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The Puerto Rican astronaut Joseph Acabá will return to space

Submitted on 31 March 2017 - 5:02pm

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The Puerto Rican astronaut, Joseph Acabá, will return to space in September on a new NASA mission. He will travel aboard Soyuz to the International Space Station where he will stay for six months.

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NANOSCIENCE AT MAYAGÜEZ MALL

Submitted on 31 March 2017 - 4:49pm

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Adelaida Rivera
Last Saturday, March 25, the Nanotechnology Center at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus hosted the event called Nanolandia: Searching for scientific treasures. This year they had the participation of Science Clubs, a video games group and the University Association for Sign Language. 
 
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Class on how to use a telescope and star atlas

Submitted on 27 March 2017 - 3:38pm

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UMET

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San Juan, PR, March 27, 2017 — The class titled "How to use a telescope and star atlas to observe the night sky" will begin next Saturday, April 1, 2017 at UMET in Cupey. The class will meet from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm for four consecutive Saturdays.

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RUM highlights meteorology at festival

Submitted on 18 March 2017 - 3:41am

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Diálogo Digital

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Nearly 600 middle and high school students participated of the Meteorology Festival celebrated at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus. This event was organized by the student chapter of the Society of Meteorology of Puerto Rico and focused on the mission to educate and motivate students for meteorology. 

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Children projected as future inventors at C3Tec

Submitted on 17 March 2017 - 7:44pm

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At the workshop "Discover the inventor in you" dozens of children learned about intelectual property, patents and brands from international experts.

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College students design a remote control lawn mower

Submitted on 15 March 2017 - 1:07am

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El Nuevo Día

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Keila López Alicea

Three students from the Turabo University designed and built a control remote lawn mower as part of a final class project. The students plan to patent their idea and use this project to kickstart their future as entrepreneurs.

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The female Calandria of Puerto Rico also sings

Submitted on 15 March 2017 - 1:03am

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Raúl A. Pérez-Rivera

In birds, the song is attributed to males as a form of attracting females or alerting other males of there presence in a particular territory. The Calandria of Puerto Rico (Icterus portoricensis) was recognized as endemic recently. The 2016 study by Dr. Campbell published in Journal of Caribbean Ornithology shows that the female Calandria sings very similar to the male Calandria. 

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UPR Humacao will offer summer programs in science and math

Submitted on 15 March 2017 - 1:01am

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The program Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) from the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao (UPRH) will be accepting applications until March 31. This program is for high school students interested in participating in summer research through the Experimenta con PREM initiative in the Cayey and Humacao UPR campuses. 

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Puerto Rican University studies if Alzheimer's is inherited

Submitted on 14 March 2017 - 12:42am

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The Central Caribbean University in Bayamon leads study to determine if Alzheimer's disease is hereditary.

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