It has long been accepted and acknowledged that there is a link between a country’s research productivity and its economic progress, and this is one…
Sharing a random sampling of this week’s research papers from Philippine-based researchers. Jaculbia, et al, reported an enhancement of terahertz emission from SI-GaAs and n-GaAs…
YBa2Cu3Oy (YBCO) belongs to a class of oxide materials collectively referred to as “high-Tc (critical temperature) superconductors (HTS),” i.e., materials that exhibit superconductivity above the…
In a recent paper entitled “Research productivity in education and psychology in the Philippines and comparison with ASEAN countries” published in Scientometrics, Lorelie Vinluan (University…
The law of reflection states that with respect to an imaginary line that is perpendicular to the surface of the reflecting object, light will be…
Several years ago, we reviewed the scientific publication performance of the Philippines and some of its neighboring countries including Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Using…
Post contributed by Dr. Elmer Estacio, currently affiliated with the Far Infrared Center, University of Fukui. His area of research is on MBE-grown terahertz semiconductor…
Everyone may be familiar with barcodes usually printed as parallel lines in labels of most commercial products. It is basically a machine-readable representation of data…
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne viral disease that’s becoming an increasing problem in tropical and subtropical regions. It is an infection that causes a severe…
Recently, there has been a growing interest in finding alternative forms of energy. This is mostly driven by increasing prices of oil, concerns over greenhouse…
To understand better the possible effects of climate change in the Philippines, it is critical to collect, record, collate and analyze all data and information…
With the reproductive health bill currently under consideration in Congress, issues regarding population and family planning has recently received heightened media coverage. In a recent…
In a new paper entitled, “Microstructural defects associated with enhanced magnetic flux pinning in YBCO/DyBCO/YBCO multilayered thin films,” researchers Katherine Develos-Bagarinao and Hirofumi Yamasaki of…
How effective are those U-turns in major thoroughfares in Metro Manila? This is the question addressed by a paper entitled “Modeling U-turn traffic flow” appearing…
Leobert D. de la Peña*, Celia R. Lavilla-Pitogo, Corina Belle R. Villar, Milagros G. Paner and Geimbo C. Capulos Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, Aquaculture…