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ORMOC CITY, Leyte, Sept. 8 (PNA) – While the Department of Energy is pushing for the generation of clean energy from natural resources, some experts are apprehensive with the unstable power produced by variable renewable energy (VRE) such as solar and wind due to its fluctuating nature. Raul Galano, head of the Visayas Systems Operations of National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) told reporters that variable renewable energy is named as such because of […]
ZHENGZHOU, Sept. 8 (PNA/Xinhua) — A Chinese bus maker announced Monday that its driverless bus has completed a successful trial-operation on an intercity road in central China’s Henan Province. The 10.5-meter hybrid bus by Yutong Bus Co., Ltd., ran around 32.6 kilometers on the intercity road linking Zhengzhou City with Kaifeng City in late August, according to Yutong. The driverless bus has passed all tests including identifying all 26 traffic lights on the road, automatically […]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (PNA/Xinhua) — Seven weeks after its historic flyby of Pluto, NASA’s New Horizons probe now began to transmit the tens of gigabits of data it collected about the dwarf planet back to Earth. The transmission rate of the July 14 encounter data, however, is especially slow, at only 1-4 kilobits per second, considering the spacecraft’s 4.8 billion-kilometer distance from Earth, which means a radio signal delay of 4.5 hours. As a result, […]
GERMANY, September 8 (Reuters) — Scientists in Germany have come up with a method for extracting the precious element germanium from plants. The element is a semi-conductor and was used to develop the first transistor because it is able to transport electrical charges extremely quickly. Nowadays, silicon-germanium alloy is indispensable to modern life, crucial in making computers, smartphones and fiber-optic cables. Transparent in infra-red light, germanium is also used in intelligent steering systems and parking […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang assured the public on Monday that the Ebola virus found in monkeys by local health authorities is not a threat to human health. This was after the Department of Health (DOH) had confirmed on Saturday that the virus, which has infected some monkeys in an undisclosed facility in the country, is indeed the Ebola Reston Virus (ERV). Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr.quoted the DOH as saying that this strain of Ebola […]
SEPTEMBER 7 (Reuters) — An image of a three-year-old Syrian boy dead on a Turkish beach echoed across the world on Thursday (September 3) as it was reproduced in publications and social media across the world. Artists have joined in recreating and manipulating the haunting image to express their horror at the boy’s fate. Video showed a little boy wearing a bright red t-shirt and shorts lying face-down in the surf on a beach near […]
ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Sept. 7 (PIA) – The National Food Authority (NFA) here assured sufficient rice stock even with El Nino. Provincial Manager Benilda Fidel of the NFA said that Capiceños have no need to worry about rice supply even during the dry spell. She said that based on their latest rice inventory, the rice stocks in the province covering those in the households, traders, millers and NFA will last for 58 days. Fidel added […]
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, (PIA) — The National Nutrition Council (NNC) region 2 has warned the public not to buy salts that are sold along highways. Rhodora Maestre, nutrition program coordinator said that in a surprise monitoring of the Regional Bantay Asin Task Force in the salt manufacturing in Ilocos Norte, they found out that those sold along the highways are inadequately iodized. Based on tests results, the products only contain 0.5ppm of iodine content which […]
SEPTEMBER 7 (Reuters) — Around 40 kilograms (88 lb) of wool has been sheared from a sheep found near Australia’s capital, the RSPCA said on Thursday (September 3), making him unofficially the world’s woolliest. The animal, named Chris by his rescuers, was discovered on the northern outskirts of Canberra on Wednesday (September 2) and was said to be struggling to walk under the weight of his coat. Four-time Australian Shearing Championship winner Ian Elkins was […]
SEPTEMBER 7 (Reuters) — The spirit of one of the greatest TV shows of all time lives in Turkey’s largest city of Istanbul where customers wear hazmat suits and taste meth shaped candies. Inspired by “Breaking Bad” series, Walter’s Coffee Roastery is Turkey’s first “coffee lab” that started as a Kickstarter project. “It’s actually a long process because it took around 10 months to open up. I wanted to open up a big, huge coffee […]
(Reuters) — A low-key ceremonial change of command took place aboard the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday (September 5). Veteran Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka of Roscosmos handed over the reigns to NASA’s Scott Kelly. “I am ready to relinquish command to Scott Kelly,” Padalka said, as he handed over the microphone to Kelly. “And I assume command of the International Space Station, a great ship and one that not only serves us very well, […]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (PNA/Xinhua) — A European team on Thursday proposed a new explanation for why children growing up on farms are far better protected against asthma and allergies. The protective effect may be created by a particular anti-inflammatory protein called A20, which the body produces upon contact with farm dust, according to the team, led by researchers from Belgium’s Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) and Ghent University. The findings, published in the leading journal […]
