In the recently concluded, National Invention Competition '10, young inventors are pushed even more towards excellence to be globally competitive.

The said competition, which was participated by at least 67 inventors, was divided into five categories: Tuklas (Outstanding Invention; Outstanding Utility Model), Outstanding Industrial Design, Outstanding Creative Research and SIBOL (Outstanding Student Creative Research).

Young participants are prioritized in the contest since; they will be the future leaders of the nation.

In the Asia Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) forum, educators from Australia, United States, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, and South Korea signed a manifesto that supports collaborative activities in research, linkages and exchanges and policy development aimed at enhancing science and mathematics teacher education in the region.

Dr. Emerlinda Roman, president of the University of the Philippines System, an institution under the Engineering Research and Development for Technology (ERDT) of the Department of Science and Technology (DoST), said that the country is in need of more more research scientists and engineers (RSEs) with advanced degrees to make science and technology work for disaster mitigation and poverty alleviation, ensure a sustainable environment and reasonable energy for the future, and turn out indigenous technologies to enhanced Filipinos' lives.

Leaded by Dr. Filemon Romero, a scientist from this municipality and a consultant of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), said that a new species of "squidworm" (Teuthidodrilus samae) was found in the bentho-pelagic zone on the Tawi-Tawi side of the Celebes Sea in the waters of South Ubian municipality.

A team of foreign scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, NOAA Ocean Exploration Program, the National Geographic Society, and NSF Centers of Ocean Science Education Excellence and University of California, Los Angeles led by Dr. Larry Madin also joined Romero's team during the ISSP.

Are you going to laugh at the wonders of this plant? Some of the Filipinos claimed that this plant called Euphorbia hirta or simply "tawa-tawa" has antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties. Some doctors would say that tawa-tawa can be beneficial to us because it can be an antidote for dengue and tuberculosis.

BFAR seaweed tissue culture laboratory is located at ABMATC Compound in Barangay Zabali, Baler, Aurora. This was known as the first seaweed laboratory in Central Luzon and one of the six active seaweed laboratories in the country. As a major project of Casiguran Mariculture Park, it covers an area of 321.6 hectares in Casiguran Bay. Aurora province is planning to develop its seaweed culture area from 150 hectares to 1,000 hectares in the next years.

Two church bells considered as a Philippine-American war artifact were turned over today to the National Museum.
 
Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario turned over to Director Jeremy Burns of the National Muesum the two church bells reportedly taken from Meycauyan Church in Bulacan in 1899.

According to DFA, the bells were handed by Sisters of Mercy Midwest Community USA president Sister Judith Frikker to Philippine Consul General to Chicago Leo M. Herrera-Lim. The wooden part of the bells contains the message "Taken from the Church at MEYCAUAYAN, Luzon Islands after bombardment by Utah Battery March 29, 1899. By P.O. Thomas, Co. A Batallion of Engineers."  The bells’ height is 10 inches and its width is 3.5 inches.  It is quite heavy in 5 lbs.