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Student-in-a-box
We are almost done studying quantum chemistry for the semester. Up to this point we have studied how to compute the probability of...
Bless Verganio
Jun 25, 20214 min read
Meet the newest member of the biomolecular family
A new type of biomolecule is discovered by a group of scientists from Boston’s Children Hospital that might be present in all living...
Kyle Vitug
Jun 12, 20212 min read
Gummy proteins: a way for people with limited vision to appreciate science
Science for everyone! Gummy model of a calcium-binding protein (left) vs a computer model (right) Biochemist Bryan Shaw, together with...
Joshua Alex Binza
Jun 12, 20212 min read
That's Okay
by Marianne Barce
Marianne Barce
Jun 10, 20211 min read
The Quarantine Agenda
Filipinos have been living in the (dis)comfort of their own homes since March 2020. With the continuous surge of cases, now reaching a...
Vince Jim Paraunda
Jun 9, 20213 min read
Not-FR No.: I lost count
Not-FR No.: I lost count EVALUATION OF LIFE UNDER “NEW NORMAL” The Writer (1) The Aurum Newsletter “ABSTRACT” One year and two months...
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May 26, 20217 min read
Combating climate change: Scientists develop efficient, greener way to capture CO2, convert into SiC
Due to the alarming issue of climate change over the past decades, scientists from the Salk Institute of Biological Studies in San Diego,...
Vince Reyes
May 23, 20212 min read
New computer interface translates mental handwriting into text
Using a sensor implanted on the brain, a team of neuroscientists developed an interface that decodes neural signals associated with...
Alecs Andrea Casumbal
May 23, 20212 min read
Ivermectin: 22M down the drain
An antiparasitic drug spikes in demand in the pharmaceutical market today as news regarding its efficacy for treating CoVid-19 has...
Reese Fajardo
May 19, 20215 min read
What A Small World
by Claude Simon Naco
Claude Simon Naco
May 13, 20211 min read
Ivermectin: not the silver bullet
With over 400 days into the pandemic, Filipino citizens are divided yet again by a claimed ‘wonder drug’ that can cure and prevent...
Kyle Louie Vitug
Apr 28, 20215 min read
Development of Biodegradable Pollen Sponge for Contaminated Water Purification
From Sunflower Pollen, scientists from Nanyang Technological Univeristy (NTU) were able to synthesize a biodegradable pollen sponge that...
Tristan Sacayanan
Apr 24, 20212 min read
Bugging superbugs: Black Phosphorus kills antibiotic resistant bacteria and fungi
To address antibiotic-resistant bacteria “superbugs”, a nanothin coating made of black phosphorus was innovated by Royal Melbourne...
Micah Theresse B. Fajardo
Apr 24, 20212 min read
How I've Been Feeling Lately
Art by Marianne Barce
Marianne Barce
Apr 15, 20211 min read
On Modern Times and Evolution
“Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.” -Carl Sagan
Luisa Sabban
Apr 14, 20214 min read
Novel, tiny living robots self-assemble from frog cells
Microscopic living robots that can evolve from single cells, maneuver rapidly through different environments in the absence of muscle...
John Kevin Ceasar S. Palay
Apr 10, 20213 min read
Genetic Bladder: Microbes Can Produce Human DNA Antecedents From Urine
Streptococcus agalactiae, a harmless interdependent bacterium found in the urogenital human body system, can utilize guaA for purine...
Nelson Gabriel L. Cortez
Apr 10, 20212 min read
Fear not the feeling of fright
We certainly have all experienced fear at one point in our lives, from something as simple as our reflex to a falling object, to the...
Vince Erick U. Reyes
Mar 30, 20215 min read
Coronavirus CAT-astrophe? : Susceptibility of animals to SARS-CoV-2 poses threat of future COVID-19
With all pathogenic human coronaviruses having animal origins, scientists fear that SARS-CoV-2 could hide in animals and then resurge...
Shannen So
Mar 20, 20212 min read
Chemists enhance boron's utility in drug design
Boron, a metalloid element that contains one fewer electron than carbon, has been the subject of many past researches for its potential...
Ian Lemuel Virtucio
Mar 20, 20212 min read
Ocean's Call
by Marianne Barce
Marianne Barce
Mar 18, 20211 min read
Degrees of Freedom
While healthcare workers continue calls for safe and effective vaccination plans, other frontliners have opted to join the first vaccine...
Kurt Baligod
Mar 17, 20215 min read
It's that time of the year again
It was a typical day in March when everything became chaotic. Panic filled the hearts of people that day, and for the unforeseen future....
Frances Caballero
Mar 16, 20214 min read
Bajaro
Feb 26, 20210 min read
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