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What is a stroke?

Submitted on 14 June 2016 - 2:03pm

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A stroke is a cerebrovascular incident in which there is a lack of oxygen being supplied to the brain.

This is a modified shorter version of a blogpost originally appeared on our blog Conocimiento: A Tu Salud. 

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Spectacular image of San Juan taken from space

Submitted on 14 March 2016 - 12:39am

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A new image taken at 4:00 pm on March 2, 2016 as the International Space Station was above Puerto Rico, shows the San Juan metropolitan area with great detail.

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ZIka vaccines might arrive too late

Submitted on 14 March 2016 - 12:33am

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Ginebra - The World Health Organization (WHO) warned today that the vaccine against Zika virus might arrive to late to have a real impact on the current epidemic going on in Latin America.

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Colder temperatures lower the risk of chikungunya infection

Submitted on 18 December 2015 - 3:44pm

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The mosquito that propagates the dengue and chikungunya virus is unable to complete its life cycle at temperatures lower than 77 grades Fahrenheit.
 
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Alarmante acumulación de contaminantes emergentes en cuerpos de agua

Submitted on 7 December 2015 - 1:05pm

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A recent report from the Environmental Quality Board revealed that many water bodies and reservoirs in Puerto Rico are contaminated with antibiotics, cosmetics, steroids, insect repellent and other types of emerging pollutants. Students and scientists at the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez are turning to nontechnology to create filters that may help address this problem.

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The origin of a dengue epidemic

Submitted on 23 August 2015 - 4:54pm

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This article describes the recent article about dengue genetics published in Science by Dr. Mariano García Blanco and his colleagues at Duke University.

 

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The Science article could be found at: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2015/07/01/science.aab3369.abstract

 

 

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Shark that is part of an experiment swims to Puerto Rico

Submitted on 30 March 2015 - 9:20am

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A shark that has been monitored was recently track swimming in the south of Puerto Rico. Researchers at Nova Southeastern University’s Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI) announced that “St. Mary’s”, shark's name, was escaping the cold temperatures and was swimming in the Caribbean waters.  

 

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Spreading false hopes about stem cell treatments

Submitted on 25 July 2014 - 12:16pm

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Recently, several interviews in Puerto Rico have spread misinformation about the use of stem cells for the treatment of several conditions, such as paralysis.

In this article, Wilson González Espada advises readers to inform themselves about FDA regulations on stem cell treatments.

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El Big Bang, la Inflación y la naturaleza de la ciencia

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Había una canción de salsa muy famosa de Héctor Lavoe que decía “Todo tiene su final. Nada dura para siempre…”. Y es cierto. Pero como toda coordenada lineal el tiempo tiene dos direcciones: una hacia el futuro y otra hacia el pasado. Así que la contraparte temporal de ese aforismo es “Todo tiene su principio. Nada ha existido desde siempre.”

The millennial travels of a gecko

Submitted on 24 November 2013 - 12:48pm

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Tener evidencia del pasado es esencial para preservar la cultura humana. La evidencia del pasado puede ser guardada en formato digital o en formato análogo; mediante fotografía o árboles genealógicos. Sin embargo, estas herramientas suelen ser poco útiles si queremos explorar nuestra historia hace siglos o milenios atrás.

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