Department of Science and Technology (DOST)

UP bike sharing scheme gets P15-M boost from DOST

THE DEPARTMENT of Science and Technology (DOST) has extended a P15-million grant to a 2-year-old program developed by University of the Philippines (UP) students, which combines technology and the earth-friendly use of bicycles to offer a viable…

DOST’s new train hopes to run past ‘white elephants’ station

The country’s first locally made hybrid train proudly rolled off on Saturday, but will investors who can push it past the prototype stage be convinced to get onboard? Passengers of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) may soon…

DOST’s hybrid train promises ‘safer, more bearable’ commute

SAY GOODBYE to the rickety and sweat-inducing train rides of the Philippine National Railways (PNR), as the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) launched Saturday morning the hybrid electric train that promises to provide the public a…

Light hybrid road train to service Clark Freeport

STATE-RUN Clark Development Corp. (CDC) signed on Tuesday an agreement with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) for the use of a 160-capacity light hybrid road train. The train, which will be used within the Clark…

China’s first lunar rover lands on moon—state TV

BEIJING — A space module carrying China’s first lunar rover landed on the moon Saturday, state television showed, the first soft landing on the moon in nearly four decades and a major step for the emerging superpower’s…

The DOST’s people-moving solutions

While many people are vigorously objecting to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s plan to expand the car coding scheme, another government agency is quietly preparing to present smart new ways to move people and cargo efficiently in…