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First graduation at the Forest-School

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Sandra Caquías Cruz / scaquias@elnuevodia.com

The Forest-School Olimpia at Adjuntas, an iniatiative lead by Casa Pueblo, has graduated their first cohort of students.

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Survey about light contamination and noise control

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CID/Diálogo

Students at the Polytehcnic Institute of Worcester are conducting surveys about noise control and light contamination in PR

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Black Friday analyzed from a Geography perspective

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Verónica B. Fonseca

Prof. Guilbe at the UPR, has been studying the Black Friday phenomena in Puerto Rico from the economic geopgraphy field.

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Bioluminescent bay affected by weather conditions

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Frances Rosario / frances.rosario@gfrmedia.com

The bioluminescent bay Laguna Grande in Fajardo was affected by the "surge of the dead" and contamiation concluded a study by the USGS.

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Public school students with the highest College Board scores

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Gloria Ruiz Kuilan / gruiz@elnuevodia.com

Severeal students that attedend public schools obtained the high scores in the College Board. Several of these students are from schools specialized in STEM education.

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To germinate green knowledge

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Sandra Caquías Cruz / scaquias@elnuevodia.com

PONCE – Students at the High School Thomas Armstrong Toro, received funding from the Conservation Trust and Plaza del Caribe fundation to create an orchad.

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Eating sh** (about the microbiome)

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Manuel Martínez Maldonado

This article summarizes the scientific data about how the microbiome can be a treatment for digestive bacteria.

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Puerto Rican student received award in Chemical Engineering

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Margie Alvarez (Universidad Politécnica)

San Juan, Puerto Rico – 26 de noviembre de 2013 – Daniela Espinosa Hoyos, Chemical Engineering student at the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, received an award at 2013 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Student Conference in San Francisco.

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The relationship between phone anntennas and human health

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Abraham Ruiz García

This article summarizes several articcles that have studied the correlation between the exposure to cell phones towers and the risk to develop cancer. Although several studies suggests that the number of people developing cancer is related to the proximity to a cell phone tower, in Puerto Rico there are no regulations about where is the less dangerous to place these towers,

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About to lose another coquí

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Rebecca Banuchi / rebecca.banuchi@gfrmedia.com

Two species of coquíes have significantly reduced their population in the last decade.

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