Faculty of Science

Lutete Khonde, from UCT’s Department of Chemistry, has created a simpler, faster and cheaper way of synthesizing a super antioxidant in the lab.

Dr Petrus le Roux from the Department of Geological Sciences, has verified that a molar found in the Marquesas Islands probably belonged to artist Paul Gauguin.

Professor Kevin Naidoo, from UCT’s Scientific Computing Research Unit, is using computational chemistry to clarify the role that carbohydrates play in identifying types of cancer.

Today 193 countries will sign a landmark declaration agreeing to combat the biggest risk to modern medicine – antimicrobial resistance ­­– at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

A recent media campaign has highlighted the many ways in which South Africa relies on plastics. One part of the campaign is a print advert 

The Science Faculty congratulates all of their researchers who were honoured at the 2016 National Research Foundation (NRF) Awards. 

In a nutshell, says UCT researcher from the Department of Biological Sciences, Saachi Sadchatheeswaran, her doctoral research is about “alien marine cities”.

The origin and spread of savannas is one of the great mysteries of the earth's ecological histories.  A new study, recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), involving Emeritus Professor William

The Eskom Cape Town Expo for Young Scientists, hosted by UCT from 29 to 31 August, showcased 487 projects by 739 scholars from 52 schools – the cream of the Western Cape’s junior and senior scientists. The best projects will go to the

The SA Chemical Institute (SACI) recently announced several awards and the Department of Chemistry at UCT featured strongly at these awards.