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Plan to save the Puerto Rican parrot

Submitted on 13 March 2013 - 11:52am

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Scientists at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez turned to crowdfunding to finance the sequencing of the Puerto Rican parrot's genome.


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The dark side of hand sanitizers

Submitted on 8 March 2013 - 5:26pm

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The use of antimicrobial hand sanitizers has been on the rise around the world and in Puerto Rico. Instead of protecting people, their overuse could lead to antibiotic resistance and the evolution of new "bugs" that could be harder to control...

The author is a doctoral candidate in environmental microbiology at the University of Arizona and a member of Ciencia Puerto Rico.

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INTERNADO DE NANOTECNOLOGIA 2013: NanoSummer Camp para maestros y estudiantes

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El campamento de 5 semanas Nano Summer camp, para jóvenes y maestros de escuela superior, se llevará a cabo en la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto Río Piedras. La fecha límite para someter solicitudes es el 13 de Abril.

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Student from Puerto Rico is awarded first prize in nanoscience at an NSF in Washington, DC

Submitted on 7 March 2013 - 2:37am

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Nicole Blanco-Vicéns, student in the Departament of Industrial Engineering and member of the Applied Optimization Group of Dr. Mauricio Cabrera-Ríos, won first prize in the nanosciences category in a poster competition that took place during the 2013 NSF Emerging Researchers National Conference in STEM, held in Washington DC from February 28 to March 3rd. 

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The Puerto Rican Parrot Genome Project: A Community Effort

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Puerto Rican parrot eating a fruit
Amazona vittata. Courtesy of Omar Monsegur - USFWS Endangered Species

Day by day, scientists face great challenges in carrying out their research. Traditionally, in order to fund their projects, scientists write research proposals to government agencies, where they are evaluated by other colleagues. The challenge is even greater for early career scientists, as they must compete with established scientists with vast experience. The picture is less encouraging if we consider that the budget problems threaten the "sequestration" of funds for science and technology.

A comet will be observed from Puerto Rico

Submitted on 5 March 2013 - 10:05am

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Puerto Ricans will get the chance to observe comet C/2011 L4 (PanStarrs) on March 5th and 6th.

 

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Ethical dilemmas of modern science

Submitted on 5 March 2013 - 9:51am

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This article discusses several ethical issues raised by recent science and technology advances. Some of the issues discussed are hacking into medical devices, climate change, cars that drive themselves, and more. These dilemmas were published by the John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology and Values at the University of Notre Dame. You can read that list here.

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