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World Water Day: Creating jobs while improving water and sanitation conditions at Eastern Cape schools through innovative O&M intervention to be celebrated in East London.

To mark World Water Day (22 March 2012), East London will see the celebration of two successful pilots involving social franchising partnerships for water and…

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CSIR makes a breakthrough in biomedical stem cell technology

A group of researchers at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) are the first in Africa to establish a groundbreaking biomedical stem cell…

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Nestlé announces research partnership with the CSIR

Johannesburg - Nestlé, the world's leading Nutrition, Health and Wellness Company, has announced on 5 March 2012 ground-breaking research partnership with the…

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Minister Pandor welcomes the new CSIR Board

"The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research has gone from strength to strength, and is still, as it was in the 1950s, the biggest and best-resourced…

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Launch of CSIR additive manufacturing platform-and- aerospace advanced manufacturing centre

The CSIR and its industry partners - the Department of Science and Technology (DST), National Research Foundation (NRF), Aerospace Industry Support Initiative…

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Time Magazine inventions list features UNICEF/CSIR innovative solution for computer learning

The Digital Drum, a co-creation by United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has been cited by the…

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Novel chemical process to reclaim calcium carbonate from industrial waste

The CSIR has developed a novel process to reclaim high-quality precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) from calcium-rich industrial solid waste. High-quality…

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Better scientific understanding of the link between agriculture and climate change needed to inform global policy

Scientists must make critical contributions to ensure food security and environmental sustainability. They can do so by expanding the understanding of…

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