The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has developed a polymer composite solution for one of Africa’s largest steel pipe manufacturers, Hall Longmore, which takes them one step closer to offering the South African water industry a localised push-fit application for pressurised...
Sibongile Mtimka
The study is on finding novel alternatives to the looming antibiotic resistance crisis. Phage lytic proteins have evolved to degrade bacterial cell wall components and are attractive alternative antibiotics. South African indigenous microbial diversity hotspots are a treasure trove for the discov...