Chain event graphs in modelling complex health and medical data
The Department of Statistical Science will present a new short course entitled, "Chain event graphs in modelling complex health and medical data".
Stats Toolbox seminar: An introduction to R Tidyverse and its usefulness in data wrangling and analysis
Dr Dominic Henry will present the SEEC Stats Toolbox seminar where he will introduce R Tidyverse and its usefulness in data wrangling and analysis.
New automated shark-spotting project
After 15 years of using trained observers (spotters) to successfully reduce the risk of shark bites in Cape Town, the Shark Spotters programme – in collaboration with the UCT's Institute for Communities and Wildlife in Africa and P
Global networking: Empowering Women in Chemistry
A group of 40 women (and one man!) gathered at Stellenbosch Botanical Gardens on 12 February to participate in a global networking event called Empowering Women in Chemistry. Professor Susan Bourne and Dr Cesarina E
Conservation in the digital age: Google Images reveals the diet of Africa’s largest eagle
Researchers from the Department of Biological Sciences at UCT, Vincent Naude and Associate Professor Arjun Amar have used Google Images to track the dietary habits of Africa’s largest eagle, the Ma
New dinosaur discovered in Mongolia
A new species of dinosaur – a type of oviraptorosaur – has been discovered in Mongolia by a team of researchers from South Korea and their colleagues, including UCT’s Professor Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan.
Women making their mark in science
Each year on February 11, the United Nations marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. It’s a chance to reflect on how
UCT scientists part of international study of Antarctic waters - the least studied place on the planet
UCT scientists from the Department of Oceanography, Dr Marcel du Plessis and Isabelle Giddy, are part of an international study that is attempting to occupy and collect vital measurements from the least studied place on the planet – the frig
Hybridisation and the science of becoming human
Professor Rebecca Ackermann, in the Department of Archaeology at UCT and director of UCT’s Human Evolution Research Institute (HERI), has made a series of in-depth studies of hybridisation and how it has served as an essential cr
Cape Town’s drought under the microscope
Research by Department of Oceanography student Precious Mahlalela into the cause of Cape Town’s recent devastating drought has earned her the acknowledgment of having a paper published in top international scientific journal