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Arecibo Observatory can detect asteroid passing close to Earth

Submitted on 28 January 2008 - 3:47pm

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The Arecibo Observatory is one of only two facilities in the World that will be able to capture with precision the passing of a 20,000 pund asteroid close to Earth, which emphasized the importance for science of keeping the radiotelescope open.

Fascinated by nanotechnology

Submitted on 28 January 2008 - 12:54pm

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The Synergistic Partnership for Research and Education on Nanostructured and Functional Materials of the University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez is a proyect that started in 2004 when the University received a $2.7 million grant for five year from the National Science Foundation to do research in material sciences focusing on nanotechnology. Thanks to PREM, hundreds of high school students have discovered nanotechnolgy.

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Revolution in tiny doses

Submitted on 28 January 2008 - 12:45pm

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Nanotechnology is the future made reality today for doctor Marcelo Suárez, professor of the Department of Engineering and Material Sciences of the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez (RUM) and director of the Partnership for Research and Education on Nanostructured and Functional Materials (PREM). Professors at RUM use nanotechnology in research to treat cancer and help improve the resistance and quality of different materials.

Universities appeal enterprises

Submitted on 28 January 2008 - 12:27pm

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SIFE (Student In Free Enterprise) organizes students from several universities with the purpose of creating communitary programs that contribute to improve the economy of the place. The projects should help capacitate citizens in one of several of the following areas: market economy, success skills, entrepreneurial development, financial training and business ethics.

Medical students migrate

Submitted on 28 January 2008 - 12:15pm

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About 33% of the physicians that graduate from the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine migrate to the United States to do their residencies and specializations. The problem is that most of them never return to the Island to practice medicine.

Scientific passion for the skies

Submitted on 28 January 2008 - 12:09pm

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In Puerto Rico, hundreds of people of every age have been astronomy aficionados for years and are now facing a pitfall for their favorite hobby: luminic pollution. To learn more about astronomy you can go to the free talks offered by the Astronomy Association of Puerto Rico, every third Wednesday of the month at the Planetarium of Parque de las Ciencias en Bayamón.

The Thermohaline Current

Submitted on 28 January 2008 - 12:00pm

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The thermohaline current (THC) originates in superficial waters of the North Atlantic near the coast of Labrador, in Canada, where due to its high density the current sinks into the ocean traveling south through the bottom of the ocean. The Thermohaline current makes high latitudes, including North America, Greenland and western Europe oenlandia y el oeste de Europa habitable.

Puerto Rican nominated for three high ranking positions in Health Services

Submitted on 24 January 2008 - 12:27pm

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Puerto Rican Joxel García has been nominated to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Representative of the United States on the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO). If approved, Garcia would become one of the highest ranking Puertoo Ricans in the United States goverment.

Tiger sharks captured in Fajardo

Submitted on 22 January 2008 - 11:57am

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The catch of three tiger sharks near the coast of Fajardo surprised many in the community of Puerta del Rey because of the size of the animals. Some residents said they are worried, due to the wrongful infamy of the sharks as "man eaters". Howver, the truth is that the sharks worst enemy is men. Learn more about sharks: www.tudiscovery.com/tiburones/que_es/index.shtml http://fishbase.org/search.php

Threatened by myths our nocturnal fauna

Submitted on 22 January 2008 - 11:47am

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Our nocturnal fauna includes birds, amphibians, crustaceans, mammals, arthropods, insects and arachnids that are victims of popular myths. This article presents a nocturnal tour of Hacienda Buena Vista in Ponce that educates and demystifies these organisms with important ecological roles.

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