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Renewable energy systems for community aqueducts

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An alliance between the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) and the Programa de Solidaridad de la Unión de Trabajadores de la Industria Eléctrica y Riego (PROSOL-UTIER) will allow the development of a renewable energy system for the operation of community aqueducts in the Island.

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CDC director and UPR create agenda to fight zika

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The director of the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Thomas Frieden, participated in a conversatory with the principal investigators of the Medical Science Campus of the University of Puerto Rico to discuss strategies to fight the Zika virus in Puerto Rico.

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Spectacular image of San Juan taken from space

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El Nuevo Dia

A new image taken at 4:00 pm on March 2, 2016 as the International Space Station was above Puerto Rico, shows the San Juan metropolitan area with great detail.

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ZIka vaccines might arrive too late

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Ginebra - The World Health Organization (WHO) warned today that the vaccine against Zika virus might arrive to late to have a real impact on the current epidemic going on in Latin America.

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Tsunami drill in the Caribbean

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El Nuevo Dia

For the eight consecutive year, the Red Sísmica de Puerto Rico (RSPR), affiliated to the Geology Department at the University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez, together with federal, local and regional agencies, will carry out the tsunami drill named CaribeWave 2016. This exercise will take place on Thursday, March 17, 2017 starting at 10:00 am. 

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FDA does not see any environmental impact for releasing transgenic mosquitoes

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WASHINGTON - The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) does not consider the use of transgenic mosquitoes to control the spread of Zika virus to have any adverse effects on the environment or the population, according to a preliminary study published today.

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Compete for a spot at Singularity University

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2016 SingularityU Puerto Rico Global Impact Competition is a challenge to find the most innovative Puerto Ricans with the skills, passion, and ideas or projects that could potentially impact in a positive manner the lives of millions of people around the world through the use of exponential technologies within 5-10 years.

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CienciaPR and CILE celebrate science in Spanish

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CienciaPR and the 7th International Spanish Language Congress (CILE, in Spanish), happening in Puerto Rico from March 11-19, 2016. 

Among the activities the organizations are collaborating in are a scientific essay competition for high school students and an international colloquium about science communication.

 

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Boricua discovers “Supernova” outside our galaxy

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Sociedad de Astronomía de Puerto Rico Inc.

San Juan, PR, March 7, 2016 — The Astronomy Society of Puerto Rico (SAPR), an organization endorsed by the NASA Puerto Rico Space Consortium, informed that the puertorrican astronomer, Isaac Cruz Cortés, discovered a Supernova outside our galazy.  

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Global Warming effects observed at El Yunque National Forest

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Cristian Arroyo

A group of experts began observing the effects of global warming in the humid and tropical system of El Yunque. Dr. Tana Wood and her team will evaluate how ecosystems like El Yunque will repond to increasing temperatures through the resarch project TRACE.

For more information, updates and progress of the project please visit the webpage: forestwarming.org.

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