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Creating awareness about skin cancer

Submitted on 22 June 2016 - 12:07pm

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With the summer already here, this article offers tips about how to protect ourselves from the sun to prevent skin cancer.

This article is modified from this entry on our blog Conocimiento: A Tu Salud.

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Parallel 18 closes second round with 507 startup applicants

Submitted on 22 June 2016 - 10:23am

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The second call for applications for the international accelerator Parallel 18 (P18) closed with 33% more applications said the Executive Director, Sebastián Vidal. A total of 507 startups from 44 countries applied.

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What is a stroke?

Submitted on 14 June 2016 - 2:03pm

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El Nuevo Día

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A stroke is a cerebrovascular incident in which there is a lack of oxygen being supplied to the brain.

This is a modified shorter version of a blogpost originally appeared on our blog Conocimiento: A Tu Salud. 

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Explanation for the green light seen on Puerto Rico's night skies

Submitted on 13 June 2016 - 5:36pm

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Scientists from the Arecibo Observatory clarified that the green light some residents of northern Puerto Rico have noticed recently in the night skies is part of atmospheric studies being done by this premier research center.

 

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Small grants call for proposals for local investigators

Submitted on 8 June 2016 - 4:12pm

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Fideicomiso para Ciencia, Tecnología e Investigación de Puerto Rico

The Puerto Rico Science, Technology, and Research Trust announces second round of its "Small Research Grants Program"

Research & Development funding in Puerto Rico could be significantly increased if local researchers are provided with adequate resources that enabled them to arrive at critical milestones in their research endeavors. The Trust has developed the Small Research Grant Program (SRGP) to help researchers to position their R&D proposals competitively prior to the submission, or re-submission, to private or federal agencies.

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