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What is a stroke?

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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. 

Spectacular image of San Juan taken from space

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El Nuevo Dia

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.

For the full article, please refer to the spanish version of this site.

 

ZIka vaccines might arrive too late

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Agencia EFE

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.

For the full article, please refer to the spanish version of this site.

 

Seven technology promises for 2016

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Yalixa Rivera Cruz

Technology experts discuss 7 technologies that may dominate in 2016: virtual reality, 3D printing, big data, video and social media, cell phones, smart houses and e-wallet.

 

You can read the full version of this article in Spanish by clicking on ESPAÑOL at the top right of your screen.

Colder temperatures lower the risk of chikungunya infection

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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.
 
For the full article, please refer to the spanish version of this site. 

Alarmante acumulación de contaminantes emergentes en cuerpos de agua

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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.

You can read the full version of this article in Spanish by clicking on ESPAÑOL at the top right of your screen.

Puerto Rican geographer educates about climate change

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Gerardo E. Alvarado León

Lumari Pardo Rodríguez is completing her phd studying climate change at UC Santa Barbara.

To read the full article visit the Spanish version of this site.

The origin of a dengue epidemic

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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.

 

To read the full article, visit the Spanish version of this site.

 

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

 

 

Puerto Rican Luminaries

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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.

Summer biomedical research program for high school and middle school students

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The Biomedical Research Education Program (BREP) of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) Medical Sciences Campus (MSC) held its Annual Biomedical Summer Internships for middle and high school students during the month of June.  Twenty three (24) Middle School students and twenty eight (27) High School students from three different educational districts participated in the internships. 

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