This undated electron microscopic (EM) handout image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts a monkeypox virion, obtained from a clinical sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. It was a thin section image from a human skin sample. On the left were mature,...
Almaciga resin or Manila copal. Photo by Jason Houston from Wikimedia Commons. The resin extracted from a native tree called almaciga ( Agathis philippinensis ) has long been traded by the Philippines under the name of Manila copal. It is used to manufacture varnish, lacquer, and paint....
Coco pandesal is an alternative to the typical pandesal. Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture. Coco pandesal is being marketed as an alternative to the typical pandesal. The new pandesal was launched on June 29, 2022, amid a time when Filipino bakers are struggling with the increasing...
Fashion institute of the Philippines brings back face-to-face classes Fashion evolves with the times. It has always been one of the many physical manifestations of the beat of society. And when the pandemic called for a digital exodus, fashion became more alive on the internet through a multitude...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said he is confident that the creation of the Philippine’s own Virology Science and Technology Institute would help the country prepare and be one-step ahead of future public health emergencies. Go has refiled the bill proposing the establishment of the Virology...
The top official of the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) believes that nuclear power could offer the country with the cleanest source of baseload power at a lesser cost. The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) is seen during a tour around the BNPP...
The Institute of Plant Breeding houses a gene bank and several production areas where four promising mango selections have been growing. The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) on June 8, 2022, announced nine new varieties and...
The country si among several others that have shown slight progress towards achieving global nutrition targets in Asia, according to the global nutrition report (GNR). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Based on the information provided by the Department of Science and Technology - Science and Technology...
The Department of Health-Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) issued Certificates of Proficiency for 2022 to all 14 Philippine Red Cross (PRC) molecular laboratories across the country. (PHILIPPINE RED CROSS FACEBOOK) According to a statement released by PRC on Monday, July 4, all 14...
The Department of and Technology-Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII) and Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI) has inked a partnership in an aim to continuously improve hybrid learning in areas that are unserviceable by local telcos and internet providers....
Southville International School and Colleges ’ (SISC) homegrown Monarch, Gwyneth Margaux “Gwyn” G. Tangog, is the lone Filipino student admitted to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) out of close to 140 applicants for the year 2022 and will be taking up Bachelor of Science in...
After 34 years with no operating nuclear facility, the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) starts the Philippine Research Reactor-1 Subcritical Assembly for Training, Education, and Research (PRR-1 SATER) on Monday, June 20. The fuel is...
