DOST’s Project NOAH launches new disaster mgmnt platform
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The Department of Science and Technology’s Project NOAH or Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards is pleased to announce the launch of the new and improved version of its disaster risk reduction and decision-making platform.
This will be held on 11 December 2015 at the National Institute of Physics - Intel Center for Science Innovation in UP Diliman from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
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DOST-led forum urges students to pursue biotechnology
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There’s a career opportunity in biotechnology.
This was the takeaway message in the recently held "Biotechnology Career Orientation and Experience in Biotechnology Research” which was part of the National Biotechnology Week celebration led by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in SM Dasmariñas, Cavite last November 26, 2015.
Biotechnology is the use of biological processes, organisms, cells, or cellular components to develop new products and technologies.
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DOST fetes researchers, tech developers
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The National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) and Department of Science and Technology (DOST) recognized researchers from different DOST agencies in the recent DOST International Publication Award and DOST Granted Patent/Utility Model Award held last December 4, 2015 at the Manila Hotel.
The researchers were given a cash prize of P60,000 for each published research in Thomson Reuters (formerly ISI) or Scopus indexed journals in the last three years before the year of nomination. A total of 25 published researches were awarded this year.
DOST’s STARBOOKS in Bacoor, Cavite
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St. Dominic College of Asia in Bacoor, Cavite is the newest addition to the growing list of academic institutions now equipped with the first digital science library in the Philippines, the Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosks or STARBOOKS of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
Developed by experts from DOST-Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII), STARBOOKS is a stand-alone information source that operates even without the use of the Internet. It contains thousands of local and foreign science and technology (S&T) resources in various formats such as books, journals, scientific and research papers covering topics on different branches of science. Also included are livelihood videos, Britannica Ultimate Encyclopedia, and the new interactive courseware of DOST- Science Education Institute and DOST- Advanced Science and Technology Institute, among others.