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Scientists find 'weak spot' in HIV

A five-year study of HIV infected people is pointing the way for further work towards a vaccine. Scientists have uncovered a weakness in HIV that enables certain people to produce powerful antibodies against different strains of the virus. The discovery – the result of years of study – has been hailed as a major breakthrough in research towards an HIV vaccine.

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Does Your Culture Support Innovation?

There’s a lot of people talking about innovation these days, myself included. The good news is that business leaders seem to be sitting up and taking notice of this important subject.

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SA's renewable energy plans on track

altWinter is looming and although South Africa's energy problems are far from over recent developments have sparked some optimism, particularly in the renewable energy field.

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Jasco’s Lighting Structures new Maintenance Division gets busy

altLighting infrastructures are essential to facilitate safety and lower security risks for highways, roads, residential, commercial and industrial areas.

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Look Ma, no hands! Google lands patent for robot car

Google has added one more thing to the list of things it can do over the Web: tell a car where to drive. Add a comment

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