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The CSIR’s Bio-photonics research team follows a laser-driven lab-on-a-chip approach, which has the potential of converting any test to a point-of-care diagnostic format.
CSIR researchers are developing the antibody-based biotechnology behind the rapid tests in partnership with the Agricultural Research Council (ARC), starting with tomato spotted wilt virus, pepper ringspot virus and banana bunchy top virus, respectively. Click here to read this story.
New point-of-care virus diagnostic kits, which will work similarly to a home pregnancy test or a Covid-19 rapid test, could soon help tomato, potato and banana farmers in South Africa detect outbre
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), in collaboration with the South African Broadcasting Corporation, will once again be part of the South African elections, utilising its election night prediction model for the 2024 national and provincial elections. This model was first introduced by the CSIR during the 1999 general elections.
Eskom, in conjunction with the Technology Localisation Implementation Unit (TLIU), a Department of Science and Technology (DST) programme hosted at the CSIR will be hosting a supplier forum at the CSIR International Convention Centre, in Pretoria on 13 to 14 May 2019.