Faculty of Science

Researchers from UCT are included in two of 12 international teams selected by United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) to establish large interdisciplinary research hubs based at leading UK universities that address the world’s complex deve

In an unprecedented study starting in December 2018 and running until February 2020, a fleet of robotic ocean gliders will attempt to occupy and collect vital measurements from the least studied place on the planet - the frigid ice covered Antarct

Emeritus Professor William Bond, Department of Biological Sciences has just been named as one of the world's most highly cited researchers for 2018.

Husband and wife duo Marwaan and Laa-iqa Rylands will both graduate with postgraduate Chemistry degrees from the Science Faculty on 14 December - Marwaan with a PhD and Laa-iqa with a MSc. Th

Friends often tell environmental and geographical scientist Witness Kozanayi that he left his PhD late. He is undeterred. While his academic journey began later than many and followed a road less travelled, Kozanayi’s resolve nev

Professor Kelly Chibale, founder and director of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Drug Discovery and Development Centre (H3D), has been awarded the prestigious Gold Medal for 2018 by the South African Chemical Institute&n

Researchers at UCT's Biopharming Research Unit (BRU)​ in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology have created a promising new vaccine candidate to help prevent the devastating effects of African Horse Sickness (AHS) – an

New research from an international team of scientists led by Dr Robyn Pickering, an isotope geochemist from the Department of Geological Sciences at UCT, is the first to provide a timeline for fossils from the caves in South Africa&rsq

As the pressure grows on the world’s arable land, aquaculture must play a bigger role in food production if we are to feed a population of 9.8 billion by 2050, as estimated by the United Nations, says University of Cape Town (UCT)

Three students from the Department of Biological Sciences, Ruan van Mazijk, Lucy Smyth and Eleanor Weideman, together with their supervisor Associate Professor Adam West, rec