‘Rehab of mined-out areas, possible’
“We can rehabilitate any mined-out areas in the Philippines.”
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“We can rehabilitate any mined-out areas in the Philippines.”
Research breakthroughs can help growers screen coffee plants that can withstand coffee’s major insect pest and disease, and can aid in rehabilitating devastated coffee farms.
Filipino researchers, scientists, experts and artists who are members of the 6,000-strong members of the National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) will gather at the Annual Scientific Conference (ASC) and 91st General Membership Assembly on March 12 at Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City.
The Philippines’ Department of Science and Technology (DOST) with its United Kingdom (UK) partners, the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) and Oxentia, led the opening of the Leaders in Innovation Fellowship (LIF) Program In-country Event (ICE) in Muntinlupa City.
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) and the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Agricultural and Fisheries Engineering (DA-BAFE) entered into an agreement on February 21 to use satellite data and space technology applications to improve crop production and policy making, including during emergencies, for food security.
Professorial chairs augment faculty salary, student scholarships send those in need to school, research and development (R&D are promoted, and college modernization is advanced at the University of the Philippines Diliman College of Engineering (UPD COE).
A University of the Philippines (UP) atmospheric physicist flew with NASA recently as part of air quality study in Asia that was able to detect various pollutants—such as particulate matter, ozone, carbon dioxide, and methane.
A Department of Science and Technology (DOST) official received the coveted International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Award, the first Filipino expert to bag the recognition.
Mobile game applications (apps) are very popular during this age of artificial intelligence, especially among the youth.
Embryonic development, also known as embryogenesis, is a cornerstone in understanding the origins of life. But studying this marvel of intricate and layered biological processes in people faces considerable challenges.
You read it right! Tilapia ice cream is the recent addition to the growing trend of unique and interesting flavors of ice cream in the market.
3D printing is currently widely used worldwide in manufacturing consumer products and even in automotive and aerospace prototypes and parts.
Are you a company which would like to help your employees have a healthy work-life balance?
Textiles are commonly regarded as materials to make clothing. But Philippine textiles have come a long way—from wearables to use for security and defense.
A new safer and more effective treatment for breast, colon and lung cancers may soon be in the horizon with the research being done by scientists from the University of the Philippines Diliman-College of Science (UPD-CS) in transforming the anticancer compound deguelin.
Peanut research and development (R&D) outputs were showcased in Cagayan through the Peanut Farms and Industry Encounters through the Science and Technology Agenda (Fiesta).
Out of the 383 extracted particles from 30 ‘bangus’ (milkfish) at selected sites in Mindanao, 235 were confirmed to have microplastics.
Like a disaster, the continuous moderate-to-strong El Niño in the tropical Pacific may bring disruptive impacts to key sectors in the country.
Researchers have discovered that seaweed can be crucial for food security in case of abrupt sunlight reduction scenarios, as seen in scenarios like nuclear winter.
The Science department is calling on the local businesses, universities, communities, and other institutions in Northern Luzon to submit research and development (R&D) proposals in need of funding.
Two Filipino government science researchers have won major awards in international conferences held recently.
Studies on challenges to agriculture in Southeast Asia include one that analyzes the current concerns surrounding a potential rice crisis due to attacks on the infrastructure of Ukraine’s food export system and the onset of a severe El Niño in Asian rice-producing regions.
The number of medals that the Philippines had won from various international science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) competitions has once again skyrocketed in 2023, setting a new mark in the country’s history of Youth Excellence in Science (YES) Awards.
Four journalists who have been covering the Department of Science and Technology for many years now capped the last days of 2023 on a high note when each of them received a Media Loyalty Award from the DOST.
Making it to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings in 2023, research, development and innovation (RDI) is rightfully at the center of the Yuchengco-led Mapúa University’s academic brilliance and efforts.
Nine individuals—including a former Cabinet secretary, scientists, biotech experts, a regulator, a policy expert and a farmer—were added to the roster of awardees of the esteemed Filipino Faces of Biotechnology (FFOB) in 2023 for their excellence in and contributions to the technology, the Department of Agriculture (DA) Biotech Program Office announced.
WASHINGTON—Scientists have found a way to help Alzheimer’s drugs seep inside the brain faster—by temporarily breaching its protective shield.
Led by new solar power, the world added renewable energy at breakneck speed in 2023, a trend that if amplified will help Earth turn away from fossil fuels and prevent severe warming and its effects.
“My ultimate goal is to make a research proposal that will attract funding institutions because the small proposals that I submitted in the past did not qualify,” Dr. Marife R. Hilapad, a professor of Capiz State University (CapSU) said partly in Filipino.
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