Media Releases
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has once again demonstrated high standards of science, financial sustainability and corporate governance during its 2012/13 financial year, says the organisation's CEO, Dr Sibusiso Sibisi.
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
In continued efforts to improve observations that will help scientists to understand the precise links between climate and the carbon cycle in the most southern waters of the world's oceans, the CSIR's Marine Robotics programme has deployed the first robotics platform in the Southern Ocean that c
The JD Roberts Award for emerging researchers was presented to Alize le Roux of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) last night (26 September 2013) at a gala event at Murray & Roberts in Bedfordview.
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.
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 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has signed a licence agreement withReSyn™ Biosciences(Pty) Ltd, a start-up company formed to exploit the CSIR’s ResynTM bead technology, which produces a range of versatile tools for the life sciences research and development (R&D) mar
South African Earth observations specialists and practitioners converge at the University of Fort Hare for three days in September 2013.
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