Projects
The CSIR's 76 year-plus track record is one of many technological innovations and successful interventions. All of these breakthroughs and highlights first started as a project or part of a project in one of our laboratories or research groups. Read more about ongoing or recently completed CSIR projects.
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The project seeks to find a suitable technique, or a combination of techniques, to measure the different compounds found in diesel engine emissions.
CSIR researchers are exploring the synthesis, modification and composting of porous carbonaceous materials for hydrogen storage applications.
Adverse drug reactions caused by our population being prescribed ‘one-size-fits-all’ treatment regimens are costing the South African government and private medical insurers a significant amount of
The CSIR and Coaltech are investigating waterless methods to beneficiate coal.
The infrared (IR) missile is an ever-evolving threat that requires continuous advancement in countermeasure development to ensure the protection of airborne platforms, such as aircraft.
South African prisons are overcrowded, and electronic monitoring is seen as a way of reducing incarceration and the costs of monitoring parolees and other tagged persons of interest.
The CSIR has developed an electronic warfare pod that can be hosted on a number of fast jet types to provide a dynamic, multi-angle and more agile means of testing the effectiveness of radar and el
The CSIR has developed solvent-free ‘green’ encapsulation technologies for sensitive actives used in animal and human health such as probiotics, proteins, vaccines, drugs, vitamins and bioactive pl
Invasion by alien plants poses a significant threat to South Africa’s biodiversity and human well-being. Ecosystem services are under pressure largely due to this threat.