Faculty of Science

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.

Celgene has teamed up with the H3-D Drug Discovery and Development Centre at UCT to advance scientific and clinical research to help patients with tuberculosis.

Professor Gary Marsden elected member of CHI Academy.

Who would have thought that scientists and journalists develop and require the same skills, such as asking the right questions, thinking systematically, and problem solving, we are both intelligent, curious, observant and need to create a logical flow

The Science Post Graduate Studies Association hosted a Science Honours Hour aimed at encouraging students to consider postgrad studies in the Science Faculty.

46 budding young scientists spent the morning actively engaged in a Fun Science workshop.

Members of the Scientific Computing Research Unit (SCRU) celebrated with Tharindu Senapathi, who became the first graduate in the Masters degree in Computational Science at UCT and in South Africa.  

James Foster and Shaun Maxwell of the UCT Department of Computer Science  have developed a mobile app that can be used to streamline and support research and drug testing, particularly in less well-equipped labora

In his keynote address to the fifth Science in Africa UnConference in London, Professor Kelly Chibale, from the Department of Chemistry, highlighted the need to proactively seek out and nurture existing pockets of scientific excellence

Researchers from University of Surrey, in collaboration with groups in South Africa, Brazil, Colombia and the USA, examined the sleep patterns of people from two neighbouring communities in Mozambique:  the small electrified urban town Milange&nbs