The Evolution fo Skin Colour and Why it Matters
Professor Nina Jablonski, a professor at Pennsylvania State University in the USA will present a seminar entitled, "The Evolution of Skin Colour and Why it M
The value of storm water
The proposed Cape Town water tariff for 2018/19 ignores storm water as a water augmentation opportunity, even though it could be critical in bolstering the city’s scarce water supply and its resilience to climate change, says Dr Kevin Win
'A great spirit and a wonderful mind’
Stephen Hawking was “a great spirit and a wonderful mind”, said senior scholar and Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Complex Systems George Ellis in his recent tribute to the renowned theoretical physicist, a collaborator
Digital avatars new in taxonomers’ toolkit
PhD candidate Jannes Landschoff is using 3D digital avatars to study biological specimens.
Professor Kelly Chibale named one of Top 50 World's Greatest Leaders by Fortune
Professor Kelly Chibale, Department of Chemistry and Director of of UCT's Drug Discovery and Development Centre (H3D), was recently named as one of Fortune's Top 50 World's Greatest Leaders. The Science Faculty c
UCT Scientists to join unprecedented international Scientific Expedition
Professor Isabelle Ansorge and Dr Sarah Fawcett, from the Department of Oceanography, together with some of their students will be embarking on an unprecedented international scientific expedition to the Weddell Sea in
Department of Environmental & Geographical Science at UCT ranked in Top 50 Universities of World
Congratulations to the Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences at UCT: The recently announced QS rankings placed Geography at UCT in 49th position worldwide. Archaeology is just behind, being placed in the range 51-1