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Major step to unravelling the structure of membrane-bound proteins published in Nature journal.
South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Boeing, the world's largest aerospace company, have formalised their collaboration.
Big business from abroad is turning its attention to developing regions such as southern Africa for its next growth frontier, with opportunities being meagre in already developed countries.
Team South Africa scooped top honours at the international Student Cluster Challenge in Leipzig, Germany this June. They achieved the highest total for all the benchmarks of the competition and aced the interview with the judges.
The CSIR's Meraka Institute, in conjunction with various government departments, has recently completed a pilot project training teachers in the Eastern Cape to use multimedia tablets, and will now begin the project rollout to approximately 160 teachers at eleven schools.
More than a third of learners who participated in a recent CSIR study reported that they never use sunscreen when they are out in the sun.
The CSIR Meraka in partnership with the Department of Science and Technology, Department of Environmental Affairs, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and South African National Space Agency are pleased to announce the launch of the Advanced Fire Information System (AFIS) mobile app
Researchers at South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have developed the world's first digital laser. This innovation is regarded as a milestone in laser technology and could spur future laser-related innovations.
The CSIR and the South African National Parks Board have entered into a strategic partnership agreement aimed at optimising efforts to protect the region's natural assets - with priority given to scarce resources such as rhino horn and abalone that have become the target of poaching operations.
In a ground-breaking discovery that will have a major impact on our understanding of the regulation and function of our genes and DNA - our genetic blueprint - a group of scientists in South Africa is the first to show that when genes interact in three dimensions, or engage in so-called 'gene kis