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Analysis reveals ivory origins on 16th-century shipwreck Academics at UCT organised a multi-institutional historical and scientific study of African elephant tusks found on a 16th-century shipwreck off the coast of Namibia. 23 Dec 2020
Shrimp-like tanaids mimic hermit crabs A new paper based on UCT student Rouane Brokensha’s honours project reveals how a tiny shrimp mimics hermit crabs by adapting to shell life. 22 Dec 2020
UCT spin-off receives millions in European funding Cape Bio Pharms, a UCT spin-off company, has received millions in European funding to accelerate the production of affordable plant-based rapid diagnostic COVID-19 test kits. 22 Dec 2020
Unpacking COVID-19 in an African context A group of researchers, including the UCT GSB’s Prof Ralph Hamann, recently published a paper that analyses the initial impacts of COVID-19 in Africa. 17 Dec 2020
Amplifying the voices of women struggle heroes UCT's Janie Cole and UCT Libraries Special Collections   have joined forces to build a rare collection of filmed oral testimonies, music and personal documents by former female political prisoners and prison guards. 17 Dec 2020
UCT has three highly cited researchers in 2020 Three University of Cape Town researchers have been included in the Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) list for 2020. 15 Dec 2020
Distinction for first Electrolyser Research Group master’s graduate Ziba Rajan will be the first master’s graduate from UCT’s Electrolyser Research Group, and she will be graduating with distinction. 11 Dec 2020
Building Global Communities of Practices to Reduce Risks from Chemicals and Waste Using online platforms, the Division of Environmental Health is developing globally active online peer-to-peer learning, stakeholder engagement and collective problem-solving in the complex environment of ensuring the sound management of chemicals and waste to protect the health of marginalized women, children and workers. 10 Dec 2020
Universities renew big data agreement for 5 years The agreement forming the Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy has been renewed for a period of five years. 10 Dec 2020
COVID-19’s sex bias: men more at risk of requiring critical care A paper by researchers from UCT and UCL investigating the role of sex in patients infected with COVID-19 has been published in Nature Communications. 09 Dec 2020
Pervasive victim blaming in the media needs to end UCT’s Prof Floretta Boonzaier said that media reports often deflect attention away from the perpetrator and focuses on the victim’s role instead – this kind of pervasive victim blaming will keep us from eradicating GBV. 09 Dec 2020 Republished
Using bacterial shape to understand TB gene function UCT researchers recently published a paper in eLife that outlines an investigation into the cell shape of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to better understand TB gene function. 07 Dec 2020
COVID-19 and the impact on women UCT’s Silindile Ngcobo and Hannah Simba from Stellenbosch University look at what is needed in terms of COVID-19 health responses and strategies to assist women. 03 Dec 2020 Republished
Lockdown limits safe spaces for abused women As the international campaign 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children is being commemorated, researchers from UCT are working towards alleviating the abuse of women. 02 Dec 2020
Fuel-from-waste win at Falling Walls Lab competition PhD researcher Chelsea Tucker’s modular, off-grid organic waste-to-fuel system put her among 10 Emerging Talent winners in the recent international Falling Walls Lab competition. 27 Nov 2020
Men, gender equality and the search for gender harmony As South Africa started its 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence campaign, UCT gender scholar Dr Rob Morrell talks about masculinities and gender relations. 26 Nov 2020
Royal Aeronautical Society medal for mechanical-engineering team UCT’s Aircraft Fuel Tank Component Design team was recently awarded a silver medal by the Royal Aeronautical Society for their work in computational fluid dynamics. 25 Nov 2020
What meteorites can tell us about Mars Using 600-million-year-old volcanic meteorites, UCT scientist Geoffrey Howarth has published a new paper showing that the interior of Mars may be more chemically varied than once thought. 24 Nov 2020
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