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Small plastic pollution on SA beaches A UCT study has found that most of the plastic polluting South Africa's beaches and coastal waters has not drifted here from distant nations. 27 Feb 2018
SAICE award for urine research project Graduate Tinashe Chipako has won the 2018 South African Institution of Civil Engineering National Investigative Project Showdown for his research project on waterless urinals at UCT. 20 Feb 2018
How the placenta can shed light on HIV mothers and their babies In many parts of the world, the human placenta (the after birth) is discarded once a baby is born and considered waste. The focus is on the child and the new mother. 20 Feb 2018 Republished
The unexpected appetites of predators in the Karoo An extensive study on the eating habits of predators on farms and a reserve in the Karoo has yielded some surprising findings. 20 Feb 2018
Dual desalination could increase water yield Reverse osmosis followed by eutectic freeze crystallisation, a process used to treat mine waste water, could boost fresh water yields during seawater desalination finds research by a chemical engineering student. 16 Feb 2018
Grant drives genomic research Professor Ambroise Wonkam has been awarded major grant funding that will help drive research into the genetics of non-syndromic hearing loss in Africans. 14 Feb 2018
Do pain and threat go hand in hand? Could living in a threatening environment contribute to a person’s experience of persistent pain? This is what postdoctoral researcher Dr Victoria Madden aims to determine. 14 Feb 2018
Why Africa needs to start focusing on the neglected issue of mental health Mental health has historically been neglected on Africa’s health and development policy agenda.  09 Feb 2018 Republished
Why do brains seize? Following his research into understanding epileptic seizures at a cellular level, Dr Joseph Raimondo was awarded one of five 2017 Claude Leon Merit Awards. 09 Feb 2018
Open up access to advance healthcare One out of six African emergency care publications is inaccessible to African researchers, a UCT study has found. 07 Feb 2018
To the heart of matter Particle physicist Dr Sahal Yacoob's recent Claude Leon Merit Award will support his research on the Higgs boson mechanism and the giant 'top quark'. 07 Feb 2018
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