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Eddie N. Laboy Nieves: Respecting the Environment

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Dr. Eddie Laboy Nieves has dedicated his life to studying and educating others about Puerto Rican nature

As a restless and hardworking child, the words spoken by “grandpa” Don Andrés became Eddie’s life compass: “We need to take care of the land and the rivers; without them the poor cannot eat or drink.” Inspired by this message of love for nature, Dr. Eddie N. Laboy Nieves recognized the importance of preserving the environment, leading him to invest his time and career to understand it and to teach others about nature.

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Puerto Rican scientist seeks to accelerate heart regeneration by studying stem cells

Submitted on 10 July 2013 - 12:02pm

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Ruben Crespo, a Puerto Rican postdoctoral scientist at the Mayo Clinic studies stem cells hoping to understand how they can be used to regenerate important organs such as the heart,


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Nueva mirada a las ‘invasiones’

Submitted on 13 November 2012 - 5:51pm

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Un concepto que se observa en diferentes campos del conocimiento es el de paradigma. Un paradigma establece lo que se asume como correcto o básico en una disciplina. Son estos axiomas los que nos ayudan a interpretar las cosas desde un punto de vista u otro. Existen paradigmas en áreas tan diversas como la economía, las artes, la sociología y las ciencias.

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Our coral reefs: "touch with your eyes"

Submitted on 2 September 2012 - 10:14pm

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Scientists from the Social and Environmental Research Institute (SERI) found that pre-trip messaging can dramatically reduce the impacts of snorkelers and divers to reefs.

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New link between smoking and brain damage – Radiocápsula RCP/CPR

Submitted on 25 June 2009 - 9:09am

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Scientists from the Indian National Brain Research Center discover a direct link between smoking and neurological damage. The study will be published in the July issue of the Journal of Neurochemistry.

Jail Time Increases Odds of Hypertension, Researchers Find

Submitted on 15 April 2009 - 10:56am

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Dr. Emily A. Wang, a CienciaPR member recently published a study that found that former prison inmates are more likely than those who have never been incarcerated to have high blood pressure as young adults and to develop a dangerous thickening of the heart’s left ventricle.

Spanish scientists discover a “dry hail” aerosol from Sahara – Radiocápsula RCP/CPR

Submitted on 6 October 2008 - 10:28pm

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Scientists of the Soil Science and Geopharmacy Research Group of the University of Granada (Spain), directed by Rafael Delgado, have discovered and characterized a new type of atmospheric particle that develops similarly to hail, which could be useful for the study of relevant atmospheric reactions from Earth.

Allergens under study

Submitted on 13 July 2006 - 2:48pm

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UPR’s Medical Sciences Campus (MSC) is counting fungi spores and pollen in the air of the metropolitan zone to know if they are causes of allergies.

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