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11/02/2023

HAPPENING NOW ‼️

The Aurum Journalism Boot Camp ✨️

For participants, please check your emails and spam folders or the comment section below for the zoom details to the event. See you guys there!

10/02/2023

Less than a day left before the launch of The Aurum's first Journalism Boot Camp! ✨

With the theme: "RADIATE: Energizing accessible science with creativity and journalism," join us as we power through the exciting events in store for you. Check it out here!

Don’t miss out and register now 👇
https://tinyurl.com/TheAurumBootCamp

08/02/2023

Tick...⏳ tick...⌛ Boom!💥

What's up young and aspiring journalists of science?! 🤩 The Aurum is back with its very first online Journalism Boot Camp to be held on February 11, 2023 (Saturday) via Zoom. With the theme: “RADIATE: Energizing accessible science with creativity and journalism,“ reignite your love for writing 📜, drawing ✍️, and layout designing! ✨

The event is open to all HIGH SCHOOL and COLLEGE students. Cultivate that skills of yours, and join us here where science journalism shines the brightest🌟!

Who knows, this might just be the spark you need for Valentine's 😉💗 So what are you waiting for?

Register now using the link below 👇
https://tinyurl.com/TheAurumBootCamp

11/07/2022

And that’s a wrap! 🎬

Thank you for the year-long support for the Aurum 💚
And of course, we couldn’t have made it this far without our writers and artists 🖊️🖌️

The Aurum presents this year’s awardees who made the newsletter shine even brighter ✨

🖊️Most promising Science on the Move Writer
Erin Patricia Del Rosario

🖊️Most promising Molecular Musings Writer
Vince Erick Reyes

🖊️Most promising Biochemist Breakroom Writer
Dino Antonio Fernandez

🖌️Most promising Layout Artist
Helene Shoshana Kong

🖌️Most promising Monthly Matters Artist
Sid Alfred Gamboa

🖌️Most promising Atomic Artboard Artist
Ysa Dominique Yap

🏃‍♀️Most Active The Aurum Member
Helene Shoshana Kong

🧑‍🤝‍🧑Citizen’s Choice “Only from the best!”
By: Bless Ira Verganio

🧪Science Journalist of the Year
Helene Shoshana Kong

⭐Golden Child (Bon Appétit) - Programs
Helene Shoshana Kong

⭐Golden Child (Bon Appétit) - Programs
Kurt Nathaniel Baligod

⭐Golden Child (Bon Appétit) - Internals & Publications
Ryanne Desiree Daya

⭐Golden Child (Bon Appétit) - Externals
Haniah Ampuan

⭐Golden Child (Bon Appétit) - Internals
Nicole Mariel Aquino

06/07/2022

[SCIENCE ON THE MOVE]

“Blackest Black” to Date Developed by MIT Engineers
by Renee Shaine R. Balanay

Brian Wardle, a professor of aeronautics and astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, along with a team of MIT researchers created the coating while they were finding new methods to grow carbon nanotubes on aluminum to increase its conductivity.

Read more: https://bit.ly/3NGrfvm

18/05/2022

[SCIENCE ON THE MOVE]

Oxybenzone in sunscreens make sunlight toxic for corals
by Vince Erick U. Reyes

Researchers from Stanford University unveiled that in the presence of sunlight, a radical-producing toxin was produced as corals metabolized the oxybenzone contained in sunscreens, leading to their death.

READ MORE: https://bit.ly/3PsMrHl

16/05/2022

[MONTHLY MATTERS]

From Nutribun to the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, here is a list of the common scientific and technological misconceptions related to Ferdinand Marcos Sr. during his regime

A Closer Look on the State of Science During the Marcos Era

READ:

The Aurum

07/05/2022

[SCIENCE ON THE MOVE]

Enhanced DNA Nanostructures Improve Cancer Nanomedicine Treatment
by Neil Tristan Sacayanan

Researchers from the Center for Multifunctional Biomolecular Drug Design (CEMBID) at Aarhus University have synthesized stable DNA nanostructures that enable specific drug delivery for treatment of cancer cells.

READ MORE: https://bit.ly/3LW5yHJ

03/05/2022

[SCIENCE ON THE MOVE]

Isolated Blumeatin from Sambong: Potential Alternative Treatment for Neurodegenerative Diseases
by Helene Shoshana Kong

Filipino researchers recently published a study concluding a possible selective inhibitor of a cholinesterase that can lead to better drugs to treat neurodegenerative diseases.

READ MORE: bit.ly/3w6w1M6

02/05/2022

[SCIENCE ON THE MOVE]

Mammalian parthenogenesis creates viable offspring from unfertilized egg
by Erin Patricia D. Del Rosario

A study from China reports the successful production of offspring from a single unfertilized mammalian egg via parthenogenesis with target editing of critical epigenetic marks in the oocyte.

READ MORE: https://bit.ly/37SKT8L

07/04/2022

[MOLECULAR MUSINGS]

Savor the flavor: A closer look on what science have to say about MSG
by Haniah P. Ampuan

Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid commonly used as a flavor enhancer in many food products. It has been widely utilized around the world; however, it still remains to be a controversial food additive until now.

Read more: https://bit.ly/3LNEeLb

22/03/2022

Check out The Aurum's atomic artboard for this month! 🎨✨

One in a Hundred
by Vince Jim Paraunda

See it on our website: https://bit.ly/3L5uPhS