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Rooibos research gets funding boost
SCIENTIFIC research into the health benefits of Rooibos have been boosted with a R4.8-million investment from the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI). The investment is aimed at unlocking the potential...
New research shows no end to coal financing in sight
URGEWALD, Reclaim Finance, and 25 other NGO partners have published research on the financiers and investors behind companies on the “Global Coal Exit List” (GCEL). The GCEL Finance Research shows that South African banks and...
Possible solutions for hard-to-recycle plastics
IN the United States, less than 9% of plastic waste is recycled. Instead, more than 75% of plastics waste ends up in landfills and up to 16% is burned, a process that releases...
Research shows that streetlights contribute less to night-time light emissions in cities than expected
WHEN satellites take pictures of Earth at night, how much of the light that they see comes from streetlights? A team of scientists from Germany, the USA, and Ireland have answered...
Research identifies barriers to funding for early-stage social enterprises
OVER the last ten years, the SAB Foundation has invested in over 200 social enterprises. We define social enterprises as businesses solving social problems. In order for SAB Foundation to invest,...
Research predicts optical metamaterials will soon disrupt $50 billion optics market
OPTICAL metamaterials use carefully controlled nanostructures to manipulate visible light, enabling lighter and thinner optics for everything from eyeglasses to mobile phone cameras. The technology to design and manufacture optical metamaterials is...
Research shows that streetlights contribute less to nighttime light emissions in cities than expected
WHEN satellites take pictures of Earth at night, how much of the light that they see comes from streetlights? A team of scientists from Germany, the USA, and Ireland have answered...
New solar panel research to address SA’s growing energy challenges
The University of the Free State (UFS) in South Africa and Ghent University in Belgium has conducted research on a new transparent solar panel which could provide power cheaply from the...
City improves water quality research
The City recently opened an extension of the Scientific Services Facility in Waste Water Avenue in Athlone to increase the scope and scale of water quality testing.
Mayoral Committee Member for Water...
Technicrete’s Armorflex provides a perfectly engineered solution for new Du Pont research facility
Technicrete’s Armorflex system was specified by both the architects and engineers for use on construction of the new entrance road to Du Pont Pioneer’s newly built research facility at Delmas, Mpumalanga....
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Cape Chamber welcomes Western Cape inter-governmental dispute amidst investor uncertainty
Mr Jacques Moolman, President of the Cape Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
The private sector is facing a new epidemic of uncertainty prompted by Government...
