Accolade for being highly cited researchers goes to Emeritus Professor William Bond
Emeritus Professor William Bond, Department of Biological Sciences has just been named as one of the world's most highly cited researchers for 2018.
Chemistry in and out of the laboratory for postgraduates Laa-iqa and Marwaan Rylands
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
Never too late to overcome the odds
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
Gold medallist Chibale warns of African ‘brain drain’
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
New hope in fight against African Horse Sickness
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
A new timeline for the evolution of early humans
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
Aquaculture key to food security and nutrition?
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)
Tracing stormwater in the Liesbeeck River - students passion drives scientific discovery
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
Inspiring wonder in how the universe works
Dr Sahal Yacoob from the Department of Physics at UCT, has been involved with SA-CERN and working on the ATLAS experiment as a representative of not only his country but also his alma mater.
How the world’s smallest flightless bird got to Inaccessible Island
New research, involving Professor Peter Ryan and Dr Martim Melo, from the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology in UCT's Department of Biological Sciences, used genetic techniques to figure out how