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How microbial vaccines promise a pandemic-free future

Familiar to us in our biofuels, drugs, and even food additives, these high-value molecules are sources of our everyday essentials.

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Are the kids alright? A look into child development in the pandemic

This is an unprecedented shift in the way children develop, and scientists are still trying to understand the extent of its impact.

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Peering into the cosmos with JWST

Once JWST is in orbit around L2, it will undergo six months of calibration and system checks before it starts regular operations.

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MFET award showcases nominees’ abilities in science and technology

Held last December 3 via Zoom and Facebook Live, the National Science and Technology (NAST) Virtual Paper Presentation and Awarding Ceremony of the 2021 Magsaysay Future Engineers and Technologists (MFET) Award accentuated the achievements of seven nominees from various universities. Among these universities were De La Salle University (DLSU), Mapua University (MU), University of the…

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Grappling with donation hesitancy: Is organ transplantation instilling fear or hope?

Traditionally, organ availability has relied on altruism expressed through organ donation as a “gift of life.”

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Agriculture’s future takes root in smart farming

Smart farming is targetted to allow farmwork to be faster, easier, and more efficient.

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Bridging the science of fear and cinema in elements of horror

Although we may presume that we could better live off without it, fear is more of a friend than a foe.

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What keeps you up at night? Examining sleep paralysis

Despite being accompanied by cultural connotations of spirits or demons, sleep paralysis is nowhere near supernatural.

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‘Walang pangil’: Probing into the national COVID-19 response

All this amounted to an overwhelming need to slow down virus transmission, ultimately leading to the lockdowns that we are familiar with today.

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Neigh or nay?: On ivermectin and treatments against COVID-19

It has been over a year since COVID-19 brought the world to a halt in March 2020.  It is unsurprising, then, that people are desperate for the pandemic to be over. Some go as far as taking drugs not indicated for use against COVID-19, and sometimes in forms not meant for human consumption. An example…