BRICS S&T News

Independent Online-IOL, 04 October 2022
Eco Atlantic has responded to affected communities, small-scale fishers, and supporting eco-justice and community-based organisations that are dissatisfied with the arrival of the company’s oil rig in South Africa Read more...
Department of Science and Innovation-Republic of South Africa, 26 October 2022
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is celebrating 77 years of touching lives through innovation. As part of this milestone, the organisation will host its 8th Biennial Conference. Read more...
Department of Science and Innovation-Republic of South Africa, 19 October 2022
Finding ways to treat diabetes using indigenous knowledge about natural remedies has won Dr Nehemiah Latolla of the Nelson Mandela University a place on the world stage of science communicators. Read more...
Department of Science and Innovation-Republic of South Africa, 06 October 2022
The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande, and the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Ms Thokozile Didiza, will launch the National Biosecurity Hub in collaboration with the University of Pretoria Read more...
Department of Science and Innovation-Republic of South Africa, 23 September 2022
The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) commissioned the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) and the South African Academy of Engineering to investigate South Africa’s technical readiness to host a shale gas industry in the Central Karoo Read more...
Department of Science and Innovation-Republic of South Africa, 27 October 2022
The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Blade Nzimande, will launch South Africa’s new 24-hour, state-of-the-art regional Space Weather Centre in Hermanus, Western Cape. Read more...
Department of Science and Innovation-Republic of South Africa, 27 October 2022
While the South African waste sector has been slow to adopt alternative waste treatment technologies, it is believed that skilling young people with new knowledge will bring about much-needed change. Read more...
Department of Science and Innovation-Republic of South Africa, 31 August 2022
Former Executive Director of UN Women, Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, urged delegates attending the 5th BIO Africa Convention, taking place in Durban, to continue fighting for all children and to pay special attention to issues affecting girls. Read more...
Department of Science and Innovation-Republic of South Africa, 26 August 2022
As South Africa marks Women's Month, the Department of Science and Innovation is celebrating the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and innovation. Read more...
Department of Science and Innovation-Republic of South Africa, 23 August 2022
Women scientists at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) are working tirelessly behind the scenes to address some of Africa's most pressing challenges. Read more...
Department of Science and Innovation-Republic of South Africa, 10 August 2022
South Africa supports the international call to members of the scholarly publishing community to enable open access to the real-time scientific evidence needed to contain the spread of the monkeypox virus. Read more...
Department of Science and Innovation-Republic of South Africa, 18 July 2022
With the effects of climate change and biodiversity loss continuing to spiral, the need for ecosystem protection is becoming more urgent, particularly for the communities of the Atlantic. Read more...
Independent Online-IOL, 27 October 2022
The chairperson of the Friends of Zeekoevlei and Rondevlei, Sidney Jacobs, says the City needs to step up its game when it comes to clearing the sewage and pollution of Big Lotus River, which feeds the renowned vlei. Read more...
Xinhua Net, 16 September 2022
Archaeologists have unearthed a gold "funeral mask" dating back more than 3,000 years in an ancient noble tomb in Zhengzhou Read more...
Xinhua Net, 15 September 2022
Chinese researchers have revealed genetic and cellular mechanisms underlying adaptations of yak to low-oxygen environments. Read more...
Xinhua Net, 10 September 2022
Maglev car technology tested on highway in east China Read more...
Xinhua Net, 16 September 2022
Researchers from Nanjing Normal University, Peking University, Tsinghua University, and institutions under the Chinese Academy of Sciences used a model that consists of atmosphere, land, ocean, river and other components for simulation. Read more...
Xinhua Net, 16 September 2022
The analysis of moon samples brought back to Earth by China's Chang'e-5 probe suggests that minerals on the lunar surface have a high content of solar-wind-derived water. Read more...
Xinhua Net, 18 September 2022
China's first Mars exploration mission has achieved rich scientific results. Read more...
Xinhua Net, 22 September 2022
A group of Chinese scientists have developed a face mask that can detect viral exposure from a 10-minute conversation with an infected person. Read more...

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