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Quest Volume 17 Number 3 2021
Year of Publication : 2021
Language : en
Keywords : Magnetic resonance imagingSpintronicsComputer performanceData storageMagnetismAccelerator-based scienceMagnetic fieldSANSAGeomagnetic observation networkAvian magnetoreceptionMaglevMagnetic levitationInnovation trainClimate changeSTEM careersAncient African plantsAnimal home-building habitsCovid-19
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Abstract (English) : MRI: Quest takes a closer look at magnetic resonance imaging - Boosting computer performance: Atsufumi Hirohata explains how spintronics allow more efficient data storage - Magnetism in accelerator-based science: Gillian Arendse reports on the relevance of magnetism at iThemba LABS - Tracking continents in deep time: Michiel de Kock reveals how the Earth’s magnetic field is recorded in rocks - Observing the Earth’s magnetic field: Pieter Kotzé discusses the role of SANSA’s geomagnetic observation network - Birds, brains and magnetic fields: Betony Adams and Francesco Petruccione share current theories of avian magnetoreception - Seeing below the ground: Francois Fourie tells us how magnetism is used to investigate the Earth’s subsurface - Maglev: Quest explores the use
of magnetic levitation in transportation systems - The innovation train: Mike Bruton pays tribute to South Africans who made train-related innovations - The IPCC’s latest assessment report: Francois Engelbrecht and Pedro Monteiro list climate change messages for southern Africa - Starting out on a STEM career: Quest explores two initiatives to develop skills in science, technology, engineering and
mathematics - The ancient African plant that captured Giorgio Armani’s attention - Animal home-building habits may provide clues to climate change adaptation - Essential facts about Covid-19 - Books - Puzzles - Subscription.
Description : Cite: Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), (2021). Quest: Science for South Africa, 17(3). [Online] Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11911/200
Contributor ORCIDs : Hirohata, Atsufumi 
; Hirohata, Atsufumi ; De Kock, Michiel ; De Kock, Michiel ; Kotze, Pieter ; Kotze, Pieter ; Adams, Betony ; Adams, Betony ; Petruccione, Francesco ; Petruccione, Francesco ; Fourie, Francois ; Fourie, Francois ; Farrant, Jill ; Engelbrecht, Francois
; Hirohata, Atsufumi ; De Kock, Michiel ; De Kock, Michiel ; Kotze, Pieter ; Kotze, Pieter ; Adams, Betony ; Adams, Betony ; Petruccione, Francesco ; Petruccione, Francesco ; Fourie, Francois ; Fourie, Francois ; Farrant, Jill ; Engelbrecht, Francois Publisher : Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
Sponsorship : Department of Science and Innovation; Academy of Science of South Africa
ISSN : 1729 - 830X
Peer Review Status : Non-Peer Reviewed
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