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* 2002 Winner of the
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This Month's Features
Not quite extinct
 A
valuable virus which can be used in biological control of
pine-decimating larvae reappears after 20 years.
CD4 counting saves billions of Rand
 New
technology for CD4 counting in HIV/AIDS patients 76% cheaper than
before, to benefit all including remote areas.
Fatigue in your head not muscles
 Sport
scientists say the Limitation Theory of fatigue in sport is wrong. Not
your muscles but your brain "causing" fatigue.
Conservation
Bigger, better, Ants
 Small
invader ants may be to blame for fewer native plant seedlings in the
fynbos ecosystems of South Africa.
Birding has just gone electronic
 Sasol
eBirds has taken the guessing game out of bird watching in Southern
Africa with an electronic guide that fits in your pocket.
Technology
 Probing
dinosaur bones
Probing the microstructure of dinosaur bones with diamond
encrusted blades gives biodiversity insight to millions of years ago.
Voice pitch in the deaf
 New
technology may provide a solution for controlling voice pitch in the
deaf with fundamental voice pitch controller.
Opinion
 Debating
biotechnology
Nobody hears if you don't speak up. Modern biotechnology stirs debate
like none other. Do laws on Genetically modified organisms protect
you?
Biotechnology
for safer water
Scientists say Membrane Bioreactor technology is the way forward for
safe water and a key to global water sustainability.
Equity
in health in Africa?
What does it mean? Equality? A basic minimum standard of
service? A system of entitlements? The challenge of achieving health
equity in Africa.
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In this Issue
Studying deep mining explosions in SA goldmines aids study on
earthquakes.
The discovery of "Wrinkle face" dinosaur gives clues
to how Africa, South America and India split.
Egypt: scientists say discovery of
boron removing plant could clean up contaminated soil.
Health
Injecting newborn babies with laboratory- made antibodies against
HIV may protect them from the deadly virus.
Malaria hope: new drug therapy slashes malaria cases in southern African
study.
Ten years after democracy, South African science witnesses a makeover,
awarding black scientists.
South Africa's top science achievers recognised in annual NSTF awards.
Opinion: how "alternative" is
phytotherapy compared to conventional health care?
Coelacanth research hots up with latest discovery bringing known
numbers to 25.
West Africa crop farmers on alert with threat
from a growing plague of desert locusts - the worst seen in the region for
10 years.
Cut the global warming gas CO2 - use fuels from agriculture
and forest products.
Education
A future in medicine? Introducing an
interactive junior medical course.
New tools for practical science study may
boost interest in the southern African classroom.
Cyberkids: join the Science Granny for some
travelling tales this month.
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