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Managing the impact of the Benguela losing breath
Researchers at UCT are studying the severe low-oxygen conditions that occur on Africa’s south-west coast and compromise the area’s valuable fisheries.
26 Jan 2023
- 7 min read
Managing the impact of the Benguela losing breath
Researchers at UCT are studying the severe low-oxygen conditions that occur on Africa’s south-west coast and compromise the area’s valuable fisheries.
26 Jan 2023
- 7 min read
The incriminating genes behind sports injuries
UCT researchers are leading the way in investigating the body’s cellular networks and pathways, including DNA and protein structures, in the field of sports injury.
21 Dec 2022
- 10 min read
Interfaculty research event puts women’s challenges under a microscope
DVC for Research and Internationalisation Prof Sue Harrison’s conversation series encourages interfaculty and cross-disciplinary research to tackle society’s complex problems.
15 Dec 2022
- 9 min read
UCT’s new eResearch director: Prof Vaccari
13 Dec 2022
Funding boost for low-cost cardiac device
12 Dec 2022
Celebrating the power of research for social change
05 Dec 2022
Alan Pifer winner champions child, women’s heart health
01 Dec 2022
Heart disease doyen wins Alan Pifer Award
01 Dec 2022
UCT researchers recognised as highly cited
22 Nov 2022
UCT’s reputation among the top 200 globally
18 Nov 2022
South African women innovators win big at international Falling Walls Lab
16 Nov 2022
IDM extension project boosts continent’s biomedical research capacity
14 Nov 2022
US$2.4 trillion in climate finance needed for developing world by 2030
10 Nov 2022
Seven new ARUA centres of excellence mooted for Africa
10 Nov 2022
Winning project reimagines Delft stormwater basin
10 Nov 2022
UCT admits four distinguished academics to College of Fellows
The annual College of Fellows dinner is an opportunity to celebrate UCT’s achievements and the triumphs of its revered researchers.
10 Nov 2022
Patel’s cheetah locomotion study gets major funding boost
USA-based company MathWorks supports UCT’s African Robotics Unit’s research into cheetah locomotion to the tune of R2.2 million.
09 Nov 2022
Research into Cape Town helicopter rescue missions – mainstay for accident prevention strategies
Between 2012 and 2016, the South African Red Cross Air Mercy Service search-and-rescue helicopters in the Western Cape rescued more than 600 people in distress.
09 Nov 2022
Three UCT students showcase scientific solutions in Geneva
As finalists of a competition, three UCT students flew to Geneva for a summit that linked them with top science innovators.
08 Nov 2022
The convergence of isiXhosa texts and sociology
Sociology researchers at UCT are making early isiXhosa texts accessible – and key – to contemporary African sociology.
08 Nov 2022
Living on the edge: The IMF’s economic outlook for sub-Saharan Africa
The tentative recovery the sub-Saharan region enjoyed in the wake of the pandemic is set to teeter into retreat as global economic instability impacts key vulnerabilities within the region.
07 Nov 2022
Eight UCT researchers honoured by ASSAf & SAYAS
UCT researchers are among those recognised this year by the Academy of Science of South Africa and the South African Young Academy of Science.
07 Nov 2022
UCT team part of €40m ‘CARE-O-SENE’ SA–Germany project to decarbonise aviation
Professor Michael Claeys, the director of the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Catalysis at UCT’s Department of Chemical Engineering, will lead a UCT team working to create sustainable aviation fuels.
04 Nov 2022
Farrant’s life’s work recognised with coveted German award
Prof Jill Farrant has been named as a recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s coveted Georg Forster Research Award.
04 Nov 2022
UCT jumps up in clinical and health
UCT is 77th in the world for clinical and health and among the top 200 in four other subject areas, according to Times Higher Education.
02 Nov 2022
UCT 24th in the world for infectious disease research
UCT remains the best university in Africa and among the top 25 globally for studying infectious diseases, according to the US News and World Report.
31 Oct 2022
Celebrating innovation at UCT
Research Contracts and Innovation held an Inventors’ Breakfast on 24 October at the UCT GSB’s rooftop venue.
27 Oct 2022
The over-60s: Economic and social power that can’t be ignored
It’s time to re-examine how we think about older people, said UCT’s Dr Leon Geffen.
18 Oct 2022
Parents, caregivers, environments ‘powerfully shape’ infant mental health
Research into infant mental health revealed that supportive experiences during infancy are critical to enabling the well-being of infants, toddlers, children and, ultimately, young adults.
18 Oct 2022
UCT leaps up in international rankings
UCT soars 23 places to land at 160th globally in the latest international university rankings published by Times Higher Education.
12 Oct 2022
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