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Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 00:00

The CSIR Meraka Institute selected a Neotel/Broadband Infraco partnership to install a 10 Gigabit per second network to the South African Large Telescope (SALT) and Square Kilometre Array (SKA) sites in the Northern Cape.

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Monday, October 18, 2010 - 00:00

With South Africa now in the grip of veld fires in dry parts where the summer rains have not yet brought relief, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has announced that its Advanced Fire Information System (AFIS) has been upgraded.

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Friday, October 8, 2010 - 00:00

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa, October 8, 2010 - CSIR Meraka Institute today announced it has received a grant to participate in HP's Catalyst Initiative, a global social innovation program designed to develop more effective approaches to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) educati

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Thursday, October 7, 2010 - 00:00

A unique partnership between NASA and agencies in Africa and Europe has sent more than 30 terabytes of free Earth science satellite data to South African researchers to support sustainable development and environmental applications in Africa.

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Friday, September 10, 2010 - 00:00

A South African consortium comprising the Meraka Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), The Innovation Hub, Innovation Lab and Ungana-Afrika, has been selected to host the Southern African laboratory of the African Regional Mobile Application Laboratory.

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Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 00:00

Every second year since 2006, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) dedicates two days to its 'Science real and relevant' conference to share research progress, breakthroughs and impact in an open forum.

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Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 00:00

A new technology demonstrator, designed and developed by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), is set to change the game of cricket.

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Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - 00:00

Transport infrastructure engineer, Dr James Maina of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has been selected as the 2010 recipient of the prestigious JD Roberts Award.

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Monday, July 12, 2010 - 00:00

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world," Nelson Mandela.