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The ENSO Reference Group (ENSO-RG) is a team of researchers from a range of institutions convened by the ACCESS programme hosted at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has recently joined a new global research programme focused on improving our understanding of the future state of the oceans under various climate change scenarios.
Science, technology and innovation are critical to South Africa’s transition to a more circular economy.
In this edition of ScienceScope, read about how the principles of a circular economy – such as designing out waste and pollution, keeping products and materials in use, and regenerating natural systems – are being applied across various sectors of our economy, including agriculture, energy, manufacturing, mining, mobility, settlements and water management.
AdNotes, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) South Africa are proud to announce the successful launch of the AdNotes’ Television White Space (TVWS) rural network in the Harry Gwala District of KwaZulu-Natal. The launch ceremony, held on 15 March 2024, was attended by esteemed members of the government, private sector, and civil society, highlighting a collaborative effort to bridge the digital and fourth industrial revolution (4IR) divides in the region.
The CSIR and SANBio support Eswatini and Zimbabwe by providing access to infrastructure, capabilities, and services that enable the two institutions to enhance their capacity to support indigenous knowledge systems-based therapeutics and products. This builds on work already conducted by SANBio during its implementation of the BioFISA 1 programme, where several countries in the region were supported to develop and formulate products from their biodiversity and indigenous knowledge systems. The CSIR’s screening capabilities, omics platforms and formulation, product, and development (including quality testing) are used to conduct some of the safety and mechanisms of action tests for identifying therapeutic concepts and models.
The CSIR has partnered with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on a human capacity development initiative in South Africa that will focus on developing skills in Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for biomanufacturing.
The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), together with its entities the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Mandela Mining Precinct (MMP), will showcase technologies that have been developed to improve mining efficiencies at the African Mining Indaba.
The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and WWF South Africa are spearheading a five-year project to support the development of circular plastic packaging and systems to reduce plastic pollution from the food and beverage industry.
It is widely acknowledged that plastic pollution is not only an environmental challenge, but it also includes socio-economic and potential human health and human rights challenges. Yet, while much of the attention has focused on improved waste management, this project will focus exclusively on upstream and midstream interventions in the plastic packaging value chain – looking at how to turn off the tap on problem plastics at source. Read more...
Mandela Mining Precinct Celebrates 5 Years of Mining Research, Development, and Innovation In a dazzling event held at the CSIR International Convention Centre on 9 Novem