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Retired UCT academic wins ‘Nobel’ water prize
International river-flow expert and retired UCT academic Dr Jackie King is the first SA woman to win the prestigious Stockholm Water Prize, the water community’s Nobel equivalent.
22 Mar 2019
Republished
UCT research tracks widespread illegal killing of rare bird of prey
An international study, led by University of Cape Town academics, has traced the disappearance of large numbers of one of England’s rarest birds.
22 Mar 2019
Young UCT researchers working with top climate scientists
Two young UCT scientists are among the authors of the next major climate report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
22 Mar 2019
C-section risk 50 times higher for mothers in Africa
The risk of dying after a C-section in Africa is much greater than in high-income countries, according to a new study led by UCT’s Professor Biccard.
20 Mar 2019
Helping African adolescents achieve their potential
UCT researchers are part of an international team to accelerate achievements for African adolescents across many areas of their lives.
20 Mar 2019
New study investigates why refugees aren’t going home
The length of many of Africa’s wars and the loss of migration networks are just two of the factors preventing the “refugee cycle” from ending.
20 Mar 2019
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Cape Town drought a lesson for SA
During National Water Week, a new paper from the ACC warns that the Cape Town drought has powerful climate-change adaptation lessons for other municipalities.
19 Mar 2019
Kelly Chibale: Leading the way in African drug discovery
Professor Kelly Chibale, head of UCT’s Drug Discovery and Development Centre (H3D), is overcoming sceptics to take region’s innovation efforts seriously.
19 Mar 2019
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Magical flute’s links to early Islamic robotics
Recreating an early 12th century water-powered perpetual flute, part of a rich trove of medieval Islamic inventions, needed some careful research and patient experimentation.
19 Mar 2019
Community health workers critical in HIV battle
Community health workers in rural HIV programmes have great potential to improve access to care, but they need proper resources, remuneration and recognition to optimise their interventions.
18 Mar 2019
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Shaping the future: topology and big data
UCT mathematical physicist Professor Jeff Murugan explains how applying topology – or the study of shapes in space – to big data can help solve real-world problems.
18 Mar 2019
Growing Africa’s genetic ‘library of life’
Professor Ambroise Wonkam delivered the first Vice-Chancellorʼs Inaugural Lecture for 2019 this week, with a focus on enabling genetic medicine in Africa.
15 Mar 2019
Tackling TB one breath at a time
UCT research into the spread of tuberculosis has received a boost with the award of funding from an international seed fund initiative.
15 Mar 2019
Higher education research results via MOOC
The results of a two-year investigation into changes in the higher education landscape here and in the UK will be widely shared via a specially created MOOC.
15 Mar 2019
New evidence that UN agencies’ work is effective
Researchers tested the United Nations’ concept of ‘accelerators’ – key services that can improve the lives of vulnerable people across many areas – and their synergies.
14 Mar 2019
UCT students to meet Nobel laureates
Four UCT students are among 20 top young South African scientists selected to attend a prestigious Nobel laureate meeting in Germany in June.
06 Mar 2019
Climate change: the human factor
UCT is driving cutting-edge research to quantify the long-term effects of humans on global warming, with a specific focus on the consequences for the global south.
04 Mar 2019
Better health services rest on building trust among healthcare workers
Research shows that healthcare workers’ trust in the health system is built on expectations being met in relation to a number of factors.
29 Mar 2018
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