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Comment on Filipinnovation: Is it the way to move forward? by hermie

hermie — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:22:53 +0000

If we really wanted to move forward through science, start the application part by supporting and developing the skilled workers and skilled entrepreneurs, who later on develop into industries. By having more post grads without the local skilled industries, the same story, they will just end up working abroad. We trained locals in welding jobs etc yet we purchase machines from China, etc which can easily be fabricated here. There must be somehow a policy that will bind the human resource development with industries … I mean a true meaningful policy not on concept and paper only.

Comment on Weekly (?) Science in Philippine media round-up 18: real value by Nath

Nath — Wed, 01 May 2013 16:23:51 +0000

:) I was elated to see Ma’am Jing in ANC!

Comment on Weekly (?) Science in Philippine media round-up 18: real value by geekborj

geekborj — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:10:11 +0000

Pahabol: Bows to Ma’am Jing (Dr. Soriano). Proud to be a Pinoy Scientist!

Comment on Weekly (?) Science in Philippine media round-up 18: real value by geekborj

geekborj — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:09:35 +0000

Great post, Nath! Real value of science? Unless someone is able to assess the value of a single-cell stage human being, the value of basic research will always elude our senses. Your article made me thinking!

Comment on Nath’s 30 for 30: NIP’s first decade by Nath

Nath — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 10:47:35 +0000

Thank you Perry!

I already updated the post. Keep them coming! I am also waiting for replies from other NIP pips.

Comment on Nath’s 30 for 30: NIP’s first decade by Perry

Perry — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:38:00 +0000

1) The American professor was Gene Stringer. See: http://emeritus.sou.edu/Members.asp?MemberID=174

“An American professor (?) also visited NIP under the Fullbright program. He taught solid state physics and did some instrumentation work. This probably influenced Caesar to specialize in Instrumentation physics according to Dr. Salvador”

2. IPL, along with Laser and Fields and Particles, was one of the 3 original research groups of NIP. I remember seeing papers in the SPP Proceedings using IPL as an address – some of these early papers dealt with the design of a hygrometer, a weight sorting robot, etc. IPL was reorganized after Saloma received his doctorate.
“Several research group were formed in the succeeding years – the Instrumentation Physics Laboratory,…” Initially, the labs were porous – there was no formal application process.

3. Another Japanese who made multiple visits in NIP’s first decade was Mikio Namiki of Waseda.

4. The freshmen of 1984 were the first to go through the 5 year BS Physics and Applied Physics curricula

Comment on Nath’s 30 for 30: papers from the 1st decade, the complete list by Nath’s 30 for 30: NIP’s first decade | Imprints of Philippine Science

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:10:33 +0000

[...] The first experimental paper came out from the Instrumentation Physics Laboratory in 1991. Click here (First decade) for a complete list of the first decade’s [...]

Comment on Factors that predict the spreading of breast cancer cells by geekborj

geekborj — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:37:16 +0000

Nath: This is a very interesting post. What do you have searched regarding the (many most) common cause of breast cancer in the Philippines (at least, kung sinipag ka, in the world)?

Comment on Stating the obvious: Breastfeeding is also best for the pocket by 2012 (alternative) science news from the Island | Imprints of Philippine Science

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:48:54 +0000

[...] I was productive in May with 3 very different posts. The first was about an ancient connection between the Philippines and the Marianas seen in pots. It made the editor’s selection of researchblogging.org. The second was on a collaborative study on inorganic elemental contents in white rice of seven Asian countries. And the last was a WHO study about the economic benefits of breastfeeding. [...]

Comment on Be careful where you get your rice by 2012 (alternative) science news from the Island | Imprints of Philippine Science

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:48:51 +0000

[...] the editor’s selection of researchblogging.org. The second was on a collaborative study on inorganic elemental contents in white rice of seven Asian countries. And the last was a WHO study about the economic benefits of [...]