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Quest Volume 5 Number 4 2009
Authors : Sithole, Happy | Lynn, Morris | Southwood, Patricia | Bighnaught, James | van der Elst, Leandri | Kuhn, Rudi
Year of Publication : 2009
Keywords : High Performance ComputingBlue GeneGreen computingGraphic visualisationQuantum information technologyInformation transferQuantum mechanicsAstronomyModelling HIVTreatmentPreventionAIDSVaccineCliamte changeAgricultureDNAForensic scienceCoastal environmentTelescopeExtrasolar planetMathematical stastisticsFreshwater biodiversityBiotechnology
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Abstract (English) : The Centre for High Performance Computing: The future of computing in South Africa; Green computing at the CHPC: Green computing was an integral part of the planning of the Centre for High Performance Computing in Cape Town; Graphic visualisation: Graphic visualisation is used across the sciences, from physics to biology; Quantum information technology: a novel approach to information transfer: From Schrodinger's cat to information transfer: the applications of quantum mechanics; Space science and astronomy:
The role of high performance computing: High performance computing takes South African astronomy to the cutting edge of science; Modelling HIV: The science behind treatment and prevention - Understanding how the virus evolved and mutates is crucial to developing drugs and a vaccine; Where are we going with HIV vaccines?: The search for a vaccine to prevent HIV has not been without its difficulties, but there is light at the end of the tunnel; Vaccine research makes progress: The South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative: New vaccine trials have started in South Africa; Conflicting reports about an HIV vaccine trial: Results of a recent HIV vaccine trial in Thailand send out contradictory messages; Building the future of computing and science in South Africa: The Centre for High Performance Computing is trying to bridge the digital divide; Climate change and agriculture: Climate change may have grave consequences for agriculture in South Africa; Local action against climate change; Letting the dead speak: The role of DNA analysis: DNA analysis plays an important role in forensic science; Changes in our coastal environment: A newly rated NRF young scientist shares her love of science; KELT-south: The little telescope with big ambitions: The search for extrasolar planets continues; Mathematical stastistics flourishes in Africa: How a young African statistician is helping to control malaria; Freshwater biodiversity in Africa: The IUCN Pan-African Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment - what it means for the continent.
Publisher : Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
Sponsorship : Academy of Science of South Africa: Department of Science and Innovation
ISSN : 1729-830X
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