Laser technology

Laser science for Africa's upliftment - new year, new projects The African Laser Centre (ALC), of which its South African participation is managed by the CSIR National Laser Centre, held its annual peer-review meeting on 8 December 2008 where research projects for 2009 where rigorously evaluated.

Belarus/CSIR collaborative laser research shows good prospects After a mere year of collaborating, a bilateral programme between the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (Institute of Physics) and the CSIR National Laser Centre, has started to bear fruit and a joint scientific paper has been published.

Advancing the use of laser light energy for cancer therapy and wound healing Studying the actual effect of laser irradiation on biological tissue as applied in cancer therapy, wound healing and tissue regeneration, is the basis of the current collaboration between the head of the laser research group at the University of Johannesburg and the CSIR National Laser Centre, through its Rental Pool Programme.

Laser science awareness campaign reaches over 300 000 people in 2008 The CSIR National Laser Centre's Public Understanding of Laser Science and Engineering (PULSE) awareness campaign was highly successful and effective in 2008, according to its management.