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Infectious diseases treatment breakthrough
UCT scientists have determined that a common immune suppressant can significantly reduce the risk of a third complicating syndrome among HIV-positive patients also taking anti-TB medication.
15 Nov 2018
Body scavengers and forensic science
The effect of scavengers on the decomposition rate of human bodies offers forensic scientists crucial clues that hasten identification and aid in criminal investigations.
15 Nov 2018
Republished
World health ranking honour for UCT
UCT has been ranked 72nd in the world for clinical, pre-clinical and health in the 2019 THE Rankings by subject.
14 Nov 2018
Land debate: Title deeds are no ‘silver bullet’
South Africa should shift away from the “supremacy of ownership” approach to land reform, which views individual title as “the be-all and end-all”.
14 Nov 2018
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Measuring the health of marine ecosystems with IndiSeas
UCT is part of a multi-institute collaboration to evaluate the health of marine ecosystems around the world using a set of indicators called IndiSeas.
14 Nov 2018
UCT still tops in Africa
UCT held its position as the top university in Africa in the 2019 Best Global Universities Rankings, ahead of Wits University and the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
13 Nov 2018
Building bodies of knowledge across Africa
An African Centre for Cities research project focused on the co-production of knowledge relevant to the global south is being replicated on a continental scale.
13 Nov 2018
Double award in national Three Minute Thesis competition
Doctoral candidate Rene Nsanzubuhoro has developed a non-invasive and cost efficient device that can be used to assess the extent of leaks in water pipelines and other fluid-pipeline systems.
12 Nov 2018
Taking food security to a wider audience
UCT’S African Centre for Cities is taking crucial urban food security findings to a wider audience with a new publication, Tomatoes & Taxi Ranks: Running our Cities to Fill the Food Gap.
08 Nov 2018
Protecting young South African women from STIs
An encouraging intervention involving girls and young women, as well as their mothers and other female caregivers, aims to reduce the incidence of STIs, including HIV.
07 Nov 2018
Genetic brain research in Africa: A ‘formidable’ challenge
The dearth of African researchers and participants in global mental health genetics studies is impeding research progress in this critical field – and leaving the continent behind.
06 Nov 2018
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Inspiring wonder in how the universe works
Dr Sahal Yacoob’s work with CERN and the ATLAS experiment allows him to be part of an invaluable international community of researchers.
06 Nov 2018
Creating a knowledge hub in the global south
A conversation with UCT VC Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng about the challenges and opportunities.
05 Nov 2018
How the world’s smallest flightless bird got to Inaccessible Island
UCT researchers are among an international team that has uncovered the origins of the Inaccessible Island rail.
02 Nov 2018
The complexities of digital inequality
It will take far more than only infrastructure improvements to enable the poor and marginalised to harness the Internet to boost their social and economic well-being.
01 Nov 2018
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A new cohort of African urban scholars
The African Centre for Cities’ new master’s degree in Southern Urbanism aims to create a new generation of African urban scholars.
01 Nov 2018
Universities SA expresses concern over cuts to funding for research development
Universities SA decries the Department of Science and Technology’s decision to slash funding for its 26 universities which will heavily impact research.
29 Nov 2017
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UCT home to SA’s most publicly visible scientists
UCT has the most publicly visible scientists in South Africa, writes PhD researcher Marina Joubert in a study published in the South African Journal of Science.
29 Nov 2017
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