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First real hope for a TB vaccine in 100 years
The final analysis of a multi-site trial involving UCT has produced the first signal of a potentially effective TB vaccine in almost 100 years.
30 Oct 2019
Thinking about the future of fishing
A scenario-based approach developed by a UCT postdoctoral research fellow helps fishers capture important local ecological knowledge to integrate into formal decision-making processes.
29 Oct 2019
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UCT best in Africa in world rankings
UCT has been ranked the best university on the continent in the 2020 US News Best Global Universities rankings.
25 Oct 2019
UCT helps document Africa’s ‘biggest refugee crisis’
UCT is part of a collaborative project researching the experiences of South Sudanese refugees in northern Uganda, and assessing the health and justice services available to them.
23 Oct 2019
UCT researcher to attend HOPE Meeting
Dr Reshma Kassanjee has been nominated to attend the 12th HOPE Meeting during March 2020 in Tokyo, Japan.
22 Oct 2019
HIRAX telescope milestone
The Hydrogen and Real-time Analysis eXperiment (HIRAX) hit a milestone last week with the launch of prototype, custom-built telescope dishes.
21 Oct 2019
Langdon, Zilla join College of Fellows ‘elders’
Two new Fellows have been inducted into the College of Fellows, acknowledgement of their original and distinguished academic work – and their eldership in the academy.
18 Oct 2019
Genetic detective: case of the neural crest
UCT researchers have set up a genetic library to help improve understanding of how vertebrates – including ourselves – grow and develop.
18 Oct 2019
Medicines for Africans by Africans
UCTʼs Professor Kelly Chibale is on a drive to highlight the importance of research platforms that allow medicines to be customised for African patients.
17 Oct 2019
Climate emergency, urban opportunity
New research by the African Centre for Cities interrogates the way African cities are dealing with climate change – and the potential benefits.
17 Oct 2019
Collaboration key for sustainable research
Speaking at an African Climate and Development Initiative event examining sustainable research, Professor Lesley Green called for collaboration between the sciences and social sciences.
15 Oct 2019
Breaking barriers to a cure for HIV
Research has shed light on a barrier to developing an HIV cure: the latent viral reservoir that persists indefinitely in people on antiretroviral treatment.
15 Oct 2019
Research projects boost aquaculture in Africa
University of Cape Town researchers are embarking on two large collaborative research projects for the development of sustainable aquaculture in Africa.
15 Oct 2019
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
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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
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