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DOST’S AUTO PARTS TESTING FACILITY (Above) Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Assistant Secretary and Metals Industry Research and Development Center (MIRDC) Officer-in-Charge Roberto O. Dizon (left) accompanies DTI Undersecretary Adrian Cristobal (middle) and other guests during a site tour of the Auto-Parts Testing Facility inside the Taguig City compound of MIRDC, an R&D institute under the DOST system. Launched last June 18, 2015, the facility will serve as a testing center for local parts manufacturers to improve product quality and at the same time minimize expenses otherwise used for overseas testing. It has a range of equipment for testing services such as hardness measurement of metallic material and rubber, thickness measurement for base metal, simulated crash analysis, tire endurance testing, and accelerated corrosion tests. Among these is the 200T Universal Testing Machine (below), an electronic-mechanical material testing machine. (Photos by Ceajay N. Valerio, S&T Media Service, DOST-STII)

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Do you have what it takes to be a Kenneth Cobonpue?

Or are you an upcoming couturier of the same caliber as Rajo Laurel or Inno Sotto?

Maybe you are following the footsteps of well-known Cebuano painter Gabriel Abellana?

Whatever form of art you are inclined to take, the Materials Technology Innovation Center (MATIC) may be your home away from home – a sanctuary conducive to unleashing the creative juice of a struggling master of the canvas, a craftsman extraordinaire or a visual artist from out of this world.

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Foods and ingredients fortified with folic acid such as rice and flour will easily find their way in stores and supermarket shelves once legislation is in place. This will provide more Filipina consumers with more amounts of a nutrient proven to help prevent the incidence of neural tube defects (NTDs) in their future children.

At a recent Roundtable Discussion on Folic Acid organized by the Department of Science and Technology-National Academy of Science and Technology (DOST-NAST), Food Fortification Initiative’s Executive Officer for Asia Dr. Karen Codling stressed the necessity of mandatory legislation to create an impact on public health.

“Eighty-one countries currently have mandatory legislation for the fortification of wheat flour,” Codling revealed. “All but five of these require fortification with folic acid. The Philippines is one of the five countries with mandatory fortification of wheat flour that does not include folic acid.”  

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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) rolls out its Hybrid Electric Road Train at the Clark Freeport Parade Ground in Pampanga this Thursday, June 25, 2015.

Designed and fabricated by Filipino engineers from the DOST’s Metals Institute Research and Development Center under its Makibayan or Makina at Teknolohiya Para sa Bayan Program, the 40-meter-long road transport is developed to help address the worsening mass transportation problem in Metro Manila and in other urban areas throughout the Philippines.