional historical and scientific study of African elephant tusks found on a 16th-century shipwreck off the coast of Namibia.
23 Dec 2020
Shrimp-like tanaids mimic hermit crabs
A new paper based on UCT student Rouane Brokensha’s honours project reveals how a tiny shrimp mimics hermit crabs by adapting to shell life.
22 Dec 2020
UCT spin-off receives millions in European funding
Cape Bio Pharms, a UCT spin-off company, has received millions in European funding to accelerate the production of affordable plant-based rapid diagnostic COVID-19 test kits.
22 Dec 2020
Unpacking COVID-19 in an African context
A group of researchers, including the UCT GSB’s Prof Ralph Hamann, recently published a paper that analyses the initial impacts of COVID-19 in Africa.
17 Dec 2020
Amplifying the voices of women struggle heroes
UCT's Janie Cole and UCT Libraries Special Collections have joined forces to build a rare collection of filmed oral testimonies, music and personal documents by former female political prisoners and prison guards.
17 Dec 2020
UCT has three highly cited researchers in 2020
Three University of Cape Town researchers have been included in the Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) list for 2020.
15 Dec 2020
Universities renew big data agreement for 5 years
The agreement forming the Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy has been renewed for a period of five years.
10 Dec 2020
COVID-19’s sex bias: men more at risk of requiring critical care
A paper by researchers from UCT and UCL investigating the role of sex in patients infected with COVID-19 has been published in Nature Communications.
09 Dec 2020
Using bacterial shape to understand TB gene function
UCT researchers recently published a paper in eLife that outlines an investigation into the cell shape of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to better understand TB gene function.
07 Dec 2020
Fuel-from-waste win at Falling Walls Lab competition
PhD researcher Chelsea Tucker’s modular, off-grid organic waste-to-fuel system put her among 10 Emerging Talent winners in the recent international Falling Walls Lab competition.
27 Nov 2020
What meteorites can tell us about Mars
Using 600-million-year-old volcanic meteorites, UCT scientist Geoffrey Howarth has published a new paper showing that the interior of Mars may be more chemically varied than once thought.
24 Nov 2020
Reflections of UCT’s Future Leaders
Both old and new members of UCT’s 2030 Future Leaders programme share how the initiative, launched in 2018 by the vice-chancellor, has impacted their academic careers.
23 Nov 2020
New UCT fellows’ crucible moments
UCT’s newly inducted fellows shared crucible moments, surprising facts about themselves and their biggest mistakes at this year’s College of Fellows celebration.
20 Nov 2020
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