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Medalist mathematicians

Submitted on 24 July 2007 - 11:00am

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They are silver and bronze medalists; although this is not a sports competition. They were awarded for their analytical abilities in solving mathematical problems. Sara Rodríguez and Aravind Arun represented Puerto Rico in the IX Mathematics Olympics of Central America and the Caribbean, recently celebrated in Mérida, Venezuela.

Puerto Rican look on the Artic

Submitted on 23 July 2007 - 2:09pm

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For five weeks, Puerto Rican scientist Joel A. Mercado Díaz will be closet o the North Pole observing part of the native vegetation of the place and analyzing the effects of global warming on it. This research, led by the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) in collaboration with the Federal Forestry Service, will measure if the high temperatures o the large amount of snow expected in the next few decades will affect the populations of these small bushes in Lake Toolik, in Alaska.

Irrefutable truth

Submitted on 23 July 2007 - 12:37pm

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An increase in hurricanes, potential hydraulic abnormalities, more droughts, an increase in the sea level that will compromise our coastal resources, reefs, and marine vegetation; and also coastal erosion that is threatening construction, human life, houses, infrastructure, all thermoelectric plants, ports, water treatment plants and the Luis Muñoz Marín airport. These are some of the scenarios we could face in Puerto Rico if we don’t act know and take preventive measures against climate change.

The future of the poles

Submitted on 23 July 2007 - 12:27pm

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The loss of glaciers and the poles could be responsible for up to 60% of the sea level increase during this century, between 4 and 10 inches; the effect of the complete fusion of these ice masses could represent an increase in the sea level of up to 3 feet. These are the results presented this week in Science, by an international scientific team, whose conclusions contradict the popular opinion among experts that the loss of ice over land (in Antarctica and Greenland) will be mainly responsible for the rise in the ocean’s level.

Bodyguards of the leatherback turtle

Submitted on 23 July 2007 - 12:17pm

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In the Ocean Park beach in Condado, a few young guys are building three sand sculptures: a mother leatherback turtle and two young’s. This is the ultimate tribute to the turtles that were born there. A group of volunteers camps in this popular beach, guarding the leatherback’s nests. Recently they discovered that the sand there was too compact, and that the eggs deposited by a female leatherback turtle a while ago could not hatch. They are still guarding other two nests that house dozens of little turtles waiting to be born anytime, maybe when the sun sets.

Key an integrated treatment of patients

Submitted on 23 July 2007 - 11:56am

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It’s not about writing down data. A patient’s medical history should consist on “creating a history” about that human being sitting across the physician’s desk. The conference “Integrated Family Care: New Focus”, offered by the Family Therapy Association, proposed physicians to use an integrated primary health care and behavioral sciences model.

Lifeguards of the coral reefs

Submitted on 20 July 2007 - 1:03pm

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More than a hundred tires, clothing, wires and other garbage that suffocates and destroys coral reefs are being removed from the Marine reserve Tres Palmas (Three Palms) in a collaborative effort between the community, the fishermen, the Surfrider Foundation in Rincón, the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

Grace period to turn monkeys in

Submitted on 20 July 2007 - 1:00pm

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Everyone that has, possesses or keep a rhesus or pata monkey illegally will have their days counted to hand the animals in to the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources without facing fines, said the secretary Javier Vélez Arocho.

Pacemakers made by Puerto Rican hands

Submitted on 20 July 2007 - 12:20pm

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Given the high incidence of heart diseases in Puerto Rico and the United Status, more and more people need medical devices implanted to keep living a normal life. Puerto Rico is a key player in the solution of this problem, because in Juncos and Villalba are located the plants of Medtronic, a company that make pacemakers and defibrillators for thousands of Puerto Rican and American hearts. Puerto Rico manufactures 50% of pacemakers and defibrillators used in the United States.

A tiny future

Submitted on 20 July 2007 - 12:09pm

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For some scientists nanotechnology represent the future of medicine, architecture and technology. This science uses particles a thousand times smaller than a cell and its revolutionizing science, medical treatment and structures. Although in Puerto Rico we have a recently inaugurated Institute for Functional Nanomaterials, where 28 scientists of the University of Puerto Rico study how to manipulate nanoparticles, and there are possibilities to develop and commercialize in the Islands products derived from this new technology, there are no local companies to distribute products that use nanotechnology. But in a future, the laboratory models could be distributed and turned into products useful for the population.

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