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What can be done with banana processing wastes? 

A researcher from the Forest Products Research and Development Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-FPRDI) says that if these wastes are banana fruit stalks (also called peduncles), they can be used to make thermal insulation boards.

The Philippines makes around 1.35 billion kilos of banana fruit stalk wastes every year. These stalks need not be thrown away, they can be made into thermal insulation boards.

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BACNOTAN, La Union - The Department of Science and Technology Region I (DOST-I) awarded a salt production facility and salt iodizing machine worth Php 400,000.00 to Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University- North La Union Campus- Fisheries Research and Training Institute (DMMMSU-NLUC-FRTI) on 6 July 2022 at DMMMSU-NLUC, Paraoir, Bacnotan La Union.

DMMMSU-NLUC Chancellor, Dr. Junifer Rey E. Tabafunda, greeted the attendees of the event and offered his sincere gratitude to all  the various team players who made the project possible.

On the other hand, Dr. Angelina T. Gonzales, Officer-in-Charge of the Office of the Vice President for Research and Extension at DMMMSU, said that an ordinary technology that can be used every day is preferable to an amazing technology that cannot be used in daily life. She further emphasized that innovations should be relevant, resizable according to the needs of the users, and reproducible for different uses. Dr. Gonzales, likewise, applauded the organizations' initiative in producing iodized salt because it can aid in tackling malnutrition in the communities.

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by Allan Mauro V. Marfal, DOST-STII

In recent months, the revival of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant has been floated around as several experts believe that it would greatly help in addressing the rising cost of fuel and electricity in the country.

Director Carlo A. Arcilla of the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI), in his interview with DOSTv’s ExperTalk Online aired live on 29 June 2022, shared that nuclear has been with us for 60 years and could offer us the cleanest source of baseload power at lesser cost. 

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Allan Mauro V. Marfal, DOST-STII

The Department of Science and Technology has, for so many years, never wavered in its mission to provide science-based solutions to the country’s problems related to natural hazards like typhoons and earthquakes, to name a few.

On the occasion of the observance of the 2022 National Disaster Resilience Month (NDRM), Undersecretary Renato U. Solidum Jr. shared on 07 July 2022 that the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has always focused on strengthening the disaster risk reduction and mitigation programs of its two frontline agencies, namely the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) and the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS).