Technology for Africa - within planetary boundaries
In the latest edition of ScienceScope, we feature some of the CSIR’s work to help meet the needs of the continent while answering critical questions about how…
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CSIR develops affordable probiotic and smart farming app to boost child health and food security
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) hosted a hybrid media briefing to showcase the remarkable efforts of young South African researchers…
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CSIR delivers locally produced powder for additive manufacturing industry
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has successfully produced 316L stainless-steel powder using a recently commissioned ultrasonic…
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CSIR hosts biennial science and innovation conference in partnership with G-STIC
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is celebrating 80 years of touching lives through innovation. As part of celebrating this milestone,…
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Necsa and CSIR sign MoU on research and technology development initiatives
The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the CSIR to collaborate research and technology…
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CSIR and partners launch cost-saving housing block using construction waste
Waste material from the construction sector can now be used in an innovative green building block used to build low-cost RDP houses through a Department of…
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President Cyril Ramaphosa engages with local technologies at CSIR
Joint media statement President, Cyril Ramaphosa, praised the CSIR, an entity of the Department of Science, Technology, and Innovation, for its commitment…
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Value chain analysis for identification of opportunities in solar PV and battery storage in South Africa
On Wednesday, 12 March 2025, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) hosted a dissemination…
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CSIR releases statistics on power generation in South Africa for 2024
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has released annual reports on power generation statistics in South Africa, covering the period from…
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CSIR celebrates the completion of phase one of Ngiyaqonda!
On Wednesday 12 March, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) marked the successful completion of phase one of the Ngiyaqonda! project with…
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Clyrofor and CSIR sign MoU to foster innovation and skills development in cybersecurity
On Thursday, 13 February 2025, the Council for Scientific, and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Clyrofor signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to advance…
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South African Green Hydrogen EIA Guideline and Potential Atlas launched
Two environmental planning tools were released by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale…
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Global decline in ocean production underestimated by climate models, CSIR-led research finds
CSIR researchers say that climate models underestimate the global decline in the productivity of the oceans resulting from ocean warming. Their finding follows…
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Satellite ocean colour maps warn abalone farmers of harmful algae
Abalone farmers along South Africa’s coast are now using ocean colour maps to track marine algal blooms that could harm their export molluscs. Scientists from…
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Scientists called in as wind disrupts fruit exports in Cape Town
The CSIR-hosted Alliance for Collaboration on Climate and Earth Systems Science (ACCESS), along with other CSIR researchers and partners, are assessing the…
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CSIR tackles literacy crisis
A recent international study (the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) has sent shockwaves through the South African education community by…
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