The Department of Science and Technology’s Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) has, from the start, been promoting sustainable and earth-friendly forest products technologies.
In the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, rubber farmers are now reaping the fruits of the rubberwood initiative led by the Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI), as the former gears up for the next big thing in the furniture industry.
Vietnamese scientists have for the first time successfully cloned pigs using the somatic cells of ear tissue.
Nearly after a month after it successfully launched into space, the Philippines’ second nanosatellite is now orbiting the Earth.
Sharing the commitment to support innovative startups as a way to boost national socioeconomic development, especially at this time when the government moves towards the new normal, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has joined hands with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to work together and help Filipino innovative startups get their bearings.
Another milestone for the Philippines in the area of space technology happened on 14 March 2021 at around 7:20 PM when Maya-2, another cube satellite (CubeSat) made by Filipino engineers studying in Japan, was released from the International Space Station (ISS).
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has partnered with the Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (PAASE) in developing a mentoring program for researchers.
With the inception of Republic Act 11337 better known as the Innovative Startup Act, one can finally find government support to help one jumpstart one’s innovative ideas and have his/her dream actually come true.
Researchers from the Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) was able to convert plant-based raw materials and its waste by-products into valuable and renewable polyols and polyurethanes (PU) that can be used for commercial production of coatings, insulation, and packing foam materials.
Since the pandemic has started a year ago, it is notable that many Filipina scientists have made major contributions through research and development (R&D) in combating the Coronavirus Disease- 2019 finding ways to adapt to the present situation.