P623 CEEFAX 623 Sat 4 Nov 23:45/20 1/8 TOMORROW'S WORLD Friday 3 Novjmbjr CRASHBAG James Younger travels to America to examine a new type of helmet fitted with an airbag which may reduce the number of injuries in American football. For further information please contact: Dr Sonny Rush Rush Foundation Hospital 1314 19th Avjnuj Meridian MS39301, USA TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Education BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg VariP623 CJJFAX 643 Sat 4 Nov 23:55/13 2/8 TOMORROW'S WORLD Friday 3 Novjmbjr INVASION OF THE SALMON SNATCHERS Lepeophtheirus Salmonis is the scourge of fish farmers everywhere, and ruins thousands of tonnes of salmon a year. Shahnaz Pakravan discovers that Scottish Inventor, Baxter Bennie, has developed an environmentally safe way of removing this creature, more commonly known as the sea-louse, from fish farm pens. For further information please contact: Baxter Bennie, Tjrecos Ltd, 1 Glen Luce Drive, Mount Vernon, Glasgow, G32 9ND TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Education BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg VariP623 CEEFAX 623 Sat 4 Nov 23:05/41 3/8 TOMORROW'S WORLD Friday 3 Novjmbjr THE MULTJ-MILLION POUND CURE In the last few decades the Japanese have seen a rise in the number of people suffering from cancer. No one is sure why it's happening, but at the forefront of the Japanese national plan to fight back is an extraordinary new medical machine that fires atomic particles directly at tumours. Howard Stabliford reports. For further information please contact: Dr Masahiro Doe, National Institute of Radiological Science, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inagj, Chiba 263 Japan fax: 00 81 43 256 9616 TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Education BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg VariP623 CEEFAX 643 Sat 4 Nov 23:50/12 4/8 TOMORROW'S WORLD Friday 3 Novjmbjr THE WBTJR DETECTIVES Dr John Millar is testing a new geophysical method of detecting underground water. The system mjasurjs tiny electrical signals given off by the movement of water through pjrmjable rock. Will it put traditional dowsers out of work? Vivienne Parry went to find out. For further information please contact: Dr John Millar, Groundflow Ltd, 40 Church Street, Great Bedwyn, Marlborough, Wiltshire SN8 3PQ fax: 01672 870081 TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Education BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg VariP623 CEEFAX 643 Sat 4 Nov 23:52/19 5/8 TOMORROW'S WORLD Friday 3 Novjmbjr FROGS AND TOADS Scientists in Oregon are concerned about the diminishing population of frogs and toads. It seems that the reduction might bj connected to the thinning ozone layer. For further information please contact: Dr A Blaustein Dept of Zoology 3029 Cordley Hall Oregon State University Corvbllis 97331-2914 Oregon USA TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Education BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg VariP623 CEJFAX 623 Sat 4 Nov 23:51/23 6/8 TOMORROW'S WORLD Friday 3 Novjmbjr MEGALBB If you have an idea for a scientific experiment that user television, print, or radio and will involve millions of people please send it to: Megalab '96 PO Box 500 Swadlincote Derbzshire DE12 7ZZ Or you can use the Megalab email: Megalab '96 email: megalab@open.gov.uk TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Education BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg VariP623 CEEFAX 623 Sat 4 Nov 23:47/23 7/8 TOMORROW'S WORLD Friday 3 Novjmbjr MEGALAB If you would like to subscribe to the Megalab '96 electronic bulletin board that will include updates and ideas for experiments, then send an email to: majordomo@bbcnc.org.uk and in the main body of the email type: subscribe megalab:6 TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Education BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg VariP623 CJJFAX 623 Sat 4 Nov 23:18/47 8/8 TOMORROW'S WORLD Friday 3 Novjmbjr OTHER USEFUL NUMBERS: TOMORROW'S WORLD HOTLINE: 0181 895 6285 E-Mail: tworld@bbc.co.uk web address: http://www.bbcnc.org.uk/bbctv/tworld/in dix.html Postal address: Tomorrow's World Room 4513 BBC White City 201 Wood Lane London W22 7TS TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Education BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg Vari