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| Media Release
Date: 
Monday, November 13, 2017 - 00:00

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research’s (CSIR) emerging innovators will present their new technologies to potential partners, funders and customers at a pitching competition to be held in Pretoria on Friday, 17 November 2017. 

| Media Release
Date: 
Friday, November 17, 2017 - 00:00

The just-released 2017 Global Carbon Budget, an annual update on the carbon budget published through a partnership of the international science community, shows that the increase in fossil fuel emissions was lower than that of a decade ago.

| Event
Date: 
Wednesday, November 29, 2017 - 00:00 to Friday, December 1, 2017 - 00:00

The CSIR in collaboration with the Innovation for Sustainable Development Network, Stellenbosch University and the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn) at the University of Pretor

| Media Release
Date: 
Tuesday, November 21, 2017 - 00:00

South Africa established the National Centre for Nano-Structured Materials (NCNSM) ten years ago, to conduct research and developing technology skills in nano related areas, thus boosting the country’s competitiveness in this field.

| Media Release
Date: 
Monday, November 27, 2017 - 00:00

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is celebrating 10 years of conducting world-class research and development in the field of nanotechnology. The CSIR’s National Centre for Nanostructured Materials (NCNSM) was launched in 2007 as part of the implementation of government’s National Nanotechnology Strategy. Nanotechnology research is a key pillar of the CSIR’s activities that is focussed on finding solutions that address the broader societal challenges of South Africa.

| News
Date: 
Thursday, November 30, 2017 - 00:00

The SABS’ (South African Bureau of Standards) has published 10 proposals that have been received for development of new standards and request you to comment on these proposals as part the drive to

| News
Date: 
Thursday, November 30, 2017 - 00:00

CSIR research to determine the monetary value of the impact of aphids on selected commercial small grains in the Western Cape concluded that aphid-related problems is insignificant from a financial perspective. Aphids (commonly referred to as plant lice) are small insects that suck sap from plants.

| News
Date: 
Thursday, November 30, 2017 - 00:00

The South African National Defence Force recently launched a range of new military vehicles that will be used to patrol South Africa’s borders.

| Media Release
Date: 
Sunday, December 3, 2017 - 00:00 to Thursday, December 7, 2017 - 00:00

Over 30 students from different universities across the country will battle in a cyber security competition This competition creates a platform for students to compete in real-time and come up with ideas that could protect South Africa from cybercrimes. According to the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC), South Africa loses over R1 billion each year to cybercrime.

| Projects
Project Status: 
Completed

The CSIR has estimated that commercial farmers in the Dwars River area of the Western Cape spend approximately R600 000 per year ridding their irrigation systems of filamentous algae – often caused