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DOST program hiring 33 science experts

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 26 12:02 PM

The DOST is looking for 33 science experts for its fellowship program, vowing competitive compensation, a fellow said Thursday. Read more »

DOST hopes more scientists, researchers will stay in PH

Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 20 01:07 AM

More researchers and scientists based outside of the Philippines should return and stay in the country in order to help in the research and development programs of their hometown, an official urged Thursday. Read more »

Doomsday Clock to be updated on January 24

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 18 06:44 AM

The organization describes the clock as a "metaphor for how close humanity is to self-annihilation." Read more »

Marcos urges Filipino scientists to stay in PH

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 23 01:05 PM

President Marcos asked Filipino scientists to stay in the Philippines and pledged his administration's support for their endeavors. Read more »

BIR will only go after big-time online sellers, chief says

Jekki Pascual, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 19 02:52 PM

This, after Sen. Raffy Tulfo told the BIR to run after smugglers, instead of small social-media influencers and sellers. Read more »

Marcos admin urged: Boost 'Balik Scientist' program

Jasmin Romero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 07:17 PM

The DOST urged President Marcos Jr. to strengthen a program that sought to lure scientists back to the Philippines and beat a supposed brain drain. Read more »

Semen can be vehicle for monkeypox infection: experts

Alexandria Sage, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 30 09:16 PM

Researchers in Italy who were first to identify the presence of monkeypox in semen are broadening their testing, saying early results suggest sperm can be a vehicle for infection. Read more »

Asteroid samples contain clues to origin of life: scientists

Kyoko Hasegawa, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 10 01:31 PM

Asteroid dust collected by a space probe contains organic material that shows some building blocks of life on Earth may have been formed in space. Read more »

HK scientists urge shift from zero-COVID strategy

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 23 04:37 AM

Official figures have clocked over a million cases and more than 6,100 deaths since January -- primarily among the unvaccinated elderly population. Read more »

3 Pinay scientist tutulong sa pagbuo ng virology institute

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 17 09:07 PM

Ilang Pinay virologist ang mag-aambag ng kanilang kaalaman para sa kauna-unahang virology at vaccine institute ng bansa. Read more »

AI nanny developed to look after babies in artificial womb

Stephen Chen, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Jan 31 01:24 PM

Researchers in Suzhou have developed an AI system able to monitor and take care of embryos as they grow into fetuses in the lab. Technology won’t be a problem for its future application, but legal and ethical concerns might, warns a Beijing-based researcher. Read more »

Omicron no worse than other variants: top scientists

Nina Larson and Issam Ahmed in Washington
Updated as of Dec 08 03:49 PM

The Omicron variant appears to be no worse than other coronavirus strains, top scientists from the WHO and the United States told AFP, while cautioning that more research is needed to judge its severity. Read more »

PH marine scientists experience intimidation from China

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 28 07:04 PM

Filipino scientists conducting research at the West Philippine Sea also experience intimidation from China, a marine scientist bared Sunday. Read more »

On Pag-asa, hope keeps far-flung island community afloat

Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 03 10:51 AM

Pag-asa Island’s people may look like they’re just living by the day, but there are dreams waiting to be fulfilled in this 37-hectare speck of land. Read more »

Of science and sovereignty: Research station opens in Pag-asa Island

Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 25 04:57 PM

A group of scientists from the UP Marine Science Institute recently opened a research station in Pag-asa island, in a bid to improve fishing systems and find exciting discoveries. Read more »

Humans, dogs lived in C. America in 10,000 BC - study

David Goldberg, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 12 04:14 PM

The fossil of a jaw bone could prove that domesticated dogs lived in Central America as far back as 12,000 years ago. Read more »

Nuclear scientists hail US fusion breakthrough

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 18 08:58 AM

Nuclear scientists using lasers the size of three football fields said Tuesday they had generated a huge amount of energy from fusion, possibly offering hope for the development of a new clean energy source. Read more »

US dials back probe of Chinese scientists on visa fraud charges

Reuters
Updated as of Jul 24 10:42 AM

The "China Initiative" had been criticized by civil liberties advocates as racially biased, and judges in several court proceedings had expressed skepticism about the FBI's tactics in interrogating the scientists. Read more »

Foreign-trained Filipino virologists eye return to Philippines, help develop virology center

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 01:39 PM

Several Filipino virologists who are about to graduate from foreign institutions have expressed interest in returning to the Philippines to help the country develop its own virology center, an official said Thursday. Read more »

A 'starter kit' for supermassive black holes?

Marlowe Hood, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 30 12:53 PM

Scientists have reported the discovery of a rare, medium-sized black hole that may help answer one of the more tantalising questions in astronomy: how do their supermassive counterparts come into being?   Read more »