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This Month's Features

"Super Maize" and "Super Wheat" is coming to an outlet near you. South Africa is getting set to undertake its most extensive programme for nutrient fortification of food.   

With "super maize" in the pipeline, other scientists take a look at the safety of consuming this staple food. Maize from abroad or local? Aflatoxins have the final say.   

Delicious but pricey abalone is a rich offering from the sea.  With so much at stake, scientists discover early warning signals which could have positive impact on the abalone industry and keeps this delicacy on our plates.  

But for some, seafood means illness. Seafood Allergies are becoming more prevalent as seafood consumption increases. One of the first studies in Africa examines the culprits. 

South African scientists are great innovators but generally weak entrepeneurs. Taking up the challenge to identify marketable innovation,  train and nurture entrepeneurship is Catalyst Innovation Incubator and Deloitte and Touche.

Also in this Issue

Remediation of fine chemicals, biopesticides biotechnolgy and indigenous knowledge - just some of the top ten innovations from SA universities.

"In a bookless society, why start with books?" Give Uganda computers and telecommunications. 

Exactly what is needed: developing countries in Africa gain full access to online scientific databases and journals.  

  There was a time when the Environment Correspondent and the Science Editor sat in little cubby-holes ...alongside the ...Obituaries Editor. No more.

 Rural people are more likely to consult a traditional healer than a medical practitioner. Do these medicinal herbs have a place in modern medicine? 

Giving African soils a boost: Phosphates from rocks and organic matter produce the right chemistry to help farmers.   

It is the most toxic chemical ever deliberately released into the seas. The WWF's campaign to get TBT banned and out of the food chain.

Design gives birth to useful, nation building and uplifting technology. Nurturing design, this month's showcase organisation is the SABS.

Proof that it works: Mintek's proprietary technology to remediate valuable metals produces first commercial copper cathodes

Short news-briefs on science from around Africa

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