The first Filipino-made Hybrid Electric Train (HET) is anticipated to start running on railroad tracks by March 2019. The Department of Science and Technology (DoST) announced on social media the schedule of the soft-operation of the first-ever Philippine-made train developed by the DOST-Philippines to be operated by the Philippine National Railways. DOST Secretary Fortunato de […]
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Filipino scientists discover new species of Shooting Star flower in Quezon Province
A new subspecies of Hoya – also known as shooting star – was discovered by Filipino scientists in Quezon Province. The new addition to the great variety of the Asian flower-bearing vine was reported by a group of botanists from Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI). Known as shooting star […]
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Gay Jane Perez wins ASEAN-US Science Prize for Women
A Filipina professor has won this year’s ASEAN-US Science Prize for Women.
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EcoSep to preserve the Philippines’ beautiful beaches, waters safe & clean
The Department of Science and Technology has developed a new technology to help keep the Philippines beaches and waters safe and clean.
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Why an Eco-friendly Green Charcoal is Best for your Grill
Using green charcoal may soon be the “in” thing soon for top players in the country’s chicken roasting industry after a techno-demo of locally developed charcoal briquette. A Pampanga-based firm and technologies from the Department of Science and Technology’s Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) developed the bana grass briquette, a compacted mass of […]
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Bohol furniture maker’s success credited to local invention
Bohol Furniture and Lumber Supply has risen from being a fledgling small lumber retailer to a major company, thanks to a local Filipino invention. Cirilo Sumampong’s company in Dauis now commands a gross income of PhP 1.16 million a month after using the Department of Science and Technology’s Forest Products Research and Development Institute’s (DOST-FPRDI’s) […]
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Philippines to establish National Space Agency
The Philippines is creating a national space agency to consolidate all space-related research and programs by various government agencies.
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PHL microsat Diwata-1 images hailed as world-best
The first Philippine-made microsatellite Diwata-1 has received praises for capturing world-best high-resolution images
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Project NOAH awarded best smart city in public safety
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards (Project NOAH) has been awarded
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Inventor gets DOST aid to commercialize energy invention
Filipino inventor Melchor R. Heñosa is getting government support to make his energy invention available to the public.
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Diwata-1 microsat captures first images in space orbit
The first Philippine-made microsatellite, DIWATA-1, successfully captured its first images from space orbit during initial checks of the onboard components.
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Filipinos invent cheaper Philippine ventilator
Filipino neonatologist Dr. Enrique Ostrea, a team of University of the Philippines engineers,and the Department of Science and Technology have collaborated
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