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CSIR’s young researcher perseveres against all odds

Growing up in a community with a lack of resources to stimulate learning, and being surrounded by poverty, substance abuse, and high numbers of child-headed…

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Students to represent SA at supercomputing competition in Germany next year

South African students from different universities will represent the country at the International Student Cluster Competition hosted at the 2018 International…

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Africa must participate in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

The next industrial revolution must be inclusive and the science community must ensure that young people are empowered to participate, says Deputy President…

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Students present ideas to tackle cybercrime at the CHPC conference

Innovative ideas to prevent cybercrimes in South Africa will be on top of the agenda at the annual Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) conference…

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Research progress in effective and affordable treatment of mine wastewater

Researchers at the CSIR are building on their early successes in the development of technologies for the treatment of mine wastewater by developing a pilot…

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CSIR nano-centre celebrates 10 years of ground-breaking research

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is celebrating 10 years of conducting world-class research and development in the field of…

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SA’s nanotechnology performance under the spotlight

South Africa established the National Centre for Nano-Structured Materials (NCNSM) ten years ago, to conduct research and developing technology skills in nano…

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Keeping tabs on carbon dioxide: A South African perspective on the 2017 Global Carbon Budget

The just-released 2017 Global Carbon Budget, an annual update on the carbon budget published through a partnership of the international science community,…

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