College students from public and private schools were invited by The Technology Resource Center (TRC) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to join the Teknobiz Idea Challenge on February 24.

According to Tomas Briñas, DOST Bicol regional director, the youth business idea contest is designed to enhance and further hone their creativity and entrepreneurial skills and become successful techno-preneurs.

Soil erosion is one of the major causes of flooding in some parts of the country. Degraded land or sloping areas are more prone to flooding. And when flooding occurs, more problems are expected to come for the affected communities.

And to lessen this kind of problem, a research team headed by Gil Magsino of the University of the Philippines at Los Banos conducted a study that would about to solve the problems of soil erosion.

The team said that one way of controlling soil erosion is through the use of agricultural technology to conserve soil health and prevent erosion, especially during storms and floods.

With this year's World Robotic Olympiad (WRO), Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said that this could help promote the country to be one of major tourist destinations as it hosts the said event for the first time.

WRO will be from November 6 to 7 with the theme Robots Promote Tourism.

With the gaining popularity of vegetable noodles, Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has commended an Abra native for making such a vegetable noodle.

It is known that noodles is one of the most preferred food to eat by many people since it is easy to prepare and cheap. But not all cheap foods are healthy.