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Sudesh Sivarasu: the prolific inventor serving humanity through innovation
Sudesh Sivarasu was honoured for his invention and innovation achievements in the field of biomedical engineering and his contributions to fostering collaborative innovation.
29 Sep 2017
Cape Town’s water crisis: Can suburbia save the day?
Neil Armitage of UCT’s Urban Water Management research unit offers five reasons why the solution to Cape Town’s water crisis can be found in the suburbs.
27 Sep 2017
Unpacking the spatial paradox
What would it take to achieve an integrated and spatially just Cape Town? The Integration Syndicate – an initiative aimed at finding solutions to these challenges – has some ideas.
27 Sep 2017
How to help farmers prepare for climate change
With an increase in floods, droughts and heatwaves in Africa and South Asia, farmers and governments need to adapt to a changing climate regime.
26 Sep 2017
Republished
The fight against poaching must shift to empowering communities
It’s time to change tack and see conservation issues like rhino poaching for the damage they do – especially to poor people .
21 Sep 2017
Child murders – South Africa’s preventable tragedy
The first national study into child murders in South Africa shows that the killing of a child is not an isolated event. This study found that every three days a child is killed due to abuse and neglect.
21 Sep 2017
Vulnerability at the heart of explosions research
In the week of Genevieve Langdon’s inaugural lecture on explosions, a terrorist bomb was planted on the London Underground. It was a reminder of human vulnerability.
20 Sep 2017
Why the people's Parliament is failing the people
Two researchers in law offer new insights into the failure of the recent no-confidence vote and efforts to hold the president to account for Nkandla.
19 Sep 2017
John Ataguba: 'I made a vow to myself that I would rewrite my story.'
Associate Professor John Ataguba’s interest in the economics of health systems was instilled many years ago, born out of his own childhood experience of inequality.
19 Sep 2017
Postgrads urgently need funding
There is a crisis brewing in postgraduate education in South Africa for the same reason that tertiary education is in turmoil now. If South Africa is to compete in the global knowledge economy, we need to broaden access to postgraduate education.
18 Sep 2017
Republished
GSB's state-capture research
The Eskom Inquiry may have been postponed, but momentum is gathering against the forces of state capture, say academics at UCT’s Graduate School of Business.
15 Sep 2017
Researchers recognised at the National Research Foundation (NRF) Awards
Researchers at the University of Cape Town (UCT) are playing a critical role in creating knowledge in South Africa and building an inclusive scientific community.
15 Sep 2017
Not just a pipe dream: a device to help beat the drought
Kobus Van Zyl has invented a device that can help combat the water crisis by detecting tiny leaks in water pipes
12 Sep 2017
Rheumatic heart disease persists in poor regions
The risk of dying of rheumatic heart disease persists in poor regions of the world where penicillin is too costly − or just not available.
11 Sep 2017
Restoring land productivity
Master’s student Nontobeko Gule hopes that her research into poorly rehabilitated opencast mines will help move the mining industry towards sustainability.
04 Sep 2017
Geological ‘barcodes’: a unique way to date rocks
Dr Lara Sciscio reveals why studying the ancient rocks of the Elliot Formation in the Karoo Basin will unlock the secrets of the end-Triassic mass extinction.
01 Sep 2017
UCT Famelab winner using light to ensure food security in times of drought
Nyasha Chimhandamba, winner of the UCT Famelab finals, is working to create a luminescent biosensor that can provide an accurate reading of salinity in plants to notify a farmer of a salt-stressed plant.
01 Sep 2017
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