DOST eyes ASEAN collaboration on packaging technology development
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The importance of product packaging cannot be ignored because of the increasing market competition especially in the ASEAN region. The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and its line agency, the Industrial Technology Development Institute (ITDI), have fully supported local initiatives to better improve packaging materials for Philippine made products.
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DOST-Pisay scholar wins global science competition
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Grade 12 student Hillary Diane Andales from the Philippine Science High School- Eastern Visayas Campus in Palo, Leyte bagged the grand prize of the 3rd Breakthrough Junior Challenge last December 3, 2017 (December 4 in Manila) at the NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California, USA.
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Firm adopts DOST technologies to step up green charcoal production
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A Pampanga-based green technology firm recently acquired technologies from the Department of Science and Technology’s Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) to improve its green charcoal products designed for top players in the country’s chicken roasting industry.
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Inventor turns cooking oil into biofuel
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Used cooking oil may be harmful to health but a little bit of science can turn it into an environment savior. This is exactly what Davao-based Emiliano Quitiol, an inventor, found out way back in 2003 when he started working on his own biofuel. Now he has perfected his product which he called EFQ Bioforce.