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Elephant impact on trees debunked
Keeping migratory corridors open is more important than controlling elephant populations in order to prevent the loss of large trees.
30 Aug 2019
Republished
Criminalisation key to Cape Town’s drug wars
Research consistently shows that criminalisation does not deter drug use, but simply places potentially dangerous market into the hands of criminal syndicates and international traffickers.
30 Aug 2019
Republished
Fourth Industrial Revolution no quick fix
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is often presented as the having the potential to provide economic prosperity, but it could be distracting us from redressing inequalities.
29 Aug 2019
Republished
Award encourages African academics to lead
Two UCT researchers are among the cohort of seven scientists who have received prestigious Crick African Network African Career Accelerator Fellowships.
29 Aug 2019
UCT medical research on the world stage
Three researchers from the University of Cape Town recently hosted an IdeasLab on innovative research into infectious diseases at the WEF's 13th Annual Meeting of the New Champions in China.
27 Aug 2019
UCT’s 2019 women in science winners
A University of Cape Town professor and two postgraduate researchers were among the winners at this year’s South African Women in Science Awards.
27 Aug 2019
Award-winning plastic pollution research
Takunda Chitaka has been walking Cape Town’s beaches and studying their litter to help re-frame thinking about the plastic types that end up as pollution.
22 Aug 2019
‘Education was my secret weapon’
Dr Rachael Dangarembizi, a UCT postdoctoral research fellow, says becoming the head of her family as a teen was difficult, but that faith carried her through.
21 Aug 2019
UCT team’s central role in R5-bn settlement
UCT academics played an important role in South Africa’s historic R5-billion settlement for gold miners who contracted silicosis and/or pulmonary TB at work.
20 Aug 2019
UCT tops in Africa in all five major rankings
UCT took the top spot in South Africa and jumped back into the 201–300 band in the latest ShanghaiRankingʼs Academic Ranking of World Universities 2019.
20 Aug 2019
Rattling conventional thinking on evolution
Research by Professor Rebecca Ackermann shows that our huge diversity results from two other major evolutionary forces, in addition to natural selection.
19 Aug 2019
Arts, culture transforming cities
Festivals, which help residents explore different ways of belonging in cities, can deliberately challenge perceptions of public places and draw attention to inequalities.
16 Aug 2019
Republished
Underlying causes of Marikana massacre
A UCT study has shown how interactions between business and government created the conditions that gave rise to the Marikana massacre.
16 Aug 2019
Republished
Malaria drug less effective in malnourished children
The most common malaria treatment worldwide is less effective for those who are particularly vulnerable to the disease: severely malnourished children.
14 Aug 2019
UCT’s newest Next Einstein Forum Fellow
Dyllon Randall’s selection as a Next Einstein Forum Fellow will provide opportunities to showcase his work and bring African science to the world stage.
12 Aug 2019
Gangs: apartheid evictions to blame
Group Areas Act evictions set the stage for the proliferation of dangerous Cape Flats gangs which the army has now been called on to police.
08 Aug 2019
Republished
An African perspective on gene editing
Last year, the world’s first gene-edited babies were born. UCT professor Jantina de Vries is part of the WHO’s advisory panel established in the wake of this announcement.
08 Aug 2019
Healing hearts is top priority for Mayosi protégé
UCT Associate Professor Liesl Zühlke credits Professor Bongani Mayosi for developing her into an award-winning scientist who uses her passion and expertise to heal hearts.
07 Aug 2019
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