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*2003 World Summit Award recognition
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Winner of the NSTF Award for Science
Winner of the Highway Africa New Media award
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This Month's Features
Science and art meet in Antarctica
 Despite
the barren terrain, Antarctica is abuzz with scientific research, now
resulting in some interesting artistic spin-offs.
Harvesting energy in the windy city
 Long
referred to as the "windy city", Port Elizabeth on Africa's
south coast takes the lead with turnkey solutions for harvesting
energy from wind.
How sustainable is your sushi?
 With
information on endangered fish species an SMS away you can now make
informed choices on your next restaurant meal or trip to the
fish market.
On the move: Leatherback
turtles
 Crocodile
expert focuses the spotlight on the highly endangered
Leatherback and Loggerhead sea-turtles now nesting off the East
Coast of Africa.
Health
Mining plants for anticancer drugs
 Could
SA plants hold the secret to a new cancer drug? Scientists in SA have
identified 15 plants which they believe hold promise.
Why food-poisoning kills HIV patients
 Scientists
discover why HIV-positive African adults infected with Salmonella die
from what otherwise would be a 7-day bout of diarrhoea.
Insight & Opinion
Should we look towards battery power?
Batteries instead of power stations? Driving future cars today? Saving
money AND the environment at the same time? Are these things possible
- or just a pie in the South African sky?
Nanotech
takes off in SA
Some deem it as big as the industrial revolution or the dawn of the
information era. Now South Africa has joined the nanotechnology
race.
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In this Issue
They may not look human but the enduring fruitfly has helped scientists
identify a mechanism that helps brain cells lock-in memories.
Contrasted to the pristine African settings flamingoes frequent, scientists set
out to discover why flamingos are so in the pink of health - in the poo - on
a different continent.
In a triumph for science, deadly childhood meningitis disease all but
eliminated in Uganda.
Ghana's plantain banana production gets a hand up with new propagation
techniques.
Forget the snows of Kilimanjaro – Africa is at risk of
losing the central African glaciers that are the highest permanent source of
water to the Nile.
Analysis of the first hand bones belonging to an ancient lemur has
revealed a mysterious joint structure that has scientists puzzled.
Technology
Africa's best NMR facility revels in new "spectacles"
which enables us to reveal the structure of useful substances in a matter of
minutes.
Petroleum industry in SA benefits from new exhibition facility for rather
large bits of core drilled from the Earth.
Education
Famous Dinosaurs of Africa, the first
children's book from distinguished SA scientist.
Africa's largest science festival inspires a passion for science.
Science clubs taking off in SA provide learning outside the classroom
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