The possibility of an actual pig language translator nears closer after findings of a new study revealed how grunt and squeals of pigs translate to their emotions. Photo by Stefanie Poepken on Unsplash Lead researcher Elodie Briefer from the University of Copenhagen said in a press release on March...
In hopes to reduce animal testing, the Department of Science and Technology-Business Innovation through Science and Technology (DOST-BIST), has funded a local pharmaceutical company for three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting on human skin. The project "Three-dimensional Bioprinted Human Skin...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has expressed deep concern over the dramatic rise in the illegal drug trafficking activities using the Internet. With the Covid-19 pandemic, PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva drug traffickers took advantage of the “technological boom’’...
Recognizing that cancer is the third leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the country, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) through the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) and University of the Philippines (UP) Manila are developing an Artificial...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on Friday, March 25, said that it will continue the implementation of the Malnutrition Reduction Program (MRP) in the Philippines to feed about 3.64 million stunted Filipino children aged six months to three years old. MRP is an science-based...
MWC Globe Telecom Inc. and Huawei Technologies (HT) are piloting a couple of off-grid green network technologies to connect far-flung areas in the Philippines. Globe Chief Sustainability Officer and SVP Group Corporate Communications Yoly Crisanto made the announcement at the Mobile World Congress...
Investigations on the alleged Smartmatic data breach are still ongoing but the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), on Thursday, March 24, said that if there is indeed a violation or breach, they will prosecute those involved. (DICT) DICT Officer in Charge (OIC) Secretary...
Senatorial candidate and incumbent Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero has emerged as the second preferred senatorial candidate during the mock polls at Cagayan de Oro City’s University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP). The USTP’s mock online polls dubbed as...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said Information Technology Business Process Management (IT-BPM) companies registered with investment promotion agencies (IPAs) such as the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) can choose to continue work from home (WFH) arrangements but give up their tax...
The city-run Colegio de Muntinlupa and the Department of Science and Technology-Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI) signed an agreement on Tuesday, March 22, for the promotion of 3D printing technology in the academe. Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi, CDM College President and...
In hopes of strengthening the local upstream space sector, the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) launched the Integrated Development of a Unified Standard 3U System (InDUS3US). InDUS3US, according to PhilSA, is a project that offers an opportunity to industries and industry engineers to gain...
Since 2020, we’ve been staying indoors for longer periods of time. We may be going out more these days but at the end of the day, we still come home. Thus, having clean and fresh air where we spend the most time in is important. ICT giant Acer’s purifiers under the brand acerpure use new...
