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Dengue and chikungunya life cycles

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This article explains the life cycle of viruses relatively similar to Dengue and Chikungunya viruses. To read the full article visit the Spanish version of this article. 

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Caribbean Space Summit offers registration waivers for Students and Recent Graduates

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Caribbean Space Summit 2014

San Juan Puerto Rico, Caribbean Space Summit 2014 [CSS2014], to take place on October 11th at the Convention Center, has announced that will give fee waivers to 100 students from different Universities. estudiantes de  diferentes universidades, gracias a los auspiciadores del evento.

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Making Astronomy Accessible for the Visually Impaired

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This story was originally published on Voices, Scientific American Network Blogs.

A couple of years ago, one of my thesis mentors sought visually impaired scientists working at a major space science agency in the United States. I was surprised when he reported that there were several visually impaired engineers, but almost no visually impaired scientists like me.

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A 100 years since the death of Martha, the last Passenger Pigeon

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September 1st, 2014 was the 100th year anniversary of the death of Martha, the last passenger pigeon. This species once had millions of specimens and went extint. Its story offers important lessons about the conservation of threatened or endangered species.

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The challenges of a Puerto Rican engineer in Tanzania

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Brunymarie Velázquez / brunymarie.velazquez@elnuevodia.com

Dr. Marcel Castro Sitiriche, professor at University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez is conducting research in electric engineering in Tanzania, as part of the Fulbright Fellowship.

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Science by, of and for the people

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Jessica Arriens

**Este artículo fue traducido al Español por Ciencia Puerto Rico (cienciapr.org) con la autorización de la fuente y autor originales. 

 **This article was translated to Spanish by Ciencia Puerto Rico (cienciapr.org) with permission from the original source.

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UPR Mayagüez celebrates anniversary of the Industrial Biotechnology Program

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The University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez calebrates 20 years of its Industrial Biotechnology Program.

 

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Officials underscore the importance of science for the economic development of Puerto Rico

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Daniel Rivera Vargas / daniel.rivera@gfrmedia.com

Representatives of the biotechnology industry and academia underscored the importance of science for the economic development of Puerto Rico as they launch Bioscience Week (Semana de la Biociencia)

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Valuable research on invertebrate biodiversity in Puerto Rico

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Doctors Rafael Joglar Jusino, Carlos J. Santos Flores and Juan L. Torres Pérez just published the book "Biodiversidad de Puerto Rico: Invertebrados" (Biodiversity of Puerto Rico: Invertebrates). This book summarizes decades of research on the diversity of invertebrate species in Puerto Rico. It contains information on 10,500 species and spectacular photos.

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Hard to detect invaders

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Dr. David Jenkins and his team investigated what kind of arthropods were intercepted entering or exiting Puerto Rico on plant, fruits or vegetables.

 

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