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 Scibiz Seventeen years ago, Peter Drucker, a management guru, in his book "Managing in a Time of Great Change" highlighting four new markets, presciently noted "The second of new markets call it -environmental market- may end up presenting an even greater ...details
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Rescuing Oil
 Energy The recent free fall in oil prices has made life a nightmare for countries like Nigeria, where oil accounts for 90 percent of the ...details
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A new inspiration for efficient innovation
By Francis Onwumere | Saturday, December 6 2008 | Materials
Spiderman, Batman, Blue Beetle, apart from being our childhood comic superheroes represent an inspiration that is making a new generation of innovative technology possible. This inspiration is being applied today in a field of engineering design (2) comments
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Show me the way: The race to a digital Africa
By Ik Anyanwu and Francis Onwumere | Monday, November 10 2008 | Infotech
A new era in communication is unfolding. The phenomenon is driving globalization at a break neck speed causing boundaries between industries and economies to shatter. At the heart of this change is technological innovation which focuses on better (0) comments
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Stopping HIV at the Gate
By Nnaemeka Nwachukwu | Saturday, October 4 2008 | Biotech
As the speculated HIV vaccine remains elusive, researchers have become focused on newer methods of preventing the transmission of the disease especially in situations where prevention has proved most difficult. Take the case of mother to child (3) comments
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Innovation offers Africa a chance with Energy
By Francis Onwumere | Friday, September 12 2008 | Energy
Tiny specks of incandescent light spot the landscape as an orchestra of electric generators are in full swing. Nigerian citizens of the last few years have been referred to very descriptively as the generator generation and the situation is (3) comments
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Turning the Food-Fuel Crisis on its Head
By Ikechukwu Anyanwu | Tuesday, September 2 2008 | Biotech
The global frenzy to find alternatives to traditional fossil fuels has gained a new twist. This renewable petroleum initiative comes as a respite, as international concern on rising food prices attributed to production of biofuels is beginning to (3) comments
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A New Era in Medical Knowledge
By Nwachukwu Egbunike | Sunday, August 24 2008 | Faculty
The compendium provides an ideal ready reference for undergraduates, junior hospital doctors, general practitioners and physicians in the developing world. It will also come in handy for other health care professionals like, medical laboratory (0) comments
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Cervical Cancer: The Rising Tide
By Francis Onwumere | Monday, August 11 2008 | Biotech
A WHO report shows that there are about 500,000 cases of cervical cancer reported each year, with nearly 80 per cent occurring in developing countries. Could this disturbing trend be in tandem with the rising use of oral contraceptives (OCs) amongst (0) comments
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Man or Machine
By Francis Onwumere | Saturday, July 26 2008 | Materials
There remains no doubt that Pistorius is a talented athlete but the question that remains is: how much of the machine is in the (3) comments
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Clogging the wheels of Cancer
By Ik Anyanwu | Friday, July 18 2008 | Faculty
With more incidences of cancer being recorded in Nigeria, there has been an increase in research focused on exposing cancer causing agents (carcinogens). Dr. Chimezie Anyakora, head of the research team on the environmental impact of PAHs, (0) comments
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