News Archive | Faculty of Science

April 2021

Archaeology is first science department with black staff majority - 12 Apr 2021 - 15:15

SA must harness the power of human and veterinary medicine before the next deadly virus strikes - 12 Apr 2021 - 09:45

Ancient southern Kalahari was more important to human evolution than previously thought - 5 Apr 2021 - 19:30

March 2021

Uncovering the mysteries of manta ray communication - 31 Mar 2021 - 13:00

Domesticated sheep reached southern Africa over 2000 years ago – new finding - 26 Mar 2021 - 12:30

New equipment to bolster SA’s ability to perform cutting-edge astronomy research - 26 Mar 2021 - 12:30

Prestigious award proves UCT’s Rosalie Tostevin rocks - 26 Mar 2021 - 11:00

SA unlikely to achieve UN’s SDG for water by 2030 - 26 Mar 2021 - 10:30

Closing the skills gap for young researchers through innovation and entrepreneurship training - 24 Mar 2021 - 12:45

UCT researcher selected for global STEMM leadership initiative - 16 Mar 2021 - 11:15

February 2021

Study finds that most plastic litter in Cape Flats rivers washes ashore close to river mouths - 16 Feb 2021 - 12:30

January 2021

Gigantic galaxies discovered with the MeerKAT telescope - 18 Jan 2021 - 14:00

Win-win for wind energy and eagles - 15 Jan 2021 - 10:15

COVID-19 dashboard measures resurgence risk - 6 Jan 2021 - 14:00

Shrimp-like tanaids mimic hermit crabs - 6 Jan 2021 - 10:30

December 2020

Desert research leads to master’s degree - 9 Dec 2020 - 16:45

Food and clean water start with soil biodiversity: learning more about it is urgent - 9 Dec 2020 - 12:15

Sensing good vibrations: a remarkable sensory organ in the beaks of ancient fossil birds - 3 Dec 2020 - 17:45

The opportunity presented by the call for decolonization - 3 Dec 2020 - 17:30

November 2020

What meteorites can tell us about Mars - 25 Nov 2020 - 09:30

School of IT Showcase displays students’ ingenuity - 19 Nov 2020 - 10:45

Groundbreaking new book: Africa and the Sustainable Development Goals - 12 Nov 2020 - 09:30

UCT’s Prof Ed February bows out gracefully - 12 Nov 2020 - 09:15

UCT’s Prof Daya Reddy calls it a day - 4 Nov 2020 - 11:45

Jellyfish Mating Day: an in-joke that became a tradition - 4 Nov 2020 - 09:30

October 2020

UCT participates in global Mission Atlantic project - 22 Oct 2020 - 12:30

A fishy backyard lockdown tale - 15 Oct 2020 - 11:00

We need to realign computer science with societal needs - 9 Oct 2020 - 08:45

Human hand behind SA’s land-degrading dust storms - 7 Oct 2020 - 09:15

Shari Daya on decolonising Geography - 6 Oct 2020 - 10:30

Enlarge the reach of science through all our languages - 6 Oct 2020 - 10:15

September 2020

UCT-built app to support babies in need of breast milk - 15 Sep 2020 - 11:30

Digital interventions to address maternal and child health challenges - 7 Sep 2020 - 13:45

British Ecological Society award for SA climate change researcher - 2 Sep 2020 - 10:15

August 2020

Professor Hans-Peter Künzi 1955-2020 - 31 Aug 2020 - 12:45

Palaeoscience fellows score for science and diversity - 21 Aug 2020 - 13:15

UCT tap water study goes postal - 20 Aug 2020 - 11:30

Music, Chemistry and Astronomy - 18 Aug 2020 - 14:15

Women making a difference through technology - 18 Aug 2020 - 13:30

Mask education project burgeons into creative remote teaching collaboration - 18 Aug 2020 - 13:00

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