(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The Covid-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila has increased to 5.5 percent, which is above the 5 percent benchmark recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), a fellow of the OCTA Research Group said on Wednesday, June 22. Positivity rate refers to the number of...
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...
(GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) New Covid-19 infections in Metro Manila rose by 71 percent over the past week, the OCTA Research Group said on Saturday, June 18. In an update shared on Twitter, OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David said that Metro Manila averaged 176 cases daily during the June 11 to 17 monitoring...
The age-old dispute on whether brown eggs are organic or not has been ended by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD). (Unsplash) The answer: Not all brown eggs are organic and do not...
Metro Manila’s risk classification for Covid-19 has moved from low to moderate risk, said an OCTA Research fellow on Thursday, June 16. (Unsplash) In an interview with CNN Philippines on Thursday morning, OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David said that based on their metrics, Metro Manila is now...
(SCREEN GRAB FROM LAGING HANDA PUBLIC BRIEFING) Metro Manila may register 400 to 500 Covid-19 cases per day by the end of June because of the steady increase in new infections in the region, the OCTA Research Group said on Tuesday, June 14. “Ang projection namin by end of June, baka umabot na sa...
Filipino favorite milkfish, commonly known as "bangus" (Chanos chanos) before arriving at someone's plate is monitored by chemical testing labs as some are exposed to elevated levels of some inorganic toxic elements due to environmental contaminants caused by domestic and industrial wastes. Photo...
SYDNEY, Australia -- Australian scientists found that superworms have a surprisingly healthy appetite for polystyrene, which the researchers hope could eventually be used to recycle plastic in an environmentally safe way. In a new study published in the Microbial Genomics journal and revealed on...
An uptick in Metro Manila’s Covid-19 positivity rate was observed by independent group OCTA Research on Thursday evening, June 9. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) “The situation in the National Capital Region (NCR) has become more concerning as the positivity rate, at 1.5 percent a week ago,...
The Philippines and China have been handling in a "peaceful manner" the issue over the Chinese Coast Guard "harassment" of a research vessel in the South China Sea, the Chinese envoy to the Philippines said. Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian (Facebook/Manila Bulletin) Chinese...
A team of local researchers and innovators in Jose Rizal Memorial State University – Tampilisan Campus (JRMSU-TC) Zamboanga del Norte has successfully developed a coconut dehusking technology that is actively looking for partners to distribute it. (Photo courtesy of DOST-STII) The technology,...
The country's very first Nutrition Physiology Laboratory has been launched by the Department of Science and Technology - Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI), Science and Technology Secretary Fortunato T. dela Peña announced Friday, June 3. (Screenshot from DOST-FNRI's Youtube Live /...
