Laser technology

Femtosecond laser used in ground-breaking chemistry research The CSIR National Laser Centre, via its rental pool programme, is assisting the North-West University (NWU) in a new project that researchers at the university believe will lead to the value-added utilisation of methane.

CSIR and Wits professor use lasers for innovative lightning protection Professor Ian Jandrell, internationally renowned scientist, and Head of the School of Electrical and Information Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), is currently working with the CSIR National Laser Centre on a project that investigates an enhanced method of protection against direct lightning strikes using lasers in an innovative manner.