The National Research Foundation has put the spotlight on the successful meeting, this past week, of the 2023 OR Tambo Africa Research Chairs Initiative (ORTARChI) annual gathering. The NRF is... 

South Africa’s national research funding, research facilities and human resources development agency, the National Research Foundation (NRF), highlighted on Friday the success of the meeting this... 

The National Research Foundation (NRF) has highlighted the doubly historic nature of next year’s General Assembly (GA) of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), which will be held in Cape... 

In what is a first for Africa, South Africa’s North-West University (NWU) is to launch a multidisciplinary research area devoted to space biology. Based in the university’s Faculty of Natural and... 

The National Research Foundation (NRF), which falls under the aegis of the Department of Science and Innovation, has announced that local astronomer Dr Vanessa McBride has been appointed as Science... 

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has launched its intellectual property (IP) commercialisation enterprise CSIR C-Cubed (CSIR C3) with a portfolio of 18 technologies and it... 

Japanese researchers at Hokkaido and Kobe Universities have discovered a method to produce a key component of lithium-ion batteries (LIB) at much lower temperatures and in a much shorter time than... 

Telecommunications giant MTN Group and MTN South Africa on Monday announced the appointment of David Behr as the new CEO for the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre of Excellence... 

New insights into the processes of continental evolution and movement during the early stages of complex life on Earth have been revealed by the examination of ancient, superdeep diamonds that were... 

Stellenbosch University (SU) has partnered with mining company African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) to establish the ARM Geometallurgy Research Chair.  The objective of the position is to advance... 

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) researchers have deployed a buoy equipped with a series of instruments in Theewaterskloof dam, in the Western Cape, to gain deeper insights... 

Local manufacturers are well positioned to support the South African railway and transportation sector through products, services and maintenance support tailored to the specific needs of the... 

Diagnostic Radiological Services (DRS) has unveiled its dedicated computer tomography/positron emission tomography(CT/PET) scanning facility in Alberton, which is currently the only one of its kind... 

South Africa’s Medical Research Council (MRC) is teaming up with scientists from eight countries on the continent in an US-funded effort to select an immunization candidate against the virus that... 

British research and development funding agency Innovate UK has launched a programme to help revitalise the South African space industry. This is part of a wider programme which also seeks to... 

Private-sector healthcare startup CERVI is focused on helping address the scourge of cervical cancer, a disease with a 50% mortality rate. The human papillomavirus (HPV), which is sexually... 

British research and development funding agency Innovate UK participated in the 2023 South Africa Innovation Summit (SAIS), held in partnership with the Technology Innovation Agency, in Cape Town.... 

The use of robotics in manufacturing continues to grow at a rapid rate as businesses invest in automation to remain competitive. PFERD-South Africa national sales manager Dennis Phillips reveals... 

Energy technology provider Midea Energy Solutions, a product division of global appliance and air conditioning manufacturer Midea, has partnered with local distributors Livance Distributors and... 

Diagnostic Radiological Services (DRS) has unveiled its dedicated computer tomography/positron emission tomography (CT/PET) scanning facility neighbouring the Netcare Alberton Hospital, in... 

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) has formally requested Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe to change its mandate, to allow it to become involved in the... 

South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) group CEO Loyiso Tyabashe has credited the group’s R125-million profit (and total comprehensive income of R145-million) in the 2022/23 financial... 

South Africa will become an irrelevant trading partner if the country does not keep up with the pace of global technological development says Communications and Digital Technology Minister Mondli... 

The South African National Space Agency (Sansa) has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the China National Space Administration (CNSA) regarding lunar exploration.... 

The National Research Foundation’s South African Environmental Observation Network (NRF-SAEON) celebrated its 21st anniversary on Friday. Organised in “nodes” spread across the country, the... 

Stellenbosch University (SU) announced on Wednesday that a consortium that it heads has been selected by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) to... 

South African Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister Dr Blade Nzimande has emphasized the importance to South Africa of its collaboration with the European Organisation for Nuclear... 

The sixth iteration of the Technology and Instrumentation in Particle Physics (TIPP) conference was opened at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on Monday. This is the first time that... 

South Africa’s inaugural National Space Conference (NSC) is currently under way in Pretoria (in Metropolitan Tshwane), at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research’s International... 

The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO’s) history-making Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission has continued to go to plan with the activation of key experiments aboard the Vikram lander. This... 

The universities of Walter Sisulu and North-West have announced some astounding results from preclinical trials for a combination vaccine against tuberculosis (TB) and Covid-19, with more trials to... 

South Africa will partner with China on space exploration as Beijing seeks to bolster its influence in the competition for lunar dominance against the US and its allies. Two agreements on official...