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AI-powered student solutions take top honors at 9th imake.wemake

From 49 entries nationwide, 20 team finalists showcased solutions-driven innovations at the 9th imake.wemake: create.innovate.collaborate competition, held on March 26-27, 2026, at Citadines Bay City Manila. Taking top honors and bringing home the Youth Innovation Prize (YIP) were teams from Cebu, Iligan, and Rizal....

Ateneo machine learning lab opens doors to industry partners, collaborators

Machine learning is one of today’s most important innovations because it allows computers to learn complex and subtle patterns that even the best human experts struggle with in a broad range of fields—from medicine to urban planning.  Seeing the vast potential for this growing...

Framework for rocket development and test launches in PH to be established through new PhilSA agreement

Manila, Philippines | March 5, 2026 — The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA), together with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA), Ascend International Gateway, Inc., and Republic of Korea’s (ROK) Perigee Aerospace, Inc. signed a Memorandum of...

UP study identifies opportunities and challenges for advanced DNA technology in SEA Forensics

Massively parallel sequencing (MPS) has transformed forensic DNA analysis by allowing scientists to examine multiple DNA markers at the same time and in much greater detail than older methods. Even so, MPS is still not widely used in Southeast Asian countries. Researchers from...

Ateneo spearheads int’l cooperation  for future light-based electronics

Photonics—the next generation of electronics technology, which uses light instead of electricity—is gaining a foothold in the Philippines thanks to the Ateneo de Manila University’s Research on Optical and Electronic Systems (ROSES) Laboratory, the country’s first and only facility dedicated to locally designing...

Open call for Pinoy HS students to compete in world AI olympiad

The search is on for the first-ever National AI Team to represent the Philippines on the global stage, where they will join hundreds of fellow students from over 60 countries in the development and responsible use of artificial intelligence. The Ateneo de Manila Business...

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8 new Filipino scholars will build PHL’s Maya-5, Maya-6 nanosats

The Philippine Space Program is surging forward and its leaders are being true to their word of having the country’s satellites made by Filipinos....

More men than women prefer WFH under new normal

More men than women prefer to work more days on a Work-from-Home (WFH) scheme under the new normal, a study said. Some 58% of men...

Ateneo machine learning lab opens doors to industry partners, collaborators

Machine learning is one of today’s most important innovations because it allows computers to learn complex and subtle patterns that even the best human...

Pinay Chemist Educator’s Invention made of Dried Banana-Leaf Offers Livelihood for Filipinos, Scales Up with DOST-TAPI Support

The Philippines continues to face a pressing challenge in providing sustainable employment. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the unemployment rate, released on November...