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The following is a list and timeline of innovations as well as inventions and discoveries that involved South African people or South Africa including predecessor states in the history of the formation of South Africa. This list covers innovation and invention in the mechanical, electronic, and industrial fields, as well as medicine, military ...
South Africa dismantled its nuclear weapons programme in 1989, the first nation in the world to do so, and became a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1991. [ 11 ] South Africa continues to use its surplus of Uranium as part of its nuclear energy programme, supplying the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station and SAFARI-1 research ...
The history of nanotechnology traces the development of the concepts and experimental work falling under the broad category of nanotechnology.Although nanotechnology is a relatively recent development in scientific research, the development of its central concepts happened over a longer period of time.
Nanotechnology is the science and engineering of functional systems at the molecular scale. In its original sense, nanotechnology refers to the projected ability to construct items from the bottom up making complete, high-performance products. One nanometer (nm) is one billionth, or 10 −9, of a meter.
Maaza is a professor at the University of South Africa since 2013, [8] and member of iThemba LABS since 2005. [9] [10] This laboratory has a scientific research centre known as the National Accelerator Centre, and specialises in the use of particle accelerators. [11] He is the UNESCO Africa Chair in nanoscience and nanotechnology since 2013 ...
Philiswa Nomngongo, professor of Analytical Chemistry and the South African Research Chair (SARChI) in nanotechnology for water. Himla Soodyall (born 1963), South African human geneticist, known for genetic research into the peoples of sub-Saharan Africa. Andries Van Aarde (born 1951), professor of theology at University of Pretoria.
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is a South African scientific research and development (R&D) organisation. It was established by an act of parliament in 1945 and is situated on its campus in Pretoria. [3] It is Africa's largest research and development organisation and accounts for about 10% of the entire African R&D ...
The second oldest abstract art and the oldest rock art is found at Blombos Cave in South Africa, dated to 77,000 years ago. [5] There are evidences that stone age humans around 100,000 years ago had an elementary knowledge of chemistry in Southern Africa, and that they used a specific recipe to create a liquefied ochre-rich mixture. [ 6 ]