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The CSIR Self-contained Self-rescuer Testing Laboratory is the only accredited testing authority in South Africa that monitors self-contained self-rescuers.

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Friday, September 23, 2016 - 00:00

The Sasol Solar Challenge 2016 comprising 14 teams, eight local and six international, will commence the eight-day event at the CSIR Pretoria campus

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Friday, November 18, 2016 - 00:00

Salt Lake City, UT  — November 16, 2016 — The Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) of South Africa has been recognised in the annual HPCwire Readers and Editors Choice Awards, presented at the 2016 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (

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Tuesday, November 15, 2016 - 00:00

The 2016 global carbon budget released on 14 November 2016, shows that while a three year reduced growth in fossil fuel carbon emissions is good news, South Africa still has twice the global average of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per person, compelling the country to increase its mitigation op

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Tuesday, December 6, 2016 - 00:00

If you want to model weather systems, perform advanced computational mechanics, simulate the impact of climate change, study the interaction of lithium and manganese in batteries at the atomic level, or conduct the next experiment of your latest in vitro biomedical technique virtually — and you w

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Wednesday, December 7, 2016 - 00:00

A wide area surveillance system, known as the Postcode Meerkat, was today launched in Kruger National Park (KNP).

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Tuesday, December 6, 2016 - 00:00

If you want to model weather systems, perform advanced computational mechanics, simulate the impact of climate change, study the interaction of lithium and manganese in batteries at the atomic level, or conduct the next experiment of your latest in vitro biomedical technique virtually — and you want to do it in Africa — then there is only one place to go; the Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC).

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Friday, December 9, 2016 - 00:00

The Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor, has applauded a team of six students from the Universities of the Western Cape and Stellenbosch who will be representing South Africa at the International Student Cluster Competition to be hosted at the 2017 International Supercomputing Conference (ISC) in Germany.

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Friday, December 9, 2016 - 00:00

The Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor, has applauded a team of six students from the Universities of the Western Cape and Stellenbosch who will be representing South Africa at the I

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Friday, January 27, 2017 - 00:00

The CSIR’s capability to test the performance of military vehicles when detonating a landmine has been significantly enhanced with the updating of the organisation’s crash test dummies.