The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is eyeing to break ground for the state-of-the-art Virology Institute of the Philippines (VIP) by the fourth quarter of 2021. Virology Institute of the Philippines (Screenshot from Research Pod Facebook page) DOST-Philippine Council for Health...
The country’s scientists and researchers sought Thursday, July 15, the adoption of a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach to address the issues, challenges, and problems brought about by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (DOST-NAST PHL) The call was embodied in the...
The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD) unveiled Thursday, July 15, 12 new “game-changing” innovations that seek to help boost the country’s disaster risk reduction and climate change...
A group of Department of Science and Technology (DOST) scholars has launched a charity project named “PailaJuan” which seeks to electrify remote areas in Ilocos Norte. (DOST Facebook page) The DOST I-Science Education Institute (SEI) said the Movement of Ilocos Norte DOST Scholars or MINDS...
A total of 15 technologies in Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan) region have applied for grant of a patent at the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said on Thursday, July 15. (DOST Facebook page) This was the...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has been urged to spearhead the promotion of consumption of locally produced plant-based healthy food to help reduce greenhouse emissions and protect the environment, to strengthen the economy, and improve natural body defenses against...
The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD) has thanked Bb. Pilipinas International 2021 Hannah Arnold for encouraging students to become scientists and for seeking more investment on scientific...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has announced the launch of the first-ever coronavirus disease (COVID-19) telehealth project in Cagayan Valley. A member of the medical staff takes care of a patient infected by COVID-19 at the Intensive Care Unit of the Etterbeek-Ixelles Hospital on...
The Department of Science and Technology-Technology Application and Promotion Institute (DOST-TAPI) has vowed to continue empowering elementary, high school and college students through its Invent School Program or ISP amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (DOST Facebook page) The...
Good news to calamay and ube lovers! (DOST Facebook page) State researchers have managed to prolong the shelf life of Pangasinan’s sweet delicacies such as calumay and ube or purple yam, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Wednesday, July 14. The Pangasinan State University -...
The head of the country’s vaccine expert panel (VEP) said Wednesday, July 14, that other vaccines such as flu, meningococcal, and tetanus have already been associated with rare neurological condition Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), which was recorded among the recipients of the Janssen coronavirus...
The Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) vaccine expert panel (VEP) is not yet recommending the mixing and matching of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines as well as the use of booster shots. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP / FILE PHOTO) VEP head Dr. Nina Gloriani said they did not...