Faculty of Science

How and to what extend did climate change in the past impact early humans and how did early humans adapt to new environments?  The North Kuruman Project, led by Dr Jayne Wilkins and Dr Benjamin Schoville, fro

Researchers, including Dr Tess Gridley from the Department of Statistical Sciences, at UCT, have used state-of-the-art software to distinguish dolphin calls so clearly that particular species could be identified based solely on their whistles

Addressing food insecurity can improve health, develop a more inclusive economy and increase environmental sustainability, says Premio Daniel Carasso prize winner Dr Jane Battersby-Lennard from the African Ce

Astronomy PhD student Khaled Said - a recipient of the Science Faculty PhD scholarship has just been awarded the Gruber Foundation Fellowship by the International Astronomical Union (IAU)

They’ve been used to scare pigeons away from airfields; now, UCT researchers Alex Atkins, Dr Rob Little, Dr Arjun Amar from the Department of Biological Sciences, have employed local raptor experts and

In order to fight an enemy, you need to understand it. Senior lecturer in the Department of Statistical Sciences, Dr Sheetal Silal, is using mathematical modelling to simulate the spread of disease.

Zander Venter,an agroecology doctoral student from the Department of Biological Sciences at UCT has earned himself second place in the 2016/2017 NRF Young Science Communicator competition with his video, "Our footprint from space&

An exciting new antimalarial drug candidate is active across the entire parasite life cycle and holds great promise as a single-dose cure.  Professor Kelly Chibale from the UCT Drug Discovery and Development Centre (H3D) was

Developing smart crops in Africa is critical in an era of climate change with extended periods of drought, says UCT plant molecular physiologist Professor Jill Farrant from the Department of Molecular & C

Increasingly prolonged periods of severe hot and dry weather during the first summer after wild fires is inhibiting vegetation recovery and causing loss of plant diversity in the fynbos, according to a new study published in the