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Kids like SupeRice. School children in Olongapo City enjoyed the taste test of SupeRice in its launch in said city Nov. 22. SupeRice, an iron-fortified rice developed by the Department of Science and Technology’s Food and Nutrition Research Institute, contains 6 mg iron per 100 gram rice. About 4 to 6 cups of cooked SupeRice, approximately a day's intake, already meets the daily iron requirement of the body. It looks, smells, tastes, and is cooked like any other regular rice. SupeRice is DOST’s answer to the problem of micronutrient deficiency in the country.  (Framelia V. Anonas, S&T Media Service)

Written By: Framelia Anonas
Friday, 26 November 2010

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Camiguin has more than 10 volcanoes, two of them active, share the 291-square-kilometer island province with the towns of Sagay, Catarman, Guinsiliban, Mahinog,and Mambajao, the capital. It's the largest concentration of volcanoes per square kilometer in the country, and the number has since increased after volcanologists in the 1980s added three more to make it 10 – and counting.

Phivolcs-DOST is not taking any chances, here and elsewhere. In Camiguin, digital seismic sensors run 24/7 in Mainit, Catarman; at the peak of Mt. Vulcan 571 meters above sea level; and on the upper slope of Hibok-Hibok in Tagdo, Mambajao.

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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPO) recently released the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) for the Philippine Technology Transfer Act of 2009.

Signed into law on March 23, the Technology Transfer Act  which took effect May 8 this year grants Intellectual Property ownership to research and development institutions that conduct research and development (R&D) using public funds. This paves the way for scientists to benefit from the results of public-funded researches. It allows scientists, state universities and colleges, and research institutions to profit from research funded by taxpayers.