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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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Puerto Rican Luminaries

Submitted on 17 August 2015 - 11:00am

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Elma Beatriz Rosado

Reproducimos un texto sobre la iniciativa de Casa Pueblo, en la que participa la Universidad de Puerto Rico, para presentar opciones al consumo energético en la isla. Decidimos publicar el escrito en el idioma en que fue redactado originalmente. 

Various efforts are being made to lower Puerto Rico’s energy consumption, and the following story illustrates a vivid one.

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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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Pedro Bosque Pérez

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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No food without agriculture

Submitted on 14 July 2014 - 9:26pm

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Pedro Bosque Pérez / pedro.bosque@gfrmedia.com

Puerto Rico only produces 15% of the food it consumes, which represents a threat to the archipelago's food security.

 

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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.”

Searching for a solution for sigatoka

Submitted on 27 December 2013 - 10:37pm

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Bananas and plantains are a staple in the Puerto Rican and many other tropical countries' diets. These crops are affected by the sigatoka, a disease caused by two species of fungus (Mycosphaerella musicola and Mycosphaerella fijiensis) that slowly kill these plants.

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The millennial travels of a gecko

Submitted on 24 November 2013 - 12:48pm

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Wilson Gonzalez-Espada

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.

Journey to the submarine volcanoes

Submitted on 6 October 2013 - 3:38pm

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A grupo of scientists sponsored by National Gepgraphic, University of Rhode Island and NOOA will be studying the submarine basin in the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean sea, between Puerto Rico and Granada.

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