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How to manage Cape Town’s fires
A team of scientists suggest how Cape Town can best mitigate the danger the region faces from the upcoming fire season.
14 Oct 2019
Republished
Nature’s role in economic development
Professor Edwin Muchapondwa delivered this yearʼs sixth and final Vice-Chancellorʼs Inaugural Lecture on Wednesday, focusing on the role the environment can play in economic development.
11 Oct 2019
NiDS: telling South Africa’s story since 2008
For a decade, UCT has implemented the National Income Dynamics Study, which has shattered assumptions about South African society post democracy and guided the country’s government.
11 Oct 2019
UCT researchers honoured by ASSAf & SAYAS
UCT researchers are among the newest members of the Academy of Science of South Africa and the South African Young Academy of Science.
11 Oct 2019
Robust rules for managing carbon credits
In a paper published in Science, Professor Harald Winkler, as part of an international team, outlines the problems surrounding “double counting” emissions in international carbon markets.
11 Oct 2019
SA’s 92% mental health treatment gap
South Africans in need of mental health care are being betrayed by a system only able to guarantee that one in every 10 receives the necessary treatment.
10 Oct 2019
Republished
Status epilepticus: New research on failing meds
First-line medication for unrelenting epileptic seizures works in fewer than half of all cases, and now new research has unravelled the mechanisms of this failure.
09 Oct 2019
African Giganet honour for Gillwald
The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance’s Dr Alison Gillwald has become the first African executive member of the Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet).
07 Oct 2019
Counting women’s work
When we take into account the unpaid work women do in their households, the value of their contribution to society overtakes that of men’s.
07 Oct 2019
Addressing SA’s extreme digital inequality
Has SA fallen for the 4IR hype to the detriment of essential policy interventions more likely to ensure all citizens share equitably in a future digital economy?
03 Oct 2019
Republished
Hidden populations and the Sustainable Development Goals
UCT researchers are working to include people with disabilities in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
03 Oct 2019
Best little (sustainable) house in Africa
A solar-powered house designed and built by staff and students of UCT and Stellenbosch University has been recognised at Solar Decathlon Africa 2019.
01 Oct 2019
Dumped at sea: plastic pollution in the South Atlantic
It’s widely believed that most ocean plastic comes from land, but new research shows we should take another look at ships dumping illegally.
01 Oct 2019
To end wildlife trafficking, engage with local communities
UCT research highlights the importance of changing incentive structures so that local communities participate in legal economies rather than illegal wildlife trafficking.
30 Oct 2018
New hermit crab species in 3D
3D X-ray micro-computed tomography has helped UCT researchers describe a new hermit crab species found off KwaZulu-Natal. The results were published recently in PLOS One.
29 Oct 2018
Bottling athletic excellence
UCT PhD candidate Shaun Sutehall is working with elite athletes to test a drink which holds the potential to enhance sporting performance.
29 Oct 2018
5 questions with Mohlopheni Jackson Marakalala
Mohlopheni Jackson Marakalala, senior lecturer and group leader in UCT’s Division of Immunology, answers five quick questions about his research.
29 Oct 2018
Identifying those who die at sea
UCT is piloting a study that could be key to resolving the challenge of identifying bodies found at sea or washed up on shore.
25 Oct 2018
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