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Fe Villanueva del Mundo, OLD ONS GCGH, (born Fé Primitiva del Mundo y Villanueva; 27 November 1911 – 6 August 2011 [1]) was a Filipino pediatrician.She founded the first pediatric hospital in the Philippines and is known for shaping the modern child healthcare system in the Philippines.
Fe del Mundo (1911–2011), Philippines – medical incubator made out of bamboo for use in rural communities without electrical power; Colin Murdoch (1929–2008), New Zealand – Tranquillizer gun, disposable hypodermic syringe; William Murdoch (1754–1839), Scotland – Gas lighting
Fe Del Mundo (1909–2011) Medical 1938 National Scientist of the Philippines; pediatrician; recipient of Ramon Magsaysay Award; devised an incubator made out of bamboo, designed for use in rural communities without electrical power; the first woman admitted as a student at Harvard Medical School Russell Doolittle (1931–2019) PhD, 1962 Biochemist
EcoPlanet Bamboo claims to have overcome many barriers to industrialize bamboo as a commercial crop: A lack of planting material. See “bamboo mass flowering". Lack of knowledge on the growth, ecology and yields of bamboos other than Moso. High investment required to take bamboo through the 6–7 years required to reach maturity.
Because bamboo can grow on otherwise marginal land, bamboo can be profitably cultivated in many degraded lands. [4] [5] Moreover, because of the rapid growth, bamboo is an effective climate change mitigation and carbon sequestration crop, absorbing between 100 and 400 tonnes of carbon per hectare (40–160 tonnes per acre).
Aug. 3—A $15,000 state grant will allow the Santa Fe Business Incubator to strengthen mentoring for its 20 tenant startup companies and roughly 20 affiliated clients. The New Mexico Economic ...
The Toronto Zoo's twin giant panda cubs have been moved to a larger incubator and are doing very well, the zoo said on Friday.
Among the men and women who have made contributions to science are Fe del Mundo in the field of pediatrics, Eduardo Quisumbing in plant taxonomy, Gavino Trono in tropical marine phycology and Maria Orosa in the field of food technology. [1]