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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
Men, gender equality and the search for gender harmony
As South Africa started its 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence campaign, UCT gender scholar Dr Rob Morrell talks about masculinities and gender relations.
26 Nov 2020
Royal Aeronautical Society medal for mechanical-engineering team
UCT’s Aircraft Fuel Tank Component Design team was recently awarded a silver medal by the Royal Aeronautical Society for their work in computational fluid dynamics.
25 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
Millions of people are on treatment for HIV: why are so many still dying?
Antiretroviral coverage of people with HIV has increased dramatically, but deaths have not decreased as much as was hoped.
20 Nov 2020
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New coalition plans to tackle Africa’s growing burden of stroke
Around 23% of people in Africa are at risk of stroke at some point in their life, but most may be avoided.
19 Nov 2020
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Pregnancy, obesity and HIV explored in new study
UCT is joining forces with two leading US universities to study a worldwide problem: obesity, specifically in pregnant HIV-positive women and their children.
19 Nov 2020
Report highlights climate indicators and opportunities
Deemed the world’s most comprehensive review of G20 climate action, the Climate Transparency Report includes a South African profile compiled by UCT’s Energy Systems Research Group.
18 Nov 2020
Remote work has built trust among colleagues
Remote work has allowed workers to demonstrate their ability, good intentions, and integrity, thus earning their colleagues' trust.
18 Nov 2020
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Bidding farewell to Dr Dale Peters, UCT eResearch director
The UCT research community bids farewell to Dr Dale Peters, UCT eResearch director.
17 Nov 2020
Diabetes is a ticking time bomb in sub-Saharan Africa
In 2019 about 1 in 11 adults in the world had diabetes. Of these, 19 million lived in sub-Saharan Africa, many unaware of their condition.
17 Nov 2020
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COVID-19 could ‘derail’ gender-equality progress in SA’s labour market
Progress in South Africa’s labour market regarding gender equality hangs in the balance as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, new UCT research has revealed.
17 Nov 2020
A celebration of UCT research 2019-2020
The latest issue of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) annual research publication Research & Innovation Highlights was launched at UCT’s first virtual annual research function last night, along with the sixth edition of the eResearch report.
13 Nov 2020
Groundbreaking new book: Africa and the Sustainable Development Goals
A new book, co-edited by a University of Cape Town researcher, harnesses global research partnership to offer comprehensive and critical exploration of sustainable development goals in Africa.
10 Nov 2020
UCT researcher wins Newton Prize 2020
A joint energy research project between the ACDI and the University of Exeter has won the Chair’s Prize at the international Newton Prize awards.
06 Nov 2020
Millions of new variants in African genomes discovered
UCT researchers have collaborated on a large-scale study of genomic diversity across Africa that has discovered around three million novel genetic variants.
05 Nov 2020
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