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Busy bees for public service: The UPLB Bee Program
A small area tucked away in the Institute of Biological Sciences of the University of the Philippines in Los Baños gives proof to the saying that good things come in little packages. The wards of...
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UP-led international team discovers new human species in the Philippines
Video from the UP Media and Public Relations Office An international multidisciplinary team, led by University of the Philippines Associate Professor Armand Salvador B. Mijares, discovered a new...
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Meet UP’s next satellite builders
Video by UP Media and Public Relations Office On June 29, 2018, a peculiar little satellite was launched into space aboard a Falcon 9 rocket in Florida, USA. As far as Philippine satellites go,...
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UP in the elections: University election initiatives for the 2019 midterm polls
With just a few days to go before voters troop to the polling stations for the 2019 midterm elections, several units of the University of the Philippines are busy publishing insights, fact check pieces...
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Surviving the ‘Big One’ with Diwata-2’s Amateur Radio Unit
Last month, the Philippines experienced two strong earthquakes in Luzon and Leyte —each measuring at least 6.0 in magnitude—reviving anxieties about the “Big One,’’ an extremely powerful quake that...
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Caring for kids with cancer
A scene in the situational video in Chapter 5: Helping the Child Cope with Treatment of the Aruga sa Batang may Cancer website “You have cancer.” No one ever wants to hear to those words. Imagine...
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IUCN red-listing of tawilis reveals advocacy of Philippine scientists
Sardinella tawilis, Bombon Sardine. Photo courtesy of Mudjekeewis Santos, NFRDI The humble Tawilis is famous for being the only Sardinella fish to live entirely in freshwater, and it can only be...
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Tech, plant-based products shown at NIH conference
A vending machine for non-prescription drugs and other over-the-counter products; a device that helps lifeguards detect drowning victims; and a tracking system for Alzheimer’s patients. These were...
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Using DNA barcodes against the wildlife black market
Dr. Ian Kendrich Fontanilla, Head of the Institute of Biology’s DNA Barcoding Laboratory. Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO. While recent news of giant clams (Tridacna gigas) being harvested in the...
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Space age spine surgery for Filipinos
Video by UP Media and Public Relations Office Sitting in the UP College of Medicine’s Department of Anatomy, Dr. Rafael Bundoc began by explaining how a big part of his mission was to change the...
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