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Slow progress in improving South aquifers

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The climate conditions in Puerto Rico are slowing the process of improving the aquifers in the South of the Island.

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Study reveals changes in behavior of marine animals

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Némesis Mora Pérez

A study conducted by professors and students at the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico found that changes in the behavior of marine animals in Puerto Rico due to environmenatl pollution.  

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Puerto Rican is part of exclusive group of pediatric cardiologists

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Gerardo E. Alvarado León

Dr. Fabiola Weber-Guzmán is part of exclusive group of pediatric cardiologists at the NemoursChildren’s Hospital, in Orlando, Florida. 

 

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Puerto Rican engineer working at IBM

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Gerardo E. Alvarado León

Madeline Vega Montijo works as senior technical staff member at IBM. 

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Puerto Rican opens the door to the patent law field for scientists and engineers

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Gerardo E. Alvarado León

Amanda Victoria Cardona Ferrer works as a patent agent in the biology, pharmaceutical and chemistry division at Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel

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Several Puerto Ricans working at Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Gerardo E. Alvarado León

There are 140 Puerto Ricans working at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

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Personalized medicine introduced in Puerto Rico

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Gerardo E. Alvarado León

Personalized medicine has been introduced in Puerto Rico.

 

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Science teacher Evelyn Rivera Velázquez receives AAAS Caribbean Division’s Lucy Gaspar Award for Excellence in Science Education.

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Professor Evelyn Rivera Velázquez is the winner for 2015 of the Lucy Gaspar Award for Excellence in Science Education. She has been a middle and high school science teacher at the Colegio Bautista de Caguas (CBC) since 1994.

A Puerto Rican microbiologist in New Zealand

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Gerardo E. Alvarado León

Puerto Rican microbiologist Sergio E. Morales is an associate professor at the University of Otago, the oldest institution in New Zealand.

 

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Studying the origins of agriculture in the Caribbean

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Gerardo E. Alvarado León

Puerto Rican scientist Omar Gerardo Ortiz Morales has been perfectly combining agronomy and archaeology in Colombia over the last two years where he analyzes plant macrorests and pursues his dream of becoming a paleoetnobotanist.

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