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UCT researchers recognised as highly cited
Three UCT researchers are among the world’s most cited, based on the Highly Cited Researchers 2022 list published by Clarivate.
22 Nov 2022
UCT’s reputation among the top 200 globally
UCT’s reputation is among the best in the world, according to Times Higher Education.
18 Nov 2022
South African women innovators win big at international Falling Walls Lab
Two young South African women have put African innovation on the world map by winning first and second spots at the Falling Walls Lab finals.
16 Nov 2022
IDM extension project boosts continent’s biomedical research capacity
The launch of the new IDM North and South Pavilions, through the Courtyard Extension Project, will support the Institute’s burgeoning world-class research.
14 Nov 2022
US$2.4 trillion in climate finance needed for developing world by 2030
Richard Calland is the co-author of a hard-hitting report presented at COP27; a compelling research- and data-based argument for increased and accelerated climate finance.
10 Nov 2022
Seven new ARUA centres of excellence mooted for Africa
Seven new ARUA centres of excellence will boost Africa and Europe’s collaborative research endeavours, targeting priority scientific areas.
10 Nov 2022
Winning project reimagines Delft stormwater basin
UCT master’s student Tauhir Rakiep has won the Best Student/Research Project category of the inaugural #cocreate Blue-Green Cities Design Awards.
10 Nov 2022
UCT admits four distinguished academics to College of Fellows
The annual College of Fellows dinner is an opportunity to celebrate UCT’s achievements and the triumphs of its revered researchers.
10 Nov 2022
Patel’s cheetah locomotion study gets major funding boost
USA-based company MathWorks supports UCT’s African Robotics Unit’s research into cheetah locomotion to the tune of R2.2 million.
09 Nov 2022
Research into Cape Town helicopter rescue missions – mainstay for accident prevention strategies
Between 2012 and 2016, the South African Red Cross Air Mercy Service search-and-rescue helicopters in the Western Cape rescued more than 600 people in distress.
09 Nov 2022
Three UCT students showcase scientific solutions in Geneva
As finalists of a competition, three UCT students flew to Geneva for a summit that linked them with top science innovators.
08 Nov 2022
The convergence of isiXhosa texts and sociology
Sociology researchers at UCT are making early isiXhosa texts accessible – and key – to contemporary African sociology.
08 Nov 2022
Living on the edge: The IMF’s economic outlook for sub-Saharan Africa
The tentative recovery the sub-Saharan region enjoyed in the wake of the pandemic is set to teeter into retreat as global economic instability impacts key vulnerabilities within the region.
07 Nov 2022
Eight UCT researchers honoured by ASSAf & SAYAS
UCT researchers are among those recognised this year by the Academy of Science of South Africa and the South African Young Academy of Science.
07 Nov 2022
UCT team part of €40m ‘CARE-O-SENE’ SA–Germany project to decarbonise aviation
Professor Michael Claeys, the director of the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Catalysis at UCT’s Department of Chemical Engineering, will lead a UCT team working to create sustainable aviation fuels.
04 Nov 2022
Farrant’s life’s work recognised with coveted German award
Prof Jill Farrant has been named as a recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s coveted Georg Forster Research Award.
04 Nov 2022
UCT jumps up in clinical and health
UCT is 77th in the world for clinical and health and among the top 200 in four other subject areas, according to Times Higher Education.
02 Nov 2022
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