Climate change mitigation: Coastal vulnerability mapping strengthens the hand of SA’s decision-makers
The CSIR, together with Stellenbosch University and Nelson Mandela University, has documented activities and vulnerabilities along the SA coast. The geospatial layers and maps developed can be used by government to manage the potential risks and assets of SA’s coastal areas.
Turning a smartphone into a medical diagnostic tool
The CSIR biophotonics group has developed technology that converts a smartphone into a spectrometer to detect illnesses in bodily fluid samples such as urine, saliva and blood.
The aftermath: Drone captures the devastating fire damage in the Garden Route
A security surveillance camera and alerting system
Text and audio synchronisation for accessible digital reading and learning
A live video and image processing toolbox
#CSIR75: Ecological Infrastructure: People and business building a secure future together
Highly potent anti-HIV antibodies produced using plants
Highly potent anti-HIV antibodies produced using plants
Research shows storms drive outgassing of carbon dioxide in the subpolar Southern Ocean
CSIR scientists from the Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observatory and a team of international scientists have published research findings on how storms drive the outgassing of carbon dioxide in the subpolar Southern Ocean.
CSIR and CapeBio co-develop Covid-19 Test Kit
A CSIR private-public partnership shows how funding through the national research and development system helped create South Africa’s own, locally developed PCR test kits and reagents to test Covid-19.
The CSIR PV Module Quality and Reliability Lab
#CSIR75: An energy living lab – The Upper Blinkwater Minigrid
A model for rural electrification: The Upper Blinkwater minigrid – An energy living lab
#NSW2021 - Making it possible through science
Converting food waste into high-value materials
CSIR experts in advanced agriculture and food research have partnered with the United Nations Development Programme to create a solution that maximises the value of waste created at fresh fruit markets across the country.