Faculty of Science

University of Cape Town (UCT) marine biologist Dr Jannes Landschoff describes it as “an intriguing little animal” that lives like a hermit crab but isn’t a crab. Unlike its fellows, this tiny, shrimp-like tanaid also

Liezl Maritz, who is graduating with a Master's degree in Biological Sciences, worked in isolation on the coast of the southern Namib desert and had black-backed jackals as her companions observing her doing her research. She was d

Dr Charlene Janion-Scheepers, from the Department of Biological Sciences, looks at how soils are vital for agriculture, biodiversity and clean water and describes how this below-ground world is often overlooked. She examines

Newly published research by an all-women team from the University of Cape Town shows how one of the most ancient groups of birds (from the time of the dinosaurs) was able to detect minute mechanical vibrations in the soil using their beaks. P

Dr Margaret Blackie, from Stellenbosch University, presented the Department of Chemistry Transformation Committee lecture, with a talk entitled, "The opportunity presented by the call for decolonization ".

Hundreds of millions of years ago something crashed into the planet Mars with enough force to eject pieces of Martian rock into space. Some of these pieces of rock made their way to Earth where they entered our atmosphere as meteors. A precious few lan

Developed by senior University of Cape Town (UCT) students, tech projects and innovations that aim to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems were on display at the 2020 School of IT Showcase this week.

According to Professor Maano Ramutsindela, University of Cape Town (UCT) Dean of Science and co-editor of Africa and the Sustainable Development Goals, a groundbreaking new book, the book brings together over 80 researchers

A professor in UCT’s Department of Biological Sciences in the Faculty of Science, and an international leader in the field of plant ecology, Associate Professor Edmund February’s two-decade journey with UCT will come to a c

After more than four decades of illustrious service to the University of Cape Town (UCT) community, acclaimed scholar Professor Daya Reddy will bid the institution a fond farewell at the end of the year.