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Looking for innovative teachers

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Josefina Barceló Jiménez / jbarcelo@elnuevodia.com

On May 29th at the Sheraton Hotel in Miramar, Microsoft will recognize innovative K-12 teachers that integrate technology in their classrooms.

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Student from Puerto Rico is awarded first prize in nanoscience at an NSF in Washington, DC

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Nicole Blanco-Vicéns, student in the Departament of Industrial Engineering and member of the Applied Optimization Group of Dr. Mauricio Cabrera-Ríos, won first prize in the nanosciences category in a poster competition that took place during the 2013 NSF Emerging Researchers National Conference in STEM, held in Washington DC from February 28 to March 3rd. 

The CienciaPR team and her group and department are very proud of her success and congratulate this young scientist on her achievements. 

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A comet will be observed from Puerto Rico

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Puerto Ricans will get the chance to observe comet C/2011 L4 (PanStarrs) on March 5th and 6th.

 

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Ethical dilemmas of modern science

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This article discusses several ethical issues raised by recent science and technology advances. Some of the issues discussed are hacking into medical devices, climate change, cars that drive themselves, and more. These dilemmas were published by the John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology and Values at the University of Notre Dame. You can read that list here.

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"Hackers" get together to promote computer programming

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Students and developers who share a poassion for computer programming and coding celebrated the second Puerto Rico Hackathon last Sunday. They shared insights on how to develop web and mobile apps, software, and hardware for various applications.

Several awards were given to notable projects including

Best Hack for a college audience: EncryptedStudentID

Rafael Esparra
Roxana Gonzalez
Xiomara Figueroa

Best Hack for a Web Platform: Projected Pong

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Clean water for our rivers and lakes

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César Irizarry Resto - redaccion@elperiodicopr.com

Water runoff reaches rivers and lakes and can contaminate them. To raise awareness about this issue, the town of Caguas begun a campaign to label sewers and drains and educate the public about the need to keep them clean and unclogged.

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Climate change puts the coquí at risk of extinction

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Laura M. Quintero

Three out of seventeen species of coquí have undergone extinction due to temperature changes, loss of their habitat and the spreading of the Bd fungus. Climate change is threatening at least 11 more species which would have a devastating effect on the ecosystem.

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Scientists to study the genome of the Paso Fino horse in Puerto Rico

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Mariam Ludim Rosa Vélez (mariamludim@uprm.edu)

Scientists from the UPR Mayagüez Genomics Center who sequenced the genome of the Puerto Rican parrot are now hoping to sequence the genome of the Puerto Rican Paso Fino horse.

 

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Health department explains controversy about mercury and vaccination

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Por Ivelisse Rivera Quiñones / ivelisse.rivera@gfrmedia.com

The Department of Health explained that the current vaccines do not contain timerosal, a derivate of mercury.

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