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Natural environment: Tackling the new Integrated Coastal Management Act
The CSIR's offices in Durban will host an information session on Thursday, 2 December 2010, to address topics such as understanding coastal ecosystems and socio-economic systems, and discuss how these can be managed by means of existing and new integrated environmental management tools.
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Energy: CSIR arranges International Battery Association meeting in 2011
The International Battery Association (IBA) meeting, arranged by the CSIR in association with the IBA, will be held in Cape Town, South Africa from 12 to 15 April 2011. This international meeting is a high profile annual event on the agenda of the battery research and development community.
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CSIR bursar SA's best chemical engineering student
CSIR bursar Klariska Govindasamy has been raking in the awards this year for her academic prowess. The latest feather in her cap is having been announced by the South African Institution of Chemical Engineers as the winner of its Silver Medal Award for being one of the best chemical engineering final year students in the country.
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Transport Convention rewards CSIR research excellence
At the annual Southern African Transport Convention (SATC), the award for the best paper by a young (under 35) professional went to three CSIR researchers. "The judges concurred that two papers tied," explains Benoit Verhaeghe, chairperson of the SATC organising committee and Infrastructure Engineering Manager at the CSIR.
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Science, engineering and technology for the built environment
The CSIR conducts relevant research and development to find key solutions to facilitate socio-economic development and improve the quality of life of South Africans. This edition of ScienceScope showcases some of the work done in the CSIR's built environment research impact area, focusing in particular on transport and logistics; service delivery, and human settlements, construction and buildings.
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An excellent year on all fronts
The CSIR has announced that it has exceeded most of its targets and has achieved a solid overall performance for its 2009/10 financial year. This year's results are testimony that the institution has exceeded most of its target to respond to the country's needs without losing sight of its mandate.
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Research on road infrastructure assists winelands
A good transport infrastructure is essential for agricultural-based industries, the wine industry being a prime example, where the uninterrupted movement of grapes to the wineries and the movement of the relatively sensitive and fragile bottled product on smooth roads are essential.
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CSIR licenses cash-in-transit prevention technology
A CSIR-developed technology that is making great inroads into preventing cash-in-transit vehicles from being attacked will soon be available to more security companies. The technology has now been licensed to QD Group, a leading South African designer, manufacturer and distributor of cash protection systems.
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CSIR's biodigester gets provisional patent
A CSIR-designed and constructed anaerobic biodigester was granted a provisional patent recently. The pilot-scale biodigester is located on the CSIR campus in Pretoria. While not the first anaerobic digester on the market, this digester could potentially have a huge impact on renewable energy requirements of rural areas that are off the national electricity grid.
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CSIR acknowledges the role and value of heritage to science
The CSIR recently hosted a seminar to acknowledge the role and value of our heritage to science. The objective was to bring together stakeholders who are engaged in the indigenous knowledge systems arena; strengthen existing collaborations; and work together towards a common goal to provide social and economic benefit.
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First light metals conference a resounding success
The CSIR hosted the first Advanced Metals Initiative light metals conference at the end of October. The conference drew delegates from as far afield as Germany, Australia, Japan, Russia and the United Kingdom, as well as representatives from both the research community in South Africa and industrial players.
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Fine laser cutting and welding: An enabling tool needed for manufacturing worldwide
The year 2010 marks the 50th anniversary of the invention of the laser and CSIR laser scientists are celebrating this amazing tool that has become a veritable 'Swiss army knife' of technologies ... eNews highlights the sharpest blade in the unsurpassed 'bag of tricks' that modern laser technology has to offer - laser-based manufacturing.
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Study highlights municipalities' innovation when dealing with waste
A recent CSIR study found that some municipalities have been quite innovative to address the service delivery challenges in their areas. CSIR researchers visited 19 local municipalities and five metros to put together a toolkit of best practise of different aspects of good waste management.
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CSIR scientists contribute to MeerKAT- a sentry of astronomical proportions
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope is set to revolutionise radio astronomy. This new generation astronomical facility promises a larger radio wave collecting area than any other facility in the world; it will be 50 times more sensitive and able to survey the sky 10 000 faster than any other imaging radio telescope array.
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National estuarine management protocol developed for South Africa
As part of a Water Research Commission project on cooperative governance, the CSIR, with contributions from various lead authorities, initiated the development of a national estuarine management protocol (NEMP) – a flexible, but legally defensible, protocol providing guidance to estuarine managers at all levels.
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