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Other than malunggay’s (Moringa oleifera) reputed health enhancing properties, its seeds can bring down the incidence of water-borne diseases in the country particularly in rural communities.

      Researchers at the Industrial Technology Development Institute, an agency of the Department of Science and Technology, has developed a simple and easy to set up water purification system (WPS) that uses malunggay seeds.

      The WPS combines ITDI-developed technologies such as ceramic filters and granulated activated carbon. It starts with settling or coagulation. If raw water contains considerable amounts of contaminants like silts, soil, bacteria, and other sediments, raw water is pre-treated with alum or powdered mature malunggay seeds.

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Red speck launches young Pinoy’s international career in astronomy

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  Christopher Go with his Celestron C11 mounted on AP900GTO

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Go’s famous Red Spot Junior image

 

Feb 25, 2006, 4:45 AM (Universal Date: Feb 24): While most part of the country was still in dreamland, Christopher Go, a Cebu-based astrophotographer jolted out of his bed. “I’m late!” he yelped, noting he was 45 minutes behind schedule that day to image planet Jupiter.

It was one of those peculiar times when the late bird catches the worm. Using his telescope and imaging camera, it was the perfect time for Chris to catch a small red spot on Jupiter’s surface just as it was rising. “It was fortuitous,” he admitted. Had he been earlier, he would not have captured the birth of the new red spot, now known as Red Spot Jr.

He alerted the members of Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers about his discovery, which was later confirmed by Richard Schmude of ALPO’s Jupiter section. After a week, Chris’s discovery was all over the world news. It was Tony Philips of Spaceweather.com who coined the name Red Spot Jr. or Red Jr.  

For his discovery, this 1991 B.S. Physics graduate of the University of San Carlos in Cebu received ALPO's 2008 Walter Haas Award and a Presidential Medal of Merit from President Gloria Arroyo. Earlier, Chris was accepted as a member of the American Astronomical Society and its Division for Planetary Sciences.

 

 

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RP hosts Forum for Nuclear Cooperation in Asia on its 37th Atomic Energy Week celebration. Department of Science and Technology’s Philippine Nuclear Research Institute welcomes project leaders of the Public Information of Nuclear Energy from Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines who were impressed by an array of radiation-induced ornamental plants. Welcoming the delegation are PNRI-DOST Director Alumanda dela Rosa (second from right) and Dr. Sueo Matchi (5th from left), Coordinator of Japan for the Forum for Nuclear Operation in Asia which co-sponsors the event. Various activities are lined up for the week-long celebration that runs Dec 7-11, 2009, including exhibits, technical sessions, and public seminar at PNRI Auditorium, Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City. (Framelia V. Anonas, S&T Media Service)

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Technology enriched with human creativity plus a noble calling guide a group of young architects, home designers, artists, and structural engineers called the BLOC in exploring invention and innovations through modular type homes with green undertone as value added.

“Everybody wants to be part of Bahay Kalinga. But maybe in my thought, we can build greener, better homes for the homeless for a change by using technology in today’s modern day modular type houses,” explained Philipp Purino, the brains behind Modular Impermanent Building System (MIBS).

MIBS is an innovative do-it-yourself, reusable, and transferable main frame building system similar to the principles of Lego blocks. It is a nuts-and-bolts-free type of building system yet sturdy, which can be attributed to the strategic structural design of its main frame system.

The main frame system is a set of steel frames that forms the structural appearance of the house. It can be compared to a human skeleton.