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news-urban vertical garden-08252014

Just a small space measuring 1 meter x 2. 5 meters with plenty of sunlight is enough for you to raise your fish and grow your veggies too. This system for farming fish and plants together, called aquaponics, was featured in the recently held National Science and Technology Week (NSTW). The fish waste provides the nutrients for the plants, while the plants filter the water for the fish. A pump is used to circulate the water from the fish tank (blue container) into the series of tubes where the plants are contained and back into the fish tank. The setup shown is best suited for raising tilapia, and other freshwater fish, and growing leafy vegetables such as pechay, lettuce, and kangkong. NSTW is a yearly initiative of the Department of Science and Technology and was held from July 24-28, 2014 at the SMX Convention Center. (S&T Media Service)

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A little girl tinkers with robotic parts during the Robotics Challenge last July 28, 2014 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City. The event, which featured robots developed by students from the Philippine Science High School, was part of the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) 2014 National Science and Technology Week which ran from July 24-28, 2014. The Robotics Challenge is a mainstay event of NSTW which serves as the country’s show window of locally developed technologies and innovations via interactive exhibits, audio-visual presentations, product launchings, and others. This year’s NSTW schedule included the weekend, thus attracting more families and little kids into its exhibit space which covered four halls of SMX Convention Center. (S&T Media Service)

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S&T Post, the Department of Science and Technology-Science and Technology Information Institute’s (DOST-STII) quarterly publication, is now an e-Magazine downloadable in iPhones and iPods via Apple Newsstand.

This breakthrough development for the country’s premier science department was revealed during the S&T Post e-Magazine launching last July 26, 2014 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City. The launch, dubbed “Looking Back and Moving Forward,” was part of the activities lined up by DOST for its National Science and Technology Week held from July 24-28, 2014.

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The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA, one of the agencies under the Department of Science and Technology, is one of the top 5 best performing government agencies and offices in the country, according to a survey by the Makati Business Club (MBC).

This was announced in a press statement issued by the MBC last August 11, 2014.