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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...

Study: Arctic Sea ice may be shrinking faster than thought

CALGARY, ALBERTA — Arctic sea ice may be thinning faster than predicted because salty snow on the surface of the ice skews the accuracy of satellite measurements, a new study from...

Call center agents prone to obesity, study says

A study on call center agents finds that food intake and physical activity are associated with obesity. Interestingly, the same study also reveals that alcohol consumption, specifically beer, was consumed more...

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