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LMS? Issue 6 | 2013
News | International & Local
Diary
Metrohm SA Training
11-15 November 2013:
Near Infrared Seminar/ Workshop (Around the
country)
19 February 2014:
Karl Fischer Training School (Woodmead,
Gauteng)
Email info@metrohm.co.za for more info.
International Conference on Advances in Engineering Sciences and
Applied Mathematics
The International Conference on Advances in Engineering Sciences and
Applied Mathematics will bring together leading academic scientists,
researchers and scholars to exchange and share their experiences and
research results about all aspects of engineering sciences and applied
mathematics. The event will take place from 30 November - 1 December
2013 in Cape Town.
For more information, visit www.iieng.org
Joint IMEKO International TC3, TC5 and TC22 Conference 2014
The Joint IMEKO International TC3, TC5 and TC22 Conference 2014 in the
fields of mass, force, torque, hardness and vibration metrology will be held
in Cape Town. This event is open to academia, researchers and engineers
with a keen interest and new ideas in the field of metrology. The event will
take place from 3-5 February 2014.
For more info email tmaujana@nmisa.org ?
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Tick Tock... Discovering our Biological Clock
A scientist at the University of California (UCLA) has discovered a DNA-based internal
body clock that measures the biological age of human tissues and organs. This clock
shows that while many healthy tissues age at the same rate as the body as a whole,
some of them age much faster or slower. According to the clock, the age of diseased
organs, in particular, was found to be a great deal older than the other tissues in
body in which they were contained. The study was published in Genome Biology.
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Yeti Uncovered
British scientist, Prof Bryan Sykes, says that he may have solved the mystery of the
abominable snowman, also called a Yeti. Prof Sykes, Genetics Professor at Oxford
University, suggests that the elusive ape-like creature of the Himalayas could be
the descendant of the polar bear. He compared DNA from hair samples taken from
two Himalayan animals, identified by local people as Yetis, to a database of animal
genomes. He found they shared a genetic fingerprint with a 40 000-year old polar
bear jawbone found in the Norwegian Arctic.
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New SANSA Antenna
The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) inaugurated the latest addition
to its expanding fleet of technologically advanced antennae on 4 October at its
Hartebeeshoek facility. This facility consists of a new 10m Ku-DBS band antenna
and an equipment room, and is outfitted with In Orbit Test (IOT) equipment and
infrastructure to assist clients to effectively commission new satellites. The antenna
was built in response to a growing demand by satellite owners for ground facilities
to test in-orbit communications performance.
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Potential Cure for Baldness
A group of UK and US scientists have developed a hair restoration method to
generate new human hair growth. The researchers harvested dermal papillae from
seven human donors and cloned the cells in tissue culture. The cultured papillae
were then transplanted between the dermis and epidermis of human skin that
had been grafted onto the backs of mice. In five of the seven tests, the transplants
resulted in new hair growth that lasted six weeks. The study was published in the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. ?
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