Estudiante de Escuela Superior: Solicita a Competencia Siemens en Matemáticas, Ciencia y Tecnología

Submitted by Mónica Ivelisse Feliú-Mójer on 19 April 2016 - 9:41pm

The Siemens Foundation established the Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology in 1999. The Competition is the nation’s premiere science research competition for high school students and seeks to promote excellence by encouraging students to undertake individual or team research projects.

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JCA recognizes student project to protect butterflies

Submitted on 19 April 2016 - 7:38pm

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The Environmental Quality Board, recognized the organization Scientific Youth of Ponce, made up of students from the Bernardino Cordero Bernard Vocational School, for their project aimed at protecting butterflies.

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World wide recognition for Puertorrican environmentalist

Submitted on 19 April 2016 - 7:29pm

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Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera helped lead a successful campaign to establish a nature reserve in Puerto Rico’s Northeast Ecological Corridor—an important nesting ground for the endangered leatherback sea turtle—and protect the island’s natural heritage from harmful development.

Where the leatherback sea turtle calls home

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Astronomers detect a quasar of more than 10 trillion grades d

Submitted on 19 April 2016 - 7:15pm

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With the help of the Arecibo Observatory, international astronomers recently discovered that the temperature in the center of a quasar, an astronomic source of electromagnetic energy, could be more than 10 trillion grades, negating the established theory of 100 billion grades.

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Protected Areas Conservation Action Team of Puerto Rico (PA-CAT) celebrates de protection of the 16 percent

Submitted on 19 April 2016 - 7:01pm

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Barranquitas-Comerío, Puerto Rico — The Protected Areas Conservation Action Team of Puerto Rico (PA-CAT), composed of the principal entities that manage Puerto Rico's natural resources, celebrated the announcement that Puerto Rico will protect 16% of its territory.

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