Senior-high students develop Internet-based fire-alarm system
Senior high-school students from Manila have developed an Internet-based fire-alarm system that can notify your phone if a fire breaks out in your home.
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Senior high-school students from Manila have developed an Internet-based fire-alarm system that can notify your phone if a fire breaks out in your home.
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.
The tiniest snail in the world might be in the mountains of Argao, Cebu. This discovery is one of the accomplishments of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-funded project “Flora and Fauna Assessment Using Permanent Biodiversity Monitoring System in Cebu Island Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs),” under the Niche Centers in the Regions for R&D (Nicer) program.
PALO, Leyte—The Philippine Science High School (PSHS) in Eastern Visayas Campus emphasized the importance of preserving biodiversity in the region through the Biodiversity and Vulnerable Ecosystems Research (BiVER) Program funded by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD).
LUCBAN, Quezon—Ensuring the supply of the country’s forest tree resources is a must in order to meet the high demand for quality planting materials of the wood-based industry.
THE Philippine Team collected 126 medals in the fourth Singapore International Mathematics Olympiad held in Singapore on July 7 and 8.
THE Philippines wins its historic third gold medal in the prestigious 58th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO).
MUSUAN, Bukidnon—Indigenous plants can be source of biopesticides for vegetable diseases, a study revealed.
Rice leaves a voluminous amount of straws when harvested. Burning seems to be the easiest way to get rid of them, but this causes air pollution and risks to human health.
Green mussel, locally known as tahong, is the only species of mussel being cultured commercially in the Philippines. A challenge that hinders sustainability of mussel production is the insufficient supply of seed stock.
The science agencies of Philippines and Thailand are set to work together in eight areas in science, technology and innovation. The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of Thailand agreed to work together in areas, including medical science, food processing, innovative agriculture, electronics and computer, nanotechnology, space technology, innovative start-up and metrology.
Recommendations, such as the revision of the list of threatened, endangered and critically endangered plants; simplification of the policies and protocols; revival of the Philippine Wild Flora Council; and the intensification of research and development (R&D) in Philippine native plants and product development and its utilization, were among the outputs of a workshop for the conservation of Philippine native plants and flora.
The Department of Science and Technology-National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP) recommended possible courses of action that government agencies can collaborate on to help improve the conditions of Laguna lake. The recommendations were borne out of consultations with various environmental experts.
A study conducted by the School of Environmental Science and Management (Sesam) of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) uncovers the impact of urbanization on the Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary, Cebu.
The invasive growth of paper mulberry tree may soon end through the project, “Processing and wood quality evaluation of paper mulberry for furniture, handicrafts and other by-products.”
Philippine biodiversity offers potential leads for the development of pharmaceutical medicines in the country, according to an outstanding researcher who was recently awarded by the Department of Science and Technology-National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP).
By Eirene C. Zaragoza | DOST-PCAARRD S&T Media Service
TEA-tums. Gracilaria. Sea Grapes Powder. Crispy Sprouted Mongo. These are only some of the 20 innovative food products developed from local raw materials in the Department of Science and Technology-Food Innovation Centers (DOST–FICs) in every region in the country.
BICUTAN, Taguig City—Local inventions that uplift the plight of many of their Filipino countrymen highlighted the 73rd Filipino Inventors Society (FIS) Annual National Inventors Week last month.
‘THE Philippines has the capability to become the hub of space technology and space applications in Southeast Asia, where engineers, scientists and industry stakeholders around the region can converge, instead of the country sending its professionals abroad to learn and be trained.”
‘Real ecotourism, like the Bohol model in Loboc River, can actually be good for Laguna Lake,” said Dr. Maria Victoria O. Espaldon, professor of the School of Environmental Science and Management and 2016 Outstanding Researcher of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB).
ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI) to be included on the Philippine government’s research and development agenda for 2017-2022?
THE Department of Science and Technology-Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI) made it to the 2016 R&D 100 Awards finalists, joining 100 others from world-renowned research and development (R&D) agencies, companies and universities around the globe.
T bring science closer to the hearts of the Filipino people, the Department of Science and Technology-Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII) recently launched a radio drama series entitled Handog ng Agham para sa Bayan [Gift of Science to the Nation].
A global technology-search team from the Philippines visited Taiwan recently in search for innovations/advances in production and other potential application of microalgae suited under Philippine condition.
Not all parasites are harmful. Species of the thorny-headed worm, or acanthocephala (Acanthogyrus species), can infect fishes but they bring more good than harm—on humans.
BACTERIAL crown rot (BCR) has infiltrated the Philippine papaya industry. It spoils an entire papaya plantation, wiping out at least 50 percent of the trees.
IT was mission accomplished for Rizal National Science High School, as it bested 14 other schools to win in the second Can Satellite (CanSat) Competition at the 2016 World Space Week (WSW) celebration held recently in Los Baños, Laguna.
‘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.
A coral-mapping project conducted in November 2015 detailed underwater surveys and mapping in the shallow (euphotic) reefs and deep (mesophotic) reefs of Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro.
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