Research & Analysis

A group of researchers at South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research have become the first in Africa to make a breakthrough in biomedical stem cell technology, making it possible to find cures to some of the continent's most significant diseases.
• Digital drum boosts computer literacy

A group of scientists from South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research have established a groundbreaking biomedical stem cell technology - a first for Africa - which could hold the key to finding cures for some of the contintent's biggest diseases.

The South African Rooibos Council is participating in an international project to improve the export competitiveness of rooibos, one of the country's best-known products and, as a tea, a sought-after local and international beverage.

The South African Rooibos Council is participating in an international project to improve the export competitiveness of rooibos, one of the country's most well-known products and as a tea, a sought-after local and international beverage.
• South Africa develops rooibos flavour wheel

South African researcher Alison Kock is one of an international group of contributors to a massive photo library of great white shark fins – one they hope will enable them to eventually track the movements of every great white.
• Saving our vulnerable sharks

UK-based communications research company Informa Telecoms & Media is to open a new office in Johannesburg, giving it direct access to the fast-growing African telecommunications market.

Two researchers from South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research have won Google Research Awards, together worth R1.2-million, for their work in human language technologies and wireless and mobile communication systems.

Second landline operator Neotel and its partners have launched the first four sites of South Africa's own national research network, giving tertiary and research institutions access to high bandwidth in a bid to reshape research and education networking in the country.

South African researchers will now have a better chance in their quest to find new knowledge and scientific applications, with the Centre for High Performance Computing giving them access to massive amounts of computing power.

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research is representing South Africa in an international, multi-partner project aiming to demonstrate that solar disinfection of drinking water is an effective intervention against waterborne diseases.