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Philrice promotes climate change-ready rice varieties

SCIENCE CITY OF MUNOZ, Nueva Ecija -- The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is promoting rice varieties that can help reduce agricultural damages due to climate change. Dr. Roel R. Suralta, head...

DOST-Calabarzon opens ‘Tambuli’ awards to journos

IMUS CITY, Cavite - The biennial “Tambuli Media Awards”, under the auspices of the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) Calabarzon regional office, is now accepting entries from print and broadcast...

DOST to hold Nat’l Inventors Week in Isabela

CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will celebrate this year's National Inventors Week (NIW) in the province of Isabela, specifically in Cauayan City, on November...

PhilMech develops accurate but cheap coffee moisture meter

LOS BAŇOS, Laguna – Researchers at the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) have devised a local electronic prototype unit of a coffee moisture meter using a capacitive sensor...

SpaceX Racks Up Another Rocket Launch, Its 16th This Year

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA — SpaceX has racked up another rocket launch, its 16th this year. That’s double last year’s count, and 2017 still has two months remaining. The unmanned Falcon rocket blasted off Monday...

No roof? no problem. Community-shared solar offers solar energy for all

NEW YORK — Head to the roof of the New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies and you’ll discover row upon row of solar photovoltaic panels. The solar panels generate about...

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