SPP explores physics research in the health sciences on Jul 4, 2012 in Conference announcements Philippines physics conference Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas This year’s Physics Congress of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas (SPP, Physics Society of the Philippines) will be at De …Continue reading »...
Stating the obvious: Breastfeeding is also best for the pocket on May 26, 2012 in In their words Science News from the Islands breastfeeding economics infant formula medical expenditure Philippines Here’s a quick post on a study on, The Economic Burden of Infant Formula on Families with Young Children in …Continue reading »...
Be careful where you get your rice on May 12, 2012 in Science News from the Islands Arsenic (As) Asia Manganese (Mn) neutron activation analysis Potassium (K) Rice Sodium (Na) Zinc (Zn) Here is a quick post of a study about inorganic elemental contents in white rice of seven Asian countries. The …Continue reading »...
Epic voyage and potteries: an ancient connection between the Philippines and the Marianas on Apr 29, 2012 in Origin of the Filipino Science News from the Islands The world looking at the Islands Ancient Philippines Archeology Austronesian Marianas Neolithic Philippines Oceania Pottery Harvey Pascua and Ronald Ortiz* both live in the Marianas. They share the same first name/surname structure. They look alike. They are both Roman Catholics. But they have different nationalities. Harvey is Ilocano from Cagayan. He is an Overseas Fi...
Earth week 2012: Pinoyscincus, and its hemipenis on Apr 28, 2012 in Newly Discovered Species Science News from the Islands new genera South-East Asia Sphenomorphus group taxonomy Or a post previously titled, “Revision of the genus Sphenomorphus.” My last post for Earth week 2012 is about the review of the species-rich genus Sphenomorphus. “Sphenomorphus currently serves as a “wastebin taxon”...
Earth Week 2012: A true colorless cave crab from Samar on Apr 24, 2012 in Newly Discovered Species The world looking at the Islands anchialine cave new genus new species Philippines Principe Cave Samar taxonomy troglobite My second post for Earth week 2012 is about a lone new species in a new genus that is most probably found only in Principe cave at the southern tip of Samar island. Recently, the world was awed by the 5 new species of purple crab found in Palawan (...
Earth Week 2012: A new species of tilefish from Laiya, Batangas on Apr 22, 2012 in Newly Discovered Species The world looking at the Islands Batangas Branchiostegus saitoi Malacanthidae Philippines And so I’m making it an Earth week. There are 3 research articles about new species and new genera from the Philippines lurking in my laptop. These new species did not make the mainstream media, unlike this and this, but their discovery is just...
Distinguishing children with mild autism via EEG tracings on Apr 16, 2012 in Science News from the Islands Austism Philippines Science Time series analysis This is a science story of an inquisitive high school student from the Philippine Science High School who by asking the help of the right people [1], may have found a route to differentiate children with mild autism using Electroencephalogram (EE...
Filler 10C: UP Diliman and other top National Universities in the Region, etc… on Apr 2, 2012 in Filler Philippines rankings research institution Science This is the last of the sub-filler in Filler 10. sciseekclaimtoken-4f8710a6c9a15 Here I present how UP Diliman fared with the rest of its neighbors’ best national universities. By the way, all national universities were the best higher ed...
Filler 10B: UP Diliman and IRRI’s scores on Mar 28, 2012 in Filler Philippines rankings research institution Science Having only two research institutions in the list is not that bad if these institutions perform better compared to the rest based on the six indicators. (If you can’t follow what I am talking about, please see previous post.) In this sub-fille...
