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Biosensors: medicinal future

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A biosensor is a material that has a biological component that identifies the presence of an analyte, which is whatever you are interested in studying or measuring. A typical biosensor is formed by three parts: a biological element (an enzyme or protein that reacts with the analyte), a medium where both compounds can associate, and a detection element that detects the analyte to be studied. A very common example of a biosensor is the strips used by diabetics to measure their blood sugar levels. This article is part of our collaboration with El Nuevo Dia.

Hope in the karsic zone

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The future of the most important ecologic refuge in Morovis has been decided. The about 200 green acres within then El Tambor farm will be forever conserved thanks to their owners commitment to the environment. The Conservation Trust announced last week that it reached an agreement with the owners of El Tambor to make the land part of the agencies program. In this way the owners give up the development and partition rights for the farm, but they still remain the title holders.

Jumpstarting the environmental agenda

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Community and environmental leaders met at the Turabo University to participate of the National Assembly of Community and Environmental Organizations of Puerto Rico, where they worked on the creation of a National Agenda to consolidate the main goals of the member-organizations. In this forum they discussed educational, public health, natural resources and housing alternatives, among others, to face the climate change issue.

'Puerto Rican' computers

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The first 100% Puerto Rican-designed laptop computers will be available in the market soon. These computers, under the Babilon brand, will cost approximately $550 and will include 1GB memory, 80 GB of RAM, wireless card, Windows Vista operative system, DVD burner and USB connection.

FAZD Center students to make presentation to Under Sec. Cohen

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Two Puerto Rican participants from the FAZD (Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease) Center in the Summer Research Team Program for Minority Serving Institutions made a presentation on Aug. 24 to Under Secretary Jay M. Cohen of the DHS (Department of Homeland Security) Science and Technology Directorate.

New tool against cancer

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The Hi-Art tomotherapy treatment system, one of the most advanced treatments fro cancer patients that require radiotherapy, is available in Puerto Rico. The Hi-Art system is the fusion between Computerized Tomogram (CT Scan) and a lineal accelerator (the machine that produces the radiation). Among its functions, the equipment can obtain tridimensional images by CT Scan (called CTrue). This allows the radiotherapy to be guide by the images, allowing better treatment precision.

A huge Caribbean rodent

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Imagine you are walking around El Yunque, and while you are in awe by the natural beauty of the tropical forest, you come face to face with a 30 pound rodent. Impressive, right? Although this is almost imposible in the XXI century, it is very likely that the indians that lived in Puerto Rico thousands of years ago did find a Puerto Rican giant hutia (Elasmodontomys obliquus). It was called Puerto Rican because it was thought to be original from Puerto Rico, but it was later discovered that it was native of the Hispaniola. A species that is native of Puerto Rico is one discovered in 2005; the giant hutia (Tainotherium valei), as it was named by a study published in 2006 in the Journal of Zoology of the Zoological Society of London.

Carelessness that harms birds

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In our beaches hundreds of birds, fishes and marine animals die or are seriously hurt when they get tangled in fishing threads left behind by amateur and professional fishermen. To help solve this problem the Fishing Thread Recovery and Recycling Program has been created, sponsored by the Toyota Foundation and the National Fish and Wildlife Service.

Four decades of excellence

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In four decades the University of Puerto Rico in Cayey has stood out among other institutions, in areas from biotechnology to humanities. This campus, with 3,750 students and 200 professors, houses important research, has started gender studies and has a new sciences building.

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