A caldera, which means cauldron in Spanish, refers to a hollow volcanic feature formed by the collapse of a volcano’s peak. While a caldera may only be viewed as an aftermath of a volcanic eruption, it has become the topic of widespread research—primarily to determine the possibility for these structures to cause natural disasters like […]
Annually, the scientific community would anticipate the announcement of the newest recipients of the Nobel Prize. First awarded in 1901, the award was established as part of the will of Alfred Nobel, a Swedish chemist and businessman, and recognized people who made outstanding contributions to the fields of Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, Economics, Literature, […]
November 15 was pivotal—it marked the day when the first case of electronic cigarette or vaping product use associated lung injury (EVALI) was recorded in the Philippines. The diagnosed patient, aged 16, was said to only have started using electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) in March of this year. This news came amid a slew of 2,290 […]
Announced last September 11, DLSU now boasts an official certification from the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. (ABET) for all seven of the University’s undergraduate Gokongwei College of Engineering (GCOE) programs: Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering and Management, and Mechanical Engineering. This accreditation by ABET—a non-profit […]
The Philippine Astronomical Society, Inc., in partnership with the Physics Society of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), held a set of lectures titled Exoplanets: The Physics and Biochemistry of Searching for the Next Earth at the Claro M. Recto Hall in PUP last November 16. The event featured advancements in the fields of […]
Annually since 1988, all United Nations member states—including the Philippines—commemorate World AIDS Day on December 1. The initiative, started by the World Health Organization, aims to shed light on the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), which have claimed the lives of 30 to 41 million people worldwide. This year’s theme […]
The DLSU Innovation and Technology (DITECH) Fair’s seventh iteration was held last November 20 to 21 at the Richard L. Lee Engineering and Technology Block in the Laguna Campus. With the theme Innovation Next: DITECH@Laguna, the event marked its first iteration at said campus—symbolized by the ceremonial ribbon cutting by University Chancellor Br. Bernard Oca […]
Polar caps melting; fish suffocating from plastic consumption; sea levels rising—these were just some of the problems tackled last November 19 at the Shell Companies in the Philippines Audio Visual Room, second floor of Velasco Hall. The event, entitled Climate Change: What Can We Do?, was hosted by the Science College Government in hopes of […]
From November 6 to 8, the DLSU Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Health Technologies held the Seminar/Workshop Series on Biomechanics at the Shell Companies in the Philippines Audio Visual Room, second floor of Velasco Hall. The lecture series—which featured Dr. Justin Wade Fernandez, an Associate Professor from the University of Auckland in New Zealand—discussed computational […]
Last November 4, a lecture entitled Mathematics of Deep Learning was held at the Philippe Jones Lhuillier Conference Room, 14th floor of Henry Sy Sr. Hall. The key speaker, Dr. Eduardo Mendoza—an Adjunct Professor of DLSU and the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD), and a guest scientist in Munich, Germany—discussed the recent contributions of […]