Science

Images From Space Help Map Extreme Poverty

by Steve Baragona/Voice of America The fight against poverty is getting help from a new direction: up. Satellite imagery is helping researchers map areas of extreme poverty. It may help officials identify faster and...

More ‘french fries’ potato variety eyed in P77-M study

By Liza Agoot/PNA BAGUIO CITY -- Cordillera region is hoping to increase by at least 25 percent the seedling production of the “processing” potato variety and supply more potatoes to the “french fries”...

DOST continues to boost human resource, R&D capabilities

By Ma. Cristina Arayata/PNA MANILA -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is continuously exerting efforts to boost the country's human resource and research and development (R&D) capabilities. In an interview with...

NASA Makes Space History With Distant Fly-By

by VOA News Just 33 minutes into the New Year, NASA's New Horizons probe made space exploration history, flying by the most distant body ever visited by a spacecraft from earth. The Johns Hopkins...

NASA Set to Make Space History Early in New Year

by VOA News Just 33 minutes into the New Year, NASA's New Horizons probe will make space exploration history, flying by the most distant body ever explored. The probe, launched in January 2006, will...

Eastern Visayas sets science, technology week event

By Sarwell Meniano/PNA TACLOBAN CITY-- Thousands of government officials, researchers, and students will gather at the Samar State University for the Regional Science and Technology (S&T) Week 2018 celebration, showcasing the latest...

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