Faculty of Science

A fascinating research paper authored by University of Cape Town (UCT) academic Associate Professor Emese Bordy, which carefully studies a trackway made by a tiny, agile dinosaur almost 200 million years ago, offers an “evocative

University of Cape Town (UCT) graduate Kialan Pillay broke some records when he graduated in computer science and mathematical statistics at 19 and got his honours degree in computer science at just 20, both first-class. With invitatio

Young astronomy researchers have the opportunity to learn skills that will allow them to bridge the gap between academia and launching their careers in the workforce. SKIES (SKilled, Innovative and Entrepreneurial Scientists) is an ambitious

The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Drug Discovery and Development Centre (H3D) has partnered with the University of Limpopo (UL) on a project to boost drug discovery research capacity at this historically disadvantaged institution (HDI).

Dr Tshiamiso Makwela, who recently graduated with a PhD in Astronomy wants to advance astronomy education in Africa through her research work.

Big bones from the extinct ‘thunderbird’ or dromornithid indicate that while their size and breeding cycle gradually changed over millennia, they ultimately could not keep pace with the environmental changes around them.

Sarah Fransman remembers when spawning Clanwilliam sandfish arrived in the Biedouw Valley near Clanwilliam. The thousands-strong shoal creating wavelets along the surface of the Biedouw River, fish packed on top of one another.