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Puerto Rican students won several prizes at international robotics competition

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Marga Parés Arroyo / mpares@elnuevodia.com

Students from secondary school and High schools around Puerto Rico won 12 prizes in an international robotics competiton.

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Environmental experts analyze reforestation efforts in Puerto Rico

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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

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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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11 Puerto Rican students will participate in a robotics competition

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Eleven Puerto Rican students from the Escuela Especializada Central de Artes Visuales will participate in the Robo Games Competition in robotics in California.

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Fellowship opportunities at Universia

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Universia has posted over 300 opportunities related to fellowships at becas.universia.pr

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Before getting to the manufacturing site: Merck executives visit Puerto Rican drug discoverers

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Marie Custodio Collazo; mcustodio@elnuevodia.com

Executives from Merck Pharmaceuticals met with all the scientist and other professionals involved in getting to market a new drug product, from discovery to product launch.  The product is called sitagliptin and is known in the market by the trade names Januvia and Janumet, depending on the formulation and is used for the treatment of type II diabetes. 

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