The Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) launched Monday, July 5, the state-of-the art Technovation Hub, which seeks to benefit entrepreneurs venturing on furniture, woodcraft, housing and bamboo musical instruments production....
The World Health Organization (WHO) nodded to the use of the REwear Face Mask, a two-piece, four-layer re-usable and washable mask developed by the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST-PTRI). REwear Face Mask (Photo from DOST-PTRI) The DOST-PTRI said its...
The Department of Science and Technology – Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) said data collection for the last leg of the Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS) which was called off due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has already begun. A member of the Department of...
The Department of Science and Technology-Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI) has completed an energy audit of five city halls in Luzon in a bid to promote energy conservation and energy efficiency practices in the country. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST Secretary Fortunato...
The effective management of pests on rice fields can't be achieved via a single method, but rather a combination of several practices, an expert from the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) said. This, as brown planthoppers recently infested 600 hectares (ha)...
The Department of Science and Technology is expected to conduct a life cycle assessment of single-use plastics and their alternatives in the country. Assorted wastes were recovered during a river clean-up and brand audit at the Panigan-Tamugan Watershed in Baguio District, Davao City last September...
A health worker shows Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines at a vaccination hub in Taguig City on May 4, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN) ' The country's Vaccine Experts Panel (VEP) is currently studying the request of Russia's Gamaleya Research Institute to amend its COVID-19 vaccine's emergency use...
Seven schools in the Philippines were among the top universities which have made a global impact based on rankings by World's Universities with Real Impact (WURI). Far Eastern University (feu.edu.ph) Far Eastern University placed 79th in the Global Top 100 Innovative Universities, up from its last...
(PIXABAY) A group of Filipino marine scientists has discovered more piles of plastic wastes in the West Philippine Sea during their latest expedition in May. A team of scientists from the Marine Science Institute of the University of the Philippines (UP-MSI) that led the Predicting Responses...
Vice President Leni Robredo remembers Farrell Eldrian Wu, the 20-year-old Filipino who graduated with a perfect grade point average (GPA) from the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States, for once donating the money he earned as a tutor to the Jesse Robredo M....
Environmental groups called on the government to reassess its rule in requiring the wearing of face shields in public places as the measure is deemed ineffective and would only worsen plastic pollution. In this photo taken on September 19, 2020, people wearing face shields queue up at a public...
A Filipino student graduated with a perfect grade point average (GPA) from the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the US. Farrell Eldrian Wu, 20, a straight “A” student throughout, got a perfect GPA of 5.0, MIT’s highest grade. Farrell...
