by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Jul 16, 2020 | Good Tech
The Philippines’ earthquake-prone areas and natural hazards have been mapped in the new Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (DOST-PHIVOLCS) web-based tool, GeoMapperPH, launched Thursday. GeoMapperPH was...
by Io Carpiso | Jul 15, 2020 | Good School
The Philippines’ first digital science library, the Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly-Operated KioskS or STARBOOKS of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-STARBOOKS), has released a mobile application that can be used in the new...
by The Good News Pilipinas Team | Jul 14, 2020 | Good Deed
The Aboitiz Group is turning over 217 Automated Weather Stations (AWS) sites and over 250 weather technology assets to various government and non-government groups to boost the country’s disaster resilience program. The initiative was announced on June 30, 2020,...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Jul 10, 2020 | Good Tech
Tree substitutes, known as Tree Plantation Species (TPS), are being eyed by Filipino researchers to meet the demand in the Philippine wood industry that has been suffering from a shortage of raw materials. The Forest Management Bureau (FMB) has reported that although...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Jul 9, 2020 | Good Tech
The University of the Philippines (UP) has developed the SaniPod, a self-contained disinfection cubicle to sanitize medical frontliners or health care workers as they exit COVID-19 patient wards. Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Fortunato De la...
