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The Human Evolution Research Institute were among South Africa's leading academics honoured at the National Research Foundation (NRF) Awards in Gqeberha on 3 September 2026.

THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE INVITES YOU TO THE 2026 SEMINAR SERIES - Securing Biodiverse and Socially Just Bio-economies in a Rapidly Changing World by Prof Rachel Wynberg at 13:00 SAST on Wednesday, 30 September 2026.

Across Africa, people are restoring and managing mangroves, grazing lands and urban green areas in the face of increasing threats from climate change.

Professor Gina Ziervogel’s delivered her inaugural lecture titled: “Water under or over the bridge: Governing trade-offs in climate adaption”. The audience included her loved ones, colleagues and friends, as well as her students.

UCT’s Department of Molecular and Cell Biology recently hosted Grade 12 science learners for an immersive job-shadowing programme.

The list of 2025/2026 Science Oscars winners is in, and one University of Cape Town (UCT) academic and a research group made the cut.

Researchers have discovered that the breeding distribution of brown skuas has shifted in the opposite direction.

IDIA celebrated its tenth anniversary, South Africa has moved on from being a mere host of international infrastructure to becoming a global leader in the data-driven discovery of the universe.

UCT led researchers decoded how cancer rewires the MUC1 protein’s sugar coating to evade immune detection, paving the way for new cancer vaccines, biomarkers and precision therapies.

False Bay’s waters and sediments contain a cocktail of pharmaceuticals, pesticides and metals linked to urban development, wastewater discharges and harbour activities, according to a new study led by researchers from UCT.

Research led by the Centre for Statistics in Ecology, Environment and Conservation, revealed a recent increase in sightings of the world’s two largest whale species in the southeastern Atlantic.