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The DOST’s ULAT (Understanding Lightning and Thunderstorm) project can observe weather conditions at a microscale level (specific to cities or barangays) and forecast both the location and intensity of storms.

The Startup Grant Program will provide funding opportunities for innovative startups for their research and development (R&D) activities as they develop solutions for the “new normal”.

The course will teach the learners about the acquisition of government data and information, as well as personal and public safety protection.

The Philippine Startup Week is back for a second run on November 23-27 and will now be held fully online.

Sen. Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan also called out the Department of Budget and Management for slashing the already-measly budget of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) by over P70 million, which will affect some of its research projects.

In its two-year journey, the Diwata-2 microsatellite has captured 32,256 images, including a wide-field camera image of Typhoon Ambo on May 12, 2020, two days before it made landfall in the country when it was still a tropical storm.

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has called on government agencies to adopt available mass transportation technologies after Metro Manila ranked a dismal 49th out 50 Asia-Pacific cities in the Urban Mobility Readiness Index conducted by the Oliver Wyman Forum and University of California.

DOST secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña said they are working on a project called RuralSync, which allows the delivery of digital contents to remote communities using spectrum access or operating on unused licensed spectrum from various television networks but without affecting their broadcast.

The Balik Scientist program was started 45 years ago, but was only made into a law in 2018.

Called Payruler, the Web-based application is tailor-fit for HR process automation of different businesses in the country.