SPACE | Scientists call for cooperation against asteroid threat
BEIJING, CHINA -- Chinese scientists have appealed to further strengthen international cooperation in space exploration, aiming to reduce the risk...
TECH NEWS
CLIMATE CHANGE | NASA launches high-precision satellite to measure polar ice thickness
WASHINGTON -- NASA's Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2, lifted off at 9:02 a.m. EDT (6:02 a.m. PDT)...
PALEONTOLOGY | Scientists identify earliest known animal 558 million years ago
WASHINGTON -- A study published on Thursday in the journal Science revealed the earliest confirmed animal in the geological record...
MED-TECH | Scientists resort to machine learning’s seeing powers on cell structures
WASHINGTON -- Scientists at the Allen Institute used machine learning to train computers to see more clear parts of the...
SCI-TECH | Genetic test helps predict disease recurrence in myelodysplastic syndrome
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS -- A DNA-based analysis of blood cells soon after a stem cell transplant can predict the likelihood of...
I.T. UPDATE | DILG, MMDA weigh in on creating safe cities in Seagate-hosted security forum
Five cities in the Philippines - Valenzuela, Davao, Makati, Baguio, and Cebu - have recently been ranked among the Top...
SPACE | World’s largest single-dish radio telescope to start formal operation in 2019
BEIJING, CHINA -- China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, will start formal operation...
TECH NEWS | Airbus launches competition to inspire innovative ideas, solutions
TIANJIN, CHINA -- Airbus recently launched its 2018 Fly Your Ideas global competition for the China region, encouraging young Chinese...
TECH NEWS | Scientists develop new photonic chip for potentially robust quantum computers
WASHINGTON -- Australian, Italian and Swiss scientists have developed a new kind of photonic chip to process quantum information, promising...
SMART EXPLAINS | How mobile disaster alerts are sent to the public
PLDT's wireless brand, Smart Communications Inc., shares with the public the process which guides how disaster alerts and notifications from...