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Puerto Rican Aerospacial Engineer works in Colorado

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Gerardo E. Alvarado León

Wilfredo Santiago Fernández, is an Aerospacial Engineer that works at Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Colorado. 

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Ecological economics International Conference will take place at RUM

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El Nuevo Día

The University for Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (RUM) wil host the Ecological Economics International Conference CONECEC 2015 during June 24-27.

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NASA will study Mars earthquakes

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The InSight (Interior exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) mission is a terrestrial planet explorer that will place a geophysical lander on Mars to study its deep interior. 

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Multi-sectorial efforts to fight beach erosion

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Gabriela Saker Jiménez

In this artlcle, efforts to create a coalition of goverment agencies, municipalities, communities, private business, academia, and non-profit organizations to develop comprehensive plans to fight beach erosion are discussed.

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Santurce beaches: Urban richness and diversity

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Aurora Rivera Arguinzoni

This article discusses the Santurce beaches (Ocean Park, Punta Las Marías, Último Trolley, Condado and Condadito) and the coral reef that protects them from erosion. Their postive impact on the economy is also addressed.

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Aerospace engineer from Puerto Rico succeeds in Colorado

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Gerardo E. Alvarado León

Aerospace engineer Wilfredo Santiago Fernández works from Lockheed Martin Space Systems, in Denver, Colorado. He designs and operates robotic probes for NASA's exploration of Mars.

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Free moon maps available online

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Sociedad de Astronomía de Puerto Rico Inc.

The Puerto Rico Astronomical Society reported that the USGS released new detailed maps of the moon.

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UPR professor studies beach erosion at Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

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Gerardo E. Alvarado León

A three-year study will answer whether beaches in the Dominican Republic have erosion issues similar to those of Puerto Rican beaches.

 

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Hominid fossil found

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Scientists find fossil evidence of a new species of hominids. This finding suggested that the human genealogical tree is more complex than originally thought.

 

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