Faculty of Science

Professor Guy Midgley, who presented this year's Distinguished Alumni lecture said that human beings are changing the planet so much that we may need to recognise a new geological era.  He explained that we have lived in

A tiny shrimp with banded, stalked eyes, and gaudy red 'warning' colouring, is the latest of several new marine species to be found by UCT researchers in the extensively sampled waters of False Bay.

The Science Faculty notes the passing of one of its distinguished alumni, Emeritus Professor Alistair Stephen, Life Fellow of UCT, who died recently at the age of 92 at his home in Fish Hoek on the Cape Peninsula. He is survived by his wife Helen, his

UCT will compete among the world's top institutions in drug discovery, one of the university's research signature themes, thanks to a powerful new 600MHz nuclear magne

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The Physics Department's annual flagship schools outreach event, Phenomenal Physics, organised by Dr Spencer Wheaton, once again succeeded admirably in provoking thought, eliciting enthusiastic participation and convincing many pupils of the benefi

A wake for Chemistry Course CEM2008S, which ended its life on 17th October 2014

High-quality three-dimensional seismic data, collected off the West Coast of South Africa by petroleum giants Total and Shell, will help geologists accurately pinpoint gas and oil in the area and also provide an invaluable training tool for the 

While little can be done to curb the current outbreak of Ebola in Africa, when the next outbreak happens, the world will be armed with cheap but powerful biologics made using plants, says UCT plant biotechnologist Professor Ed Rybicki.

The drongo, an African bird, deceives other species, including meerkats, by mimicking their alarm calls in order to scare them away and steal their abandoned food, according to UCT researcher Dr Tom Flower.