WASHINGTON, March 11 (PNA/Xinhua) — Elephants are able to identify humans that pose a threat to them by distinguishing between the language and voices of different ethnic groups, a new study said…
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DOST eyes functional early warning system in Eastern Visayas before end of March
TACLOBAN CITY, March 11 (PNA) -– The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is eyeing to have early warning systems that were destroyed by super typhoon Yolanda functional before end of March….
Inventors’ group pushes for ‘Inventor of the Year’ Award
MANILA, March 10 (PNA) — The Filipino Inventors Society (FIS) is urging the Senate to select an ‘Inventor of the Year’ annually to recognize the country’s outstanding innovators. The organization is now…
Scientists find new ozone-destroying chemicals
LONDON, March 10 (PNA/Xinhua) — Four new man-made gases may be undermining the recovery of the ozone hole over Antarctica, researchers revealed in a scientific report published in Nature Geoscience. As early…
UP Diliman student wins 2014 BPI-DOST Best Project of the Year Award
MANILA, March 7 (PNA) — A research that seeks to utilize cables as pathway for a renewable source of energy has bagged the Best Project of the Year in the 2014 Bank…
Shell Eco-marathon Asia 2014 finally held in Manila
MANILA, Feb. 7 (PNA) — Shell Eco-marathon, one of the world’s most innovative and challenging student competition that reels of yearly in the Americas, Europe, Asia among others, was finally held in…
Female birds rival males in bird song: ANU study
CANBERRA, March 5 (PNA/Xinhua) — A team of international researchers has found that bird song is almost as common in female birds as in males, overturning long-held theories that bird song was…
Internet for All: SmartNet recognized as best telco OTT service
MANILA, March 6 (PNA) — SmartNet, a revolutionary platform that allows subscribers of Philippine mobile leader Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) to use mobile Internet safely and affordably, was recently recognized during the…
U.S. researchers propose Earth’s infrared radiation as renewable energy source
WASHINGTON, March 4 (PNA/Xinhua) — Infrared energy emitted from the Earth into space may be potentially harnessed as a renewable energy source in the future, U.S. researchers said Monday. Physicists at the…
Critical mass not needed for supernova explosions — study
CANBERRA, March 4 (PNA/Xinhua) — Astronomers searching for clues about dark energy, the mysterious force that is speeding up the expansion of the Universe, have uncovered new evidence about the nature of…
DOST to put science in LGUs’ anti-disaster programs
LEGAZPI CITY, March 1 (PNA) — The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is going to teach local government officials in Bicol and all other regions of the country how to use…
Japan to send H-IIA launch vehicle into space with several satellites
OSAKA, Feb. 27 (PNA/Xinhua) –Japan will send an H-IIA launch vehicle into space early Friday morning as scheduled to send up several satellites, local space officials announced. Final preparations were completed Thursday…
NASA discovers 715 new planets outside solar system
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (PNA/Xinhua) — U.S. space agency NASA said Wednesday its Kepler spacecraft has verified the existence of 715 more planets orbiting stars outside the solar system. The latest discovery brings…
Kids born to older fathers at higher risk of psychiatric, academic problems
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (PNA/Bernama) — Children born to older fathers might be at higher risks for a variety of psychiatric problems and academic difficulties compared with children born to younger fathers, a…
Learning watershed information portal opens
BATAC CITY, Ilocos Norte. Feb. 25 (PNA) — To promote science-based information and decide critical issues based on facts, a new website featuring real-time monitoring of critical watershed areas in the Philippines…