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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
Sweetening sugar's future
 SA
scientists develop and patent technology aimed at revolutionising
modern sugar processing in an environmentally friendly way.
Stopping standby waste
 Introducing
the "wall spider", a clever innovation to address the global
electricity waste caused by unplugged chargers.
Conservation
Solar power empowers
 It
may look like a homemade satellite dish, but each month dozens of
people gather to learn how to make solar powered cookers.
Electronic waste dump hazard
 Nigeria is becoming a digital dump, the recipient
of vast numbers of broken gadgets from the West that can leak dangerous
substances into water.
Technology
Microdot technology
 Containing
a unique number, microdot technology is a new means to combat
spiralling car theft - both police and business taking note.
Good in space, good on the ground
 Is
a water purifier designed for a space station relevant to rural
Africa? New technology targeting Africa's demand for clean water.
Insight
 Ten
years of teaching science in Africa
A lecturer and scientist provides insight into the
challenges of teaching and practising science in southern Africa.
Managing
land in Namibia
Conservancy movements in Namibia work because they give people an
incentive to protect wildlife rather than poach it.
Pirate fishing thrives
Report reveals the link between illegal
fishing operations in the world’s oceans and countries that offer
cheap registration services to fishing vessels.
Emergence
of innovative developing countries
Leaders from around the world gather to find new ways for S&T to
play a part in sustainable development.
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In this Issue
Scientists find albatrosses act as giant hot water bottles for
caterpillars who survive in extreme temperatures.
South African innovation in pasteurisation of shell eggs reduces risk
of infection by Salmonella enteritidis and potentially Avian
influenza.
A landmark trial study finds that circumcision reduced the rate of new
infections among heterosexual men in South Africa by about 60%.
As fears of avian flu abound, scientists ponder the likelihood of a
sickly bird already stressed out by the migration surviving the trip to
southern Africa.
Scientists seek to unravel the mysterious tropical skin disease
prevalent in Africa and nicknamed "the sore that heals in vain"
With the perceived changes in their social status, East Africa's male
cichlids transform as dominant rivals removed, scientists find.
One of the mining industry's most common mineral processing devices
could result in an application significant in the field of heart surgery.
Scientist fear that an eco-attraction on Africa's west coast could lead
to local extinction as local population grows.
Education
Designing and programming LEGO robots, now
part of an international initiative to get kids interested in science and
technology.
Beekeeping guide for southern Africa. Handbook that will benefit both the
seasoned beekeeper and the beginner.
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