A cell biologist at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) was awarded the 2016 L'Ore'al-UNESCO Sub-Saharan Africa Award for her work involving the use of cutting-edge microscopes and synthetic biology tools to understand how immune genes are regulated. For the past 18 years, t...
MSQ Health partners with CSIR to make innovative health devices accessible
It is undeniable that technology has made life far easier and its impact is felt in every area of society, especially in health care. With new illnesses and diseases being diagnosed across the world, the importance of innovation in health care is becoming more and more necessary. MSQ Health and t...
Eskom and the CSIR sign a new strategic partnership agreement
Eskom and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) today signed a partnership which seeks to synergise the research capabilities of two state-owned organisations in support of Eskom’s strategic and operational needs. The overall accountability to manage the agreement will reside ...
The CSIR supports bright young scientists to take the country forward
In South Africa, June is celebrated as Youth Month to pay tribute to the school pupils who lost their lives during the 16 June 1976 uprising in Soweto. This year, the theme for Youth Month is ‘Youth moving South Africa forward’ and it marks the 40th anniversary of the uprising, which profoundly c...
CSIR and PwC define the 'business as usual' of the future
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) undertook research with support from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to define the "business as usual" of the future, whereby resilience is employed to ensure sustainability in the face of modern day global challenges facing businesses. In li...
IEEE President and CEO talks about disruptive innovations
The speed of technological innovation and the continual expansion of disciplinary knowledge leave little time in the curriculum of engineering students to formally study innovation. Speaking at the CSIR, recently, Prof Barry Shoop, President and CEO of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics ...
eKasi Science: Scifest Africa goes to the township
Scifest Africa has taken part of its event to the township, making it easier for the local township learners to experience the laws and nature of science. Since Scifest kicked off on Tuesday 2 March, about 300 learners from different schools in Jozana, have poured through doors at the local indoo...
CSIR and BITRI to collaborate on dynamic spectrum access research
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Botswana Institute for Technology Research and Innovation (BITRI) have signed an agreement which will see the two entities working together on dynamic spectrum access research. Spectrum refers to the airwaves over which all wireless co...
Eskom and the CSIR sign a new strategic partnership agreement
Eskom and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) today signed a partnership which seeks to synergise the research capabilities of two state-owned organisations in support of Eskom's strategic and operational needs. The overall accountability to manage the agreement will reside ...
CSIR's Centre for High Performance Computing unveils the fastest computer in Africa
The Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has unveiled the fastest computer on the continent, a petaflops (PFLOPs) machine. This is a super computer with processing speed capable of a thousand-trillion floating point operations p...