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Date: 
Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 00:00

The CSIR Meraka Institute and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) have announced that the Centre for High Performance Computing`s (CHPC) Tsessebe Sun Constellation System has been ranked as one of the world¿s fastest supercomputers, taking 329th place in the international Top 500 list.

| Media Release
Date: 
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 - 00:00

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Nanomedicine research programme, sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), has been awarded Centre of Excellence in health innovation status by the African Network for Drugs and Diagnostics Innovation (ANDI).

| Media Release
Date: 
Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 00:00

A novel method of sharing South African carbon data with a global audience through the use of social media has been put in place in November 2011 by the CSIR's Internet of Things engineering group.

The SLAS conference and exhibition event was held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Centre in Washington, DC, from 7 - 11 February, 2015.

A breakthrough by CSIR chief scientist, Prof Andrew Forbes, led to the design and development of a new laser system with special optics inside, characterised by features on the micro-scale.

Fluidised bed combustion has been used to burn coal for many years, but using the experience gained at the CSIR to convert industrial waste to energy gives an important new slant to existing techno

CSIR recently presented a training course on food safety and hygiene awareness to food handlers for five schools in the Eastern Cape.

Mapping South Africa’s transport challenges

Improving water resource management in Richards Bay through scientific and technological collaboration

| Media Release
Date: 
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 00:00

Dr Cornelius Ruiters has been appointed to the leadership team of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). He joined the organisation as Executive Director: CSIR Built Environment on 1 December 2011.