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New state-of-the-art detector plates (GAMKA) New state-of-the-art detector plates designed and manufactured by local company CJ Dustraction Systems in Kuils River (Cape Town, South Africa) are on their ...

Official launch of the MANDELA project at UWC & UniZulu in collaboration with University of York Collaborations between tertiary institutions are not unheard of in this day and age, but less often do we find that these partnerships withstand the winds of change. One such a ...

Webinar: Commissioning of Modern African Nuclear Detector Laboratories at UWC and UniZulu DETAILS Date: Thursday, 24 March 2022 Time: 11:00-12:00 (SAST) 9am (GMT) Platform: Zoom JOIN WEBINAR HERE BACKGROUND The collaboration between the Universities of the Weste...

Fun With Physics: The Cartoon Adventures Of A Nuclear Physicist "It was the year 2022. The third and final year of the pandemic. The world of science was desperately in need of hope, motivation, and social interaction. Isomeric came to ...

Africa Women in Data Science Event DARA Big Data, in partnership with the Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD), IDIA and SARAO is hosting a free 3-day Africa Women in Data Science online event. The...

R2m Grant For Supernova Scientist: Dr Michelle Lochner Elected To South African Young Academy Of Science Astrophysicist Dr Michelle Lochner has had a (pardon the pun) stellar year. She’s received an NRF P-rating, marking her as one of South Africa’s most promising young...

Young African universities take the lead Having long played the role of collaborators with other, more renowned, institutions, historically disadvantaged South African universities are now challenging the status quo &m...

NITheP Colloquium: Prof Nico Orce - "On the universality of the r-process (or why we see the same abundance of elements around us)" Prof Nico Orce will deliver "On the universality of the r-process (or why we see the same abundance of elements around us)" at the National Institute of Theoretic...

[Watch] UWC Features in an Inspiring Physics Documentary The University of the Western Cape (UWC) featured in the South African Institute of Physics documentary about physics in everyday life, released recently. In the documentary, wh...

Telescope built by Karoo locals releases data to astronomers around the world The HERA telescope, an array of 350 antennas situated next to MeerKAT in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, is being built by a team of local artisans from the town of ...

New analysis of more than 2000 Galaxies with MeerKAT Using early science data for the MIGHTEE project on the MeerKAT radio telescope, a researcher at the University of the Western Cape – with collaborators from eight countri...

Africa for Africa - Yao Marc becomes Ivory Coast's very first astrophysicist His dream has always been to come to South Africa to study astrophysics. Today, Harris Yao Marc can proudly say he became the first to earn a PhD in astrophysics in his home cou...

Webinar: Stepping outside the Box UWC's Department of Physics and Astrophysics is hosting a webinar titled "Stepping outside the box". Host: Professor Delia Marshall (Chairperson, Department o...

NITheCS Colloquium: Professor Nico Orce - "How atomic nuclei polarize?" You are invited to a NITheCS Colloquium presented by Professor Nico Orce titled "How atomic nuclei polarize?". Date: Monday, 10 May 2021 Time:...

NSTF “Science Oscars” Will Recognise SA’s Finest - And The UWC Nominees Are... The National Science and Technology Forum awards were established decades ago to recognise outstanding contributions to science. The University of the Western Cape (UWC) is once...

Science In The Stars: P-Rated Researcher Michelle Lochner On Machine Learning & Human Curiosity The Square Kilometre Array will be the world’s largest and most powerful radio telescope, powerful enough to sense radio waves from objects millions or even billions of li...

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