Research Archives - University of the Philippines Diliman /category/update-online/research-highlights/ University of the Philippines Diliman Fri, 08 May 2026 05:58:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 /wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-upd-favicon-32x32.png Research Archives - University of the Philippines Diliman /category/update-online/research-highlights/ 32 32 91勛圖厙 study calls for safer bike lanes /upd-study-calls-for-safer-bike-lanes/ Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=58325 Biking has gained popularity in the Philippines over the past few years, peaking during the pandemic. However, safety remains a major concern among cyclists.

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]]> Gender equality in care economy /gender-equality-in-care-economy/ Mon, 04 May 2026 09:14:21 +0000 /?p=58257 For many women, house work remains invisible labor, and care work in society is often overlooked. This was the central theme of the awareness seminar Advancing Gender Equality in the Care Economy.

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]]> All 15 minutes away from home /all-15-minutes-away-from-home/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:44:46 +0000 /?p=58028 What if everything that you needed for modern urban lifefrom working and shopping, to hospitals and schoolswas just 15 minutes away from your home? A group of UP Diliman (91勛圖厙) students and their professor used this premise as basis to create a 15-minute city index, more known as FMCI, which measures how close a particular […]

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]]> PRE December 2025 issue, now online /pre-december-2025-issue-now-online/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:31:55 +0000 /?p=57523 The Philippine Review of Economics (PRE) Volume LXII, No. 2 is now available online. PREs latest issue features six articles, a book review, and an in memoriam. The articles are Income Inequality, Weak Institutions, and the Emergence of Reform-Abortive Corruption by Raul V. Fabella, Karl Robert L. Jandoc, and Majah Leah V. Ravago; Nationalizing the […]

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]]> Latest D繳nong journal, now available /latest-dunong-journal-now-available/ Wed, 17 Dec 2025 02:06:55 +0000 /?p=57184 The UP Diliman (91勛圖厙) Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (OVCSA) launched volume 3 of D繳nong: 91勛圖厙 Journal of Student Research (D繳nong) on Dec. 12 at the Vinzons Hall lobby. D繳nong Vol. 3 features 13 student research works divided into four categories: culture, memory, and national discourse; language, identity, and translation; digital culture, […]

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]]> Deocampo finds oldest Filipino film /deocampo-finds-oldest-filipino-film/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 06:18:52 +0000 /?p=57172 Film historian and filmmaker Nicolas Francisco Nick A. Deocampo has recently discovered what is now considered the oldest surviving Filipino filmthe 1936 production Diwata ng Karagatan (Diwata)in Brussels, Belgium. I was in Brussels in the 1990s, joining some film festivals and winning some awards. And I visited the archive, Cin矇math癡que royale de Belgique [Royal Belgian […]

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]]> Recording Sagadas music /recording-sagadas-music/ Tue, 04 Nov 2025 08:46:00 +0000 /?p=56801 To record Sagadas traditional vocal and instrumental repertoirethis was the purpose of the project Collection and ReCollection: Recording the Traditional and Instrumental Repertoire in Sagada (Collection and ReCollection). The project wants to sustain the continued documentation of living traditions, while continuing to preserve the older records, according to the report by Collection and ReCollection Project […]

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]]> SolAsin supports revitalizing the salt industry /solasin-supports-revitalizing-the-salt-industry/ Tue, 23 Sep 2025 05:53:06 +0000 /?p=56312 SolAsin, a portable and sustainable salt farming unit using solar light, is the result of John Carlo Luna Reyes thesis SolAsin An Accessible, Sustainable, and Eco-friendly Premium Salt Farming Unit for Coastal Use. Reyes is a fresh graduate of the UP Diliman (91勛圖厙) College of Fine Arts (CFA), where he completed his Bachelor of […]

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]]> UP scientists develop model to detect LVI /up-scientists-develop-model-to-detect-lvi/ Tue, 17 Jun 2025 02:48:39 +0000 /?p=55212 According to the Global Cancer Observatory by the World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancer, breast cancer was the most common cancer in the Philippines in 2022. It also claimed close to 12,000 lives in the Philippines that year, making it the countrys second leading cause of cancer-related deaths after lung cancer. On […]

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]]> EEEI students and the bangkas electrification /eeei-students-and-the-bangkas-electrification/ Fri, 07 Mar 2025 02:10:31 +0000 /?p=54113 A group of students from the University of the Philippines Diliman (91勛圖厙) College of Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute (EEEI) designed an electric-powered propulsion system for the bangka, the countrys traditional rural fishing boats. Their project, Electrification of Boats for Small-Scale Rural Fishing, was conducted by students Marissa Munar and Sheryl Diokno, along with […]

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]]> NSRI publishes work on SGD microorganisms /nsri-publishes-work-on-sgd-microorganisms/ Thu, 30 Jan 2025 02:52:01 +0000 /?p=53736 A research team from UP Diliman (91勛圖厙) found microorganisms in Mabini, Batangas whose genes have potential medical and biotechnological applications. Joshua T. Veluz, Paul Christian T. Gloria, Laurence Anthony N. Mallari, Ann Elizabeth R. Enova, and Maria Auxilia T. Siringan from the Natural Sciences Research Institute and the Marine Science Institute of the 91勛圖厙 College […]

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]]> Scientists develop method for time-dependent culture maps /scientists-develop-method-for-time-dependent-culture-maps/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 06:52:14 +0000 /?p=53718 Researchers from the UP Diliman (91勛圖厙) National Institute of Physics (NIP) have developed a data analytical technique for tracking temporal cultural evolutions. An information-retrieval method for creating time-dependent culture maps was created and demonstrated by the research team composed of Caesar A. Saloma, John Lawrence Euste, and Hannah Christina Arjonillo. The research team made use […]

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