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*2003 World Summit Award recognition
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*2003 Winner of the Highway Africa New Media award
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* 2002 Winner of the
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This Month's Features
Climate change and Antarctica
 Scientists
provide some of the first evidence for the impact of global warming on
biodiversity in the southern Oceans.
Big bang in Antarctica
 Hidden
beneath the ice sheet, scientists find clues to the breaking up of the
continents and one of the biggest mass extinctions in history.
Technology
Diesel that 'smells like sunshine'
 SA
technology leads the way in low sulphur diesel that's not only good
for your car, but for the environment and other road users too.
Peterson Portable Sawmills
 Placing
the power of processing timber in small producers' hands, this sawmill
is featured as this month's bush mechanic invention.
New technology addresses oil crisis
 As
demand for crude oil increases, the launch of the Oryx Gas to Liquids
Plant springs SA technology onto the global stage.
Environment
Weaving into St Lucia's future
 Crafty
solutions ensure the sustainable coexistence of communities with the
environment at SA's first world heritage site.
Jigsaw puzzle - how continents split
 New
study says that continents break along preexisting lines of weakness
created when small chunks of land attach to a larger continent.
Africa's fabled icecaps melt
 Ironically
Africa, the smallest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, is the
continent which may well be most affected.
Insight & Opinion
 Perish
the thought - academic publishing in SA
An investigation by the Academy of Science of South Africa
is injecting some much-needed oxygen into the rarefied world of
academic publishing.
Is electricity a solution to biomass use in rural areas?
Researchers ask how effective SA's rural electrification program aimed
at subsidising electricity for low-income households in rural
communities is.
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In this Issue
brings hope
Engineering better photoluminescent products means a ready
solution to light when the power goes out.
It takes more than therapy: researchers say differences in sexual
desire can be attributed to genetic variances.
Laying to rest much speculation, scientists present proof that
AIDS causing HIV-1 came from chimpanzees.
New Karoo Radio Telescope to put SA science on the world stage as
bidding continues for SKA.
Giraffe’s relative, the Okapi, rediscovered in eastern Congo after nearly 50
years.
On Grande Comoro, Mount Karthala is colouring the sky red as volcanic
activity continues.
Consumption of immune boosting stockfish heads help children improve
their short-term memory and spelling.
Education
Science is not a textbook. It is your life. Wrapping up SA's national
Science Week.
June
is Antarctica Month in South Africa. Find out which events are planned near
you.
Funding
TWAS funding for higher education and research for scientists from
developing countries.
TWOWS Postgraduate Training Fellowships
Programme for women scientists from Sub-Saharan Africa.
Competitions
Celebrate Biosciences Month and win a trip on board a Research Vessel
Calling all young science writers. Grab this chance to stir the public’s
imagination and win wonderful prizes.
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