Filipino researchers are investigating ways to create porous materials that not only mimic the strengths of beehives but are also able to selectively trap microparticles.
Key to DOST's realignment of the government's economic agenda is the development of “an entrepreneurial mindset," according to DOST secretary Renato Solidum.
Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) for the years 1990 to 2015 show that females account for nearly half of the country’s total science and technology (S&T) workforce.
The ratified bill states that the government shall not impose a limit on the amount of additional honoraria that may be received by S&T personnel from externally funded grants.
If signed into law, it would remove the limits currently imposed on the amount of additional honoraria science and technology personnel can receive from externally funded grants.
In a decade, the country is expected to have 380 scientists, engineers, and researchers for every one million Filipinos, the suggested benchmark of the Unesco, a science and technology official said.
