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December 2020

Sensing good vibrations: a remarkable sensory organ in the beaks of ancient fossil birds - Thu, 12/03/2020 - 17:45
The opportunity presented by the call for decolonization - Thu, 12/03/2020 - 17:30

November 2020

What meteorites can tell us about Mars - Wed, 11/25/2020 - 09:30
School of IT Showcase displays students’ ingenuity - Thu, 11/19/2020 - 10:45
Groundbreaking new book: Africa and the Sustainable Development Goals - Thu, 11/12/2020 - 09:30
UCT’s Prof Ed February bows out gracefully - Thu, 11/12/2020 - 09:15
UCT’s Prof Daya Reddy calls it a day - Wed, 11/04/2020 - 11:45
Jellyfish Mating Day: an in-joke that became a tradition - Wed, 11/04/2020 - 09:30

October 2020

UCT participates in global Mission Atlantic project - Thu, 10/22/2020 - 12:30
A fishy backyard lockdown tale - Thu, 10/15/2020 - 11:00
We need to realign computer science with societal needs - Fri, 10/09/2020 - 08:45
Human hand behind SA’s land-degrading dust storms - Wed, 10/07/2020 - 09:15
Shari Daya on decolonising Geography - Tue, 10/06/2020 - 10:30
Enlarge the reach of science through all our languages - Tue, 10/06/2020 - 10:15

September 2020

UCT-built app to support babies in need of breast milk - Tue, 09/15/2020 - 11:30
Digital interventions to address maternal and child health challenges - Mon, 09/07/2020 - 13:45
British Ecological Society award for SA climate change researcher - Wed, 09/02/2020 - 10:15

August 2020

Professor Hans-Peter Künzi 1955-2020 - Mon, 08/31/2020 - 12:45
Palaeoscience fellows score for science and diversity - Fri, 08/21/2020 - 13:15
UCT tap water study goes postal - Thu, 08/20/2020 - 11:30
Music, Chemistry and Astronomy - Tue, 08/18/2020 - 14:15
Women making a difference through technology - Tue, 08/18/2020 - 13:30
Mask education project burgeons into creative remote teaching collaboration - Tue, 08/18/2020 - 13:00
Parasitic finches mimic their hosts to deceive foster parents - Fri, 08/14/2020 - 09:15
Return Mail Campaign Reveals Two Tap Water Worlds Across SA - Thu, 08/13/2020 - 09:30

July 2020

Three ways to secure the ocean’s survival - Wed, 07/22/2020 - 09:30
New species of plant discovered in Tokai Park - Mon, 07/20/2020 - 11:15
PhD researcher recreates 111-year-old fishing survey - Mon, 07/13/2020 - 13:45

June 2020

Emeritus Professor Ken MacGregor: 1946─2020 - Wed, 06/24/2020 - 13:45
New study finds more biodiversity in richer neighbourhoods - Mon, 06/15/2020 - 12:30
Six UCT researchers are ‘Science Oscars’ finalists - Mon, 06/15/2020 - 09:15
The ocean’s genome: protecting and sharing it - Mon, 06/08/2020 - 21:00
Marine microfibres: less plastic than predicted - Mon, 06/08/2020 - 16:45
Antarctic ice-shelf puzzle - Mon, 06/08/2020 - 16:30
Epigenetic autism study breaks new ground - Fri, 06/05/2020 - 11:45
New study explores establishing a new Bearded Vulture population in South Africa - Wed, 06/03/2020 - 15:00
When giant mustelids roamed South Africa - Mon, 06/01/2020 - 20:15

May 2020

Harnessing plant power to curb COVID-19 - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 17:00
UCT’s two 2020 WEF Young Scientists - Wed, 05/27/2020 - 13:00
Siberians and First Americans go way back - Thu, 05/21/2020 - 15:30
Red algae alert! Rhodoliths discovered in SA waters - Mon, 05/18/2020 - 14:00
Exploited leopards pay long-term inbreeding costs - Mon, 05/18/2020 - 13:45
Four of UCT’s best now 2020 FLAIR fellows - Mon, 05/11/2020 - 16:30

April 2020

Kelly Chibale: World leader in pharma - Tue, 04/28/2020 - 11:30
Earth Day 2020: Birds, lockdown and cause to pause - Wed, 04/22/2020 - 18:30
Virtual collegiality at the FitzPatrick Institute - Fri, 04/17/2020 - 12:30
Honorary prof awarded sought-after ERC grant - Wed, 04/15/2020 - 12:45
Developing a vaccine for COVID-19 - Tue, 04/14/2020 - 12:45
COVID-19 101: Q&A with Prof Ed Rybicki - Tue, 04/14/2020 - 12:30
Kenyan village boy’s boarding pass to cum laude degree - Tue, 04/14/2020 - 12:30