Honours for UCT Marine Science Trio
UCT marine scientists professors Peter Ryan and John Bolton and Dr Sarah Fawcett were recently honoured at the South African Network for Coastal and Oceanic Research's (SANCOR) triennial awards at
MeASURe - new research unit in Physics at UCT
The art and science of measurement is at the heart of a new research unit recently established in the Department of Physics at UCT: MeASURe: the Metrological and Applied Sciences University Research Unit.
Opportunity on the high seas
SEAmester : the brainchild of Associate Professor Isabelle Ansorge, from the Department of Oceanography - where a floating classroom, combines technology with on-board lectures, has just returned from a voyage where 
Antarctic researchers break the ice
A second successful winter voyage aboard the ice-breaking research vessel SA Agulhas II into the Antarctic Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ) has been undertaken by members of the University of Cape Town (UCT) Sea Ice Research Team and headed u
Celebrating women in Science at UCT
Ramona Hurdayal, from the Department of Molecular & Cell Biology defines herself in multiple roles ranging from daughter, sister, lecturer, supervisor, mentor to researcher.
Scientific methods of today essential for uncovering science of past
Associate Professor Shadreck Chirikure, from the Department of Archaeology shows how modern scientific techniques are critical for studying and uncovering the science of the past.
Ice in Antarctica gives insight into global warming
Recently returned from a trip to Antarctica, Associate Professor Marcello Vichi, who was with 70 other scientists, has come back with worrying information on what is happening to the sea ice in Antarctica.
Science Faculty celebrates National Science Week
The Faculty of Science at UCT will be celebrating National Science Week (NSW) with the 10th annual Science Postgraduate Symposium and by hosting the Eskom Cape Town Expo for Young Scientists.
Combining Proximity Relations with Ontologies: Some Challenges
Rolf Gruetter of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, will present the School of IT Colloquium with a talk e
How to study adaptation (and why to do it that way)
Prof Mark E Olson, from the Institute of Biology, National University of Mexico, will present the Department of Biological Sciences seminar