Faculty of Science

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

Four UCT researchers were honoured at the annual NSTF-South32 Awards which took place recently. The awards, known in the South African research community as the ‘Oscars of Science’, recognise and reward excellence in science, engi

Professor Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan, from the Department of Biological Sciences, has just had a paper published in Plos One, detailing how the long- necked dinosaurs grew so large.  These findings are the result of an Argent

Associate Professor Marcello Vichi, from the Department of Oceanography, will be the Chief Scientist on a cruise to the marginal ice zone of Antarctica, which leaves this week.  He and his students are the sea ice team that is set

Anyone who has spent a bit of time at UCT will know about the (in)famous Red-winged Starlings on campus. These birds have developed a reputation at the university for being sly lunch thieves – many students can tel

A partnership between the University of Cape Town, Stellenbosch Municipality and the Western Cape government is turning an abandoned water treatment facility in Franschhoek into a centre for water reuse research and innovation. The goal of The Water Hu

Some might say that the buzzword for UCT during 2016 was ‘transformation’. The head of the Department of Oceanography, Professor Isabelle Ansorge, heard the call to action and answered with the creation and launch of SEAmes