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New system to help Transnet monitor the condition of its locomotives

CSIR and Transnet engineers are developing the first 13 units of a system that monitors the condition of Transnet’s locomotives, following the earlier successful deployment of two prototypes. The system will enable Transnet to implement predictive maintenance and detect rail infrastructure defect...
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WEF founder encourages business, government and civil society to embrace fourth Industrial Revolution

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. Speaking in P...
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CSIR and metalplus collaborate to provide laser-welding services for industry

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), in collaboration with Actom’s Metalplus, will market and provide laser-welding services to industry over a period of two years. The CSIR, through its laser-based manufacturing capability, will provide expertise in laser cladding and harde...
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CSIR shares its research on HIV-1 detection at an international conference

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) presented its research findings on laser-based HIV diagnostics at the world’s largest photonics conference in California, San Franciso. Lebogang Thobakgale (28) is the youngest researcher who represented the CSIR biophotonics team at the S...
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International collaborative effort pinpoints relationship between climate and malaria in Limpopo

South Africa has experienced an unprecedented outbreak of malaria in several districts in Limpopo this year. The CSIR-hosted Alliance for Collaboration on Climate and Earth Systems Science (ACCESS) Programme, in collaboration with researchers in Japan, have studied the malaria outbreak in Limpopo...
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CSIR biophotonics team presents nine papers on HIV point-of-care diagnostics at international conference

The CSIR biophotonics research team will be presenting nine papers on laser-based HIV point-of-care diagnostics at the world’s biggest optics and photonics conference. The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) West Conference will be taking place from 28 January to 2 February ...
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Minister Naledi Pandor launches the Biomanufacturing Industry Development Centre at the CSIR

The Minister of Science and Technology Naledi Pandor opened a bio-manufacturing centre in Pretoria at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) today. The Bio-Manufacturing Industry Development Centre (BIDC) is a first of its kind in South Africa and it aims to support small, medi...
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mLab and the CSIR partner to unlock the local mHealth & Wellness open innovation economy

mLab Southern Africa and the CSIR announce a new partnership to stimulate more innovation in the Mobile Health & Wellness sector. Tshwane, South Africa, May 27, 2016 - mLab Southern Africa today announced a new partnership with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) aimed at st...
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Finding NEMO: first visual evidence of higher-order immune response structures results from collaborative research

Scientists at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the University of Cape Town (UCT), in collaboration with colleagues at the Institut Pasteur and University College London (UCL) have for the first time visualised a key regulatory protein in cells. This landmark finding a...
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