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Celebrating the great talent of the Puerto Rican scientific community

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Dear Friends,

The last month has been one of many achievements for the scientific community of Puerto Rico.

At CienciaPR we want celebrate these achievements and give more visibility to these scientific heroes that raise the profile of Puerto Rican science around the world. 

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Dire situation at the Department of Agriculture

Submitted on 15 May 2013 - 9:45am

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El Nuevo Día

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Gerardo Cordero / gerardo.cordero@gfrmedia.com

The main goal of the Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture is to foster food security. This task is however difficulted by a lack of funding, agricultural statistics, or progress reports from previous years.

This article is originally in spanish. To read it you can click on ESPAÑOL at the top right corner of your page. You can also contact our News Editor, Mónica Feliú-Mójer (moefeliu@cienciapr.org).

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Support for green roads

Submitted on 13 May 2013 - 4:07pm

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El Nuevo Día

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Andrea Martínez / amartinez@elnuevodia.com

The combination of recycled asphalt with new paving technologies will create savings for the government while being an eco-friendly alternative.

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30th anniversary of the discovery of HIV

Submitted on 8 May 2013 - 10:30am

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This article summarizes the contributions of the Virology Laboratory at the University of Puerto Rico's Medical Sciences Campus to the understanding of the HIV virus.

The original version of this article is in Spanish. You can read it by clicking on the word ESPAÑOL at the top right corner. You can also contact our News Editor Mónica Feliú-Mójer (moefeliu@cienciapr.org).

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Environmental experts analyze reforestation efforts in Puerto Rico

Submitted on 22 April 2013 - 12:37pm

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El Nuevo Día

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Limarys SUÁREZ Torres / lsuarez1@elnuevodia.com

El Nuevo Día and several environmentalists review the last 20 years of reforestation efforts in Puerto Rico and conclude that many of them have been done in the wrong places. Although 13 million trees have been planted in that period of time, they have done little to mitigate urban flooding, heat, noise and water contamination.

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The call of the leatherback turtle

Submitted on 22 April 2013 - 12:32pm

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Luis Miguel Rico / Especial El Nuevo Día

As the leatherback turtle nesting season begins we must reflect on the importance of protecting this endangered species and how this efforts fit in the bigger environmental conservation picture.

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