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Penguins indicate the health of local ecosystems
A new study has linked penguin foraging behaviour and chick condition to local fish stocks, making a case for including the species in ecosystem checks.
22 May 2019
Double publication prize for archaeologist Chirikure
Head of the Department of Archaeology Professor Shadreck Chirikure has won the Antiquity Prize for the best paper of 2018, his second such award.
22 May 2019
Laying foundations for precision cancer medicine
Key intellectual property to which UCT now has access could take cancer biotechnology research at the university to the next level.
22 May 2019
Afrophobia: Language does the dirty work
UCT lecturer and PhD candidate Ivan Katsere discusses his research into how the use of language fuels Afrophobia in South Africa.
21 May 2019
UCT professor honoured by Emperor of Japan
Applied mathematician and fisheries scientist Professor Emeritus Doug Butterworth has been recognised by Japan for his contribution to ensuring sustainable use of marine living resources.
21 May 2019
Rat poison threat to city’s peri-urban wildlife
Wildlife on Cape Town’s periphery, such as caracal, mongoose, otters and owls, is increasingly falling prey to lethal rat poisons.
14 May 2019
Why breastfeeding is a workplace issue
The new mothers’ room in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences is a critical step forward in creating an inclusive, productive workplace.
10 May 2019
The student/mother juggling act
A research paper by a philosophy master’s student examines UCT’s on-campus environment and looks at how inclusive it is for young student mothers.
09 May 2019
Documenting nature’s ‘dangerous decline’
UCT’s Dr Lynne Shannon is among the lead authors of a landmark report that presents a grim picture of nature’s “dangerous decline”.
09 May 2019
Life in the ice in a warmer Arctic
Declining sea ice in the Arctic could have a large and complex impact on sea-ice algae – the powerhouses of the polar food web.
08 May 2019
South Africa’s winter rains shifting later in the year
An initial study into the Western Cape’s shifting rainfall season needs further research before the change can be attributed to climate change.
03 May 2019
Republished
Developing immunotherapies relevant to Africa
UCT has set up the country’s first medical biotechnology-based immunotherapy laboratory to develop Africa's own therapeutic and diagnostic tools for cancer.
02 May 2019
Republished
Tackling TB: all hands on deck
Researchers at the UCT Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, a leading African research centre on infectious disease, are addressing the challenge of TB.
02 May 2019
SKA to boost SA’s knowledge economy
The SKA will lead the country into a new era of science. But its benefit to South Africans will be determined by four key factors.
30 May 2018
Republished
How attitudes to drug-resistant TB changed
The new endTB clinic in Khayelitsha is one of five sites pioneering treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), writes UCT’s Dr Eric Goemaere.
28 May 2018
Republished
A new window on the universe
Born of an international collaboration, the new and fully customised optical telescope MeerLICHT will provide new insight into the variability of the night sky.
28 May 2018
The top university in Africa
UCT has once again established itself as the top university on the continent, according to the latest report from the Center for World University Rankings.
28 May 2018
Providing healthcare to men who have sex with men is complex but possible
Men who have sex with men have been identified as a key group at high risk of getting sexually transmitted infections, therefore it is critical to ensure that they have access to HIV prevention and treatment services.
24 May 2018
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