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New breed of investigators

Submitted on 30 June 2015 - 4:37pm

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Prensa RUM

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Javier Valentín Feliciano (javier.valentin@upr.edu)

Students from Puerto Rican and U.S.-based institutions are spending the summer at the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez participating of the Research Experience for Undergraduates in Reconfigurable and Multifunctional Soft Materials (REU RMSM) program, based at the Department of Chemical Engineering. The program is funded by the National Science Foundation and the Institut for Functional Nanomaterials.

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Researcher studies new sepsis treatments

Submitted on 30 June 2015 - 10:07am

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El Nuevo Día

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Ileana Delgado Castro

Dr. Ana M. Espino (Department of Microbiology, UPR Medical Sciences Campus) studies how certain parasite molecules stop sepsis; this information could lead to new treatments for septicemia.

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First year UPR Med Students conduct summer research

Submitted on 29 June 2015 - 1:32pm

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Diálogo Digital

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Diálogo Digital

During this summer 90% of the med students at School of Medicine, Medical Sciences Campus (MSC) at the University of Puerto Rico will be participating in summer research internships, 32 students will conduct research at MSC and 58 elsewhere.

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College students complete research projects at the Arecibo Observatory

Submitted on 26 June 2015 - 11:18am

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El Nuevo Día

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ELNUEVODIA.COM

Ten undergraduate students from Puerto Rico and the United States participate in a Research Experience for Undergraduates, sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

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Harvard Latino Researcher Discovers a New Source of Mercury Pollution

Submitted on 26 June 2015 - 11:07am

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El Nuevo Día

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ELNUEVODIA.COM

Cambridge, MA, USA - An important new finding in environmental pollution has been published this week in an article authored by Puerto Rican researcher Adiari Vázquez-Rodríguez, who recently graduated from Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. The research shows that mercury in mineral form, once considered harmless, can constitute a public health threat. Surprisingly, the research revealed that some bacterial microorganisms can "eat mineral mercury". In the process, these microorganisms not only dissolve but also evaporate mercury to the atmosphere.

The story behind hurricane naming

Submitted on 25 June 2015 - 10:21am

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El Nuevo Día

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Yaritza Santiago Caraballo

Before 1979, the same hurricane could be identified by different names in different coutries, creating confusion. After 1979, the World Meteorological Organization is in charge of a uniform sustem of hurricane naming.

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Saca la cara por la biotecnología

Submitted on 25 June 2015 - 10:10am

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El Nuevo Día

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Gerardo E. Alvarado León

Dr. Ernie Xavier Pérez Almodóvar, 31, is a scientist and proess development engineer at Amgen Manufacturing Limited (Amgen, Puerto Rico), Juncos.

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Puerto Rican scientist combines meteorology and aviation

Submitted on 24 June 2015 - 9:54am

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El Nuevo Día

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Gerardo E. Alvarado León

Aviation meteorologist Félix A. García Mercado, originally from Bayamon, works at NOAA National Meteorology Service in Indiana.

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Space for digital emerging technologies at Turabo

Submitted on 22 June 2015 - 12:55pm

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El Nuevo Día

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Pedro A. Menéndez Sanabria

FabLab Puerto Rico is a research and production center, part of the International School for Design and International Design Center at the University of Turabo. 

 

 

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Puerto Rican works with several NGOs on HIV in Latin America and Puerto Rico

Submitted on 22 June 2015 - 11:04am

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El Nuevo Día

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Jessica Ríos Viner

Carlo André Oliveras Rodríguez, works in public health with HIV patients in Latin America and Puerto Rico.

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