PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Senator Loren Legarda yesterday commended three U.S.-based Filipino scientists for their invaluable contributions to the Philippines’ quest in addressing serious threat of climate change in the country. In…
Category: Science and Technology
Only 3 of 8 new Academicians are scientists
By Flor Lacanilao The Philippine Star reports yesterday (11 Sept) the 8 new members of NAST. It says, “Academician is a title given to Filipino scientists whose significant scientific works have considerably…
Resurrected group may lure more Pinoy scientists home
by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO and ISAGANI DE LA PAZ www.ofwjournalism.net MAKATI CITY (OFW Journalism Consortium)–MORE than money, members of the resurrected Science and Technology Advisory Council (Stac) of the Philippines want what’s…
STAC-J invites sponsors for its URG project
The Science and Technology Advisory Council – Japan (STAC-J) is calling for corporate sponsors and individual donors to support its 7-year-running Undergraduate Research Grant (URG) project. Established in 2001, the URG has…
Bahay Kubo Research: An Initiative for Science
One sees the lack of scientific tradition in our country, and asks why. The reason is that we have not actively pursued the establishment of a network of Filipinos who are united…
Celebrating the UP Centennial
By Flor Lacanilao If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. — Albert Einstein UP is celebrating its Centennial next year. What can we say about its…
Female Heart Attacks
Did you know women rarely have the same dramatic symptoms as men have when experiencing heart attack…you know, the sudden stabbing pain in the chest, the cold sweat, grabbing the chest &…
Electric Jeepneys welcomed in Makati City
Greenpeace, GRIPP laud positive step towards adopting climate change solutions Manila, 4 July 2007–Electric-powered jeepneys are set to revolutionize the Philippines’ most recognizable icon. Electric Jeepneys (E-Jeepneys), the first public transport system…
Organizing Emails in Yahoo! Mail
In case you haven’t noticed yet, Yahoo! now offers unlimited storage for Yahoo! Mail. This means that you don’t have to delete old emails to keep your Inbox under the storage limit. You can…
Poverty is just a symptom, poor science is the cause
Flor LacanilaoRetired professor of marine science, UP Diliman Our common approach to solve problems is to address the symptoms rather than the causes. Examples are problems with poverty and overpopulation, as in a…
Research as principal criterion of faculty recruitment
Flor LacanilaoRetired professor of marine science, UP Diliman (An earlier version of this piece was previously sent to a former UP colleague.) The relationship between research productivity and teaching effectiveness has long…
Organizing emails in Outlook Express
Emails have become an integral part of our daily activities. For many of us, a day will not be complete without checking at least once our electronic mailboxes. And for those who…
RP scientists to blame for poor science
by Flor Lacanilao, PhD. Retired professor of marine science UP Diliman (NOTE: The following is Prof. Lacanilao’s reply to comments sent to Star Science editor on his series of four Star Science…
V. Measuring research performance
by Flor Lacanilao, Ph.D. A leading Chinese university has been ranking world universities based on academic or research performance. So far, no university from the Philippines made it in the top 100…
IV. Problems with media and scientists
By Flor Lacanilao, PhD (NOTE: This article has been previously published in Star Science, Philippine STAR, 27 July 2006. It is posted here with the author’s permission) The public will remain uninformed…