Condado Beach, between La Concha and Marriott hotels, is one of the most visited by tourists and locals and it's also one of the most dangerous ones due to rip currents. To address the issue a group of residents, supported by technical and scientific staff, are proposing the installation of an artificial reef, 150 meters from the coast.
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According to the US Federal Fish and Wildlife Service there are 14 endangered species of flora and fauna in Puerto Rico.
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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.
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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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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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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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
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.
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.
