S&T Media Service

Even those with less than P10,000 monthly income can afford to be happy.

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and representatives from the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship and INVAP discussed the applications of nuclear energy in medicine, agriculture, and energy production, among other topics, in a virtual bilateral meeting recently, the DOST said in a news release posted on its Facebook page.

A project will determine the systemic effect of aged wine from toasted barrels developed by the Forest Products Research and Development Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-FPRDI), a DOST news release said.

COMMODITIES, such as milkfish, mango, goat, crab, shrimp, banana, rice, abaca, swine, bamboo, rubber and feed resources are common in the Philippines. But to develop them, they are among the priorities in the country’s researches, which intellectual properties (IPs) have to be managed.

‘COOPETITION,” not competition, will keep entrepreneurs afloat in the imminent Asean economic integration. This is the advice of Science Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña to the country’s local micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to stay relevant in the industry.

THE Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), through its Technology Transfer and Promotion Division, has partnered with private and public agencies in the areas of environmental protection and technology commercialization. These partnerships have been formalized through memorandum of agreements in the recent 2016 National Science and Technology Week at the DOST-PCAARRD complex.

A new green-reversing technology to remediate oil spills on fresh and marine waters is being explored by the Environmental and Biotechnology Division of the Department of Science and Technology’s Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI).

THE farther a community is from an earthquake’s epicenter or point of origin, the less hazards it will experience. Right? Wrong!

THE Health and Medicine Track of the Third Philippine Nuclear Congress held recently discussed the safety measures for administering radioactive iodine therapy, or radioiodine, to a patient with hyperthyroidism.

SAINT Dominic College of Asia in Bacoor, Cavite, is the newest addition to the growing list of academic institutions now equipped with the first digital science library in the Philippines, the Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosks, or Starbooks, of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).

THE Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) spearheads the National Biotechnology Week (NBW) 2015 that will be held from November 23 to 28 at SM Dasmariñas, Cavite.

CAN a marine plant nurture the growth of another plant? Scientists from the National Crop Protection Center at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (NCPC-UPLB) conducted a research on the seaweed or carrageenan and employed innovative technology. It boosted rice yield by more than 65 percent.

THE country will hold Third Philippine Nuclear Congress (PNC) that will gather representatives from the agricultural, industrial, medical, the government and academic sectors from December 7 to 9 in Manila. The nuclear congress will assess the state of nuclear science and technology and its contributions to national development. The third PNC will focus on the theme “Meeting Challenges through Nuclear Science and Technology for Sustainable Growth.”

BENHAM Rise Region, the newly acquired territory of the Philippines, may provide a wealth of marine resources and biodiversity when properly explored and documented.

THIS year’s celebration of National Science and Technology Week (NSTW) will prove that Filipino scientists can compete not only in Asia but in the rest of the world, Science Secretary Mario G. Montejo believes.

BAMBOO gets a share of the limelight at the 2015 National Science and Technology Week (NSTW) as the Department of Science and Technology’s Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) holds a bamboo forum on July 28 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 nn at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City.

The formation of a National Commission for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases was proposed in order to promote a healthy lifestyle for the people and recommend new policies.

SCIENCE and technology (S&T) workers in the Philippines has doubled in number in 20 years, with the nation reaping economic progress as its reward.

LUCENA City—A scholar once said that the library plays a big role in the quality of education or in the development of lifelong learning skills. This was echoed by Quezon-based librarians, who believe that the quality of library contents could have effects on the quality of education. Thus, the Quezon Provincial Library (QPL) and the Librarians, Association of Quezon Province-Lucena Inc. partnered with the Department of Science and Technology, through the Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII), in bringing to the province the country’s first digital library, called the Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosk Station (Starbooks).

STUDENTS who qualified in the country’s premier and prestigious science scholarship brand recently signed contracts as a term of their obligation to the country.

THE Department of Science and Technology’s National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) honored outstanding Filipino scientists, technologists and researchers, including TV weatherman Nathaniel A. Cruz, more popularly known as Mang Tani, during the 82nd NRCP General Membership Assembly and Scientific Conference held on March 11 at the Philippine International Convention Center.

THE Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is launching not just one, but two microsatellites as the country’s ambitious plan of sending its own satellites into space rolls out.

ACKNOWLEDGING that weather forecasts are “not absolute,” an executive at the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) advised disaster management agencies to focus more on “communicating uncertainty” in understanding and appreciating the science behind weather forecasts and typhoon warnings.

THE Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is expected to help accelerate the pace of the manufacturing industry in the Philippines as the Die and Mold Solution Center (DMSC)—a one-stop solution for die and mold design and fabrication—starts running this year. The facility, housed inside the DOST’s Metals Industry Research and Development Center, is a project under the Makinarya at Teknolohiya Para sa Bayan, or MakiBayan Program.

IN a bid to beef up the Philippines’s pool of science and technology (S&T) teachers, a total of 500 third-year college students passed the Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute’s (DOST-SEI) Junior Level Science Scholarship (JLSS) exam administered nationwide on October 18.