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Can’t get enough of chocolates? Thank, or blame,the microbes.

A “tableatsokalate” without the grainy texture and bitter, burnt-like taste of some commercially produced tablea, will be one of several biotechnology applications to be featured during the National Biotechnology Week from November 23 – 28, 2015 at the SM City Dasmariñas, Cavite.

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The science community mourned the demise of a great Filipino scientist on October 24, 2015 due to a heart attack.

National Scientist Dr. Benito S. Vergara, 81, was remembered by his loving family, friends, colleagues, fellow Academicians and National Scientists, and the rest of the science community during the necrological service held in his honor at the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Bicutan, Taguig City five days later on October 29.

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Visitors to the upcoming 11th National Biotechnology Week (NBW), slated from November 23-28, 2015 at  SM City Dasma in Cavite,  can learn more about biotechnology with the help of the internationally acclaimed STARBOOKS or Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosks, a digital science library developed by the Department of Science and Technology-Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII).

STARBOOKS, dubbed “library in a box,” will be among the technologies to be featured during the event, with STII personnel on hand to assist individuals willing to try the research tool.