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Collaborations with various media allow us to create a bank of science news of relevance to the Puerto Rican and Hispanic communities and give a venue that our scientific members can use to keep their communities informed and engaged with science.

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In this section you can find: news written by members of the CienciaPR team and written by other news media and which are reproduced with permission from the original source.

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Puerto Rican lab makes huge contribution in neuroscience

Submitted on 17 June 2010 - 2:17pm

This article is reproduced by CienciaPR with permission from the original source.

A team of Puerto Rican scientists, lead by Dr. Gregory Quirk, member of CienciaPR and professor at the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, made an important discovery that advances our knowledge about anxiety and fear disorders. The results of this investigation were published in the prestigious magazine Science.

What you can't see from oil spill

Submitted on 16 June 2010 - 5:00pm

This article is reproduced by CienciaPR with permission from the original source.

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Melitza Crespo Medina, a Puerto Rican scientist and member of CienciaPR, tells us how herself and a group of scientists from the University of Georgia and other institutions are investigating the effects of the Gulf oil spill underneath the sea surface. This article is part of CienciaPR's collaboration with El Nuevo Dia.

Tuque is adapting well

Submitted on 15 June 2010 - 4:37pm

This article is reproduced by CienciaPR with permission from the original source.

A month and a half after being released into a designated area in the Punta Salinas beach, Tuque the manatee is adapting well to life in its natural habitat and he is learning the survival skills he will need when he is released into open sea.

Follow a leatherback turtle from your computer

Submitted on 15 June 2010 - 1:41pm

This article is reproduced by CienciaPR with permission from the original source.

From June 10th, one of the leatherback turtles that arrives to a Puerto Rican beach to hatch its eggs will be "recruited" by the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources to participate in a study to follow the turtle's trajectory once it goes back to sea. You can follow the turtles by visiting the DRNA and CCC websites.

New center for manatees

Submitted on 15 June 2010 - 12:52pm

This article is reproduced by CienciaPR with permission from the original source.

The Interamerican University in Bayamon will soon open the first Center for Manatee Conservation, which will house rescued manatees and research facilities to study this endangered species.

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