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Algae Harnessed to Make Clean Water, Clean Power

by Steve Baragona/Voice of America BALTIMORE — “Nature sometimes isn’t pretty,” said University of Maryland environmental scientist Peter May, grabbing a clump of slimy green-brown gunk. That gunk lines the bottom of what’s called an...

Can Artificial Intelligence Make Doctors Better?

By Elizabeth Lee/VOA News LOS ANGELES — Teacher Rishi Rawat has one student who is not human, but a machine. Lessons take place at a lab inside the University of Southern California’s (USC) Clinical Science...

Scientist promotes ‘HIV-awareness’ mobile game app

By PNA Newsroom CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — One of the scientists behind the creation of a mobile game application that helps raise awareness on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency...

Scientists: Mild El Nino Event Likely by Next February

By Lisa Schlein/ VOA News GENEVA — There is a 75 to 80 percent probability of an El Nino weather phenomenon developing within the next three months, the World Meteorological Organization reports. Global seasonal climate...

US-based Filipino chemist to lead creation of CRC in MMSU

By Reynaldo Andres/PNA BATAC CITY -- A US-based Filipino chemist is in Ilocos Norte to lead the establishment of a Carbohydrates Research Center (CRC) at the Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) in this...

House okays PH Space Dev’t bill on 2nd reading

By Filane Mikee Cervantes/PNA MANILA -- A measure seeking the creation of a Philippine Space Agency, which would respond to the growing need for a more secure and independent access to space,...

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