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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
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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
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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
Illuminating South Africa's electricity use
UCT researcher and data scientist Wiebke Toussaint has made valuable data on South Africa's electricity use available for research use.
30 Dec 2019
Using big data to solve genetic riddles
Using machine intelligence tools and big data is at the heart of pioneering work spearheaded by Associate Professor in the Division of Human Genetics, Emile Chimusa.
24 Dec 2019
Goosing around on golf courses
Geese on golf courses are a global problem, but the Fitzpatrick Institute of African Ornithology has created a data set that offers solutions.
23 Dec 2019
Chinese archaeology acclaim for African value systems
UCT’s Professor Shadreck Chirikure has won the prestigious 2019 Shanghai Archaeology Forum Research Award, presented to him in China recently, for his work on Great Zimbabwe.
20 Dec 2019
Avoiding the pitfalls of data lifecycle
UCT eResearch worked with Professor Catherine Ward to help her anticipate and resolve the many research data issues associated with a multinational, longitudinal study.
19 Dec 2019
Politics and fashion: the rise of the red beret
Red headgear is currently marking global populist movements of all political persuasions.
18 Dec 2019
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Tackling randomised trials in economics
The 2019 Nobel Prize was awarded to three scholars for pioneering attempts to answer microeconomic issues in development using randomised experiments. But they are controversial.
17 Dec 2019
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Trio shares UCT Creative Works Award
Clint Abrahams, Associate Professor Andrew Lilley and Associate Professor Dizu Plaatjies will share the 2019 UCT Creative Works Award, which was presented at this week’s graduation ceremonies.
13 Dec 2019
Art, engineering works win UCT Book Award
Professor Alphose Zingoni and Anna Tietze have jointly won the 2019 UCT Book Award, which will be presented at this week’s graduation ceremonies.
13 Dec 2019
Ethics central to genetics research in Africa
Genomics could be a game-changer for improving healthcare in Africa, but it must be done ethically.
13 Dec 2019
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