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Date: 
Wednesday, April 18, 2018 - 00:00

The world’s first comprehensive, evidence-based regional assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services for Africa compiled by over 100 leading experts, including CSIR biodiversity experts, acro

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Tuesday, January 9, 2018 - 00:00

CSIR researchers at the Southern Ocean Carbon & Climate Observatory (SOCCO) will put five years of climate and ocean study to the test as part

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Date: 
Friday, May 18, 2018 - 00:00

In a review paper last year in the high-ranking journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Benjamin Heard and colleagues presented their case against 100% renewable electricity systems.  They doubted the feasibility of many of the recent scenarios for high shares of renewable energy, questioning everything from whether renewables-based systems can survive extreme weather events with low sun and low wind, to the ability to keep the grid stable with so much variable generation. 

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Date: 
Monday, June 4, 2018 - 00:00

Media invite

Current poor waste management practices are causing negative impact on the economy, society and environment in Africa.  

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Date: 
Tuesday, June 5, 2018 - 00:00

The Minister of Science and Technology, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, will join South Africa's leading researcher on Devonian marginal marine ecosystems and early vertebrates (ancient fish and early te

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Date: 
Wednesday, June 6, 2018 - 00:00

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is currently developing a 5G testbed, to prepare for the advent of 5G technologies and to ensure that Africa is able to adapt to the demands of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

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Date: 
Monday, June 11, 2018 - 00:00

Media briefing

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Date: 
Friday, June 22, 2018 - 00:00

Six South African students will be looking to win bragging rights in an annual global supercomputer competition in Germany.

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Date: 
Thursday, June 28, 2018 - 00:00

The South African supercomputing team that participated in the International Student Cluster Competition in Frankfurt, Germany, scooped third prize.

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Date: 
Thursday, June 28, 2018 - 00:00

The founder and chief executive chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Prof Klaus Schwab, has stressed the importance for government, civil society and business to work together to ensure the benefits of the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) are distributed equally in society.