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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
 Hunting
for HIV cure
 Scientists are upbeat about focusing attention on stem cell
technology in the hunt for HIV cure after cells of HIV positive "Berlin
patient" become immune to HIV cure.
Clean water in a hurry
 Simple
filter
sachet combines years of fundamental research on water purification,
nanotechnology and food microbiology in a practical way.
Energy
Portfolio effect for wind power
 Scientists
argue that a portfolio of wind farms strategically placed across South
Africa could rapidly provide a guaranteed energy load for the
country.
Viability of wind farms in SA
 From
socio-economic and environmental perspectives, industry report finds
that wind farming is a viable electricity generation option for
South Africa.
Expanding Africa's biofuels
Report suggests that enough land is available to significantly increase
the cultivation of crops, such as sugar cane, sorghum, and jatropha
for biofuels without diminishing food production.
Food
 Controlling
deadly toxins in maize
Scientists offer a natural, safe, and cost-effective solution to
prevent contamination of maize by the killer aflatoxin.
Cassava gets a makeover
 Recognizing
the potential of cassava as the ‘poverty and drought fighter’ crop
in Africa, the "poor man's food" gets a change of image.
Food in Africa: laggard to lion
 Recent
gathering of scientists suggests that African led agricultural
innovations are poised to move the continent from “laggard” to
“lion” in food production and economic development.
Insight & Opinion
Criminalising HIV
Activists and governments at loggerheads regarding the effectiveness
of criminalizing the transmission of HIV, in the fight against AIDS.
Moving
ahead with microbicides
After the announcement of the first positive results from a
microbicide trial, scientists and policy makers look to the future.
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Waiting up to 3 days for forensic evidence can be a thing of the
past as new test can match suspects' DNA with crime samples in 4 hours.
Scientists
find that there is more to washing hands than cleanliness or "washing" away
moral guilt.
Fossils of an ancient crocodile with
mammal-like teeth have been discovered in the Rukwa Rift Basin of Tanzania,
a team of American, South African and Tanzanian scientists report.
Small SA towns hopes for honeybush tea. Naturally growing honeybush may be
a gold mine for locals planning on cornering a market.
Funding for the continued development and commercialisation of Joule,
Africa's first electric vehicle has been approved.
Biotechnology
In a major breakthrough, scientists have successfully transferred genes
from green pepper to bananas that enable the crop to resist deadly diseases.
Access to new patent pool to allow South African pharmaceutical and
biotechnology companies to access intellectual property stemming from
hundreds of millions of dollars of GSK research.
Environment & Wildlife
Arrests made in the illegal trading of Madagascar's ploughshare Tortoise
- one of the world's rarest reptiles.
University of British Columbia
researchers have observed one of the fastest evolutionary responses ever
recorded in wild populations.
Science Education
Sasol Techno X, SA's largest career exhibition will
this month continue its track record of connecting learners to career
choices in science, mathematics and technology.
Neil Turok's Next Einstein Initiative to establish 15 Maths centres in
Africa over the next decade.
Applications are open for the Faculty for the Future program which awards
fellowships to women from developing and emerging economies to pursue PhD or
post-doctoral studies in the physical sciences.
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