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What you can't see from oil spill

Submitted on 16 June 2010 - 5:00pm

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Melitza Crespo Medina, a Puerto Rican scientist and member of CienciaPR, tells us how herself and a group of scientists from the University of Georgia and other institutions are investigating the effects of the Gulf oil spill underneath the sea surface. This article is part of CienciaPR's collaboration with El Nuevo Dia.

Bacteria and antibiotics

Submitted on 12 May 2010 - 1:02pm

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Scientists at Boston University discovered that exposing bacteria to a lower-than-recommended dose of antibiotics cause mutations that make them resistant to these drugs. This article is part of CienciaPR's collaboration with El Nuevo Día.

Geology and health related

Submitted on 11 May 2010 - 6:49pm

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Medical geology studies the relationship between natural geological cycles and its impact on human and animal health. This branch of science also studies the influence that environmental factors exert over the geographical distribution of certain health conditions. This article is the sixth and last piece on Environmental Priorities written by Dr. Wilson Gonzalez Espada for CienciaPR's collaboration with El Nuevo Dia.

Megacities and their environmental impact

Submitted on 26 April 2010 - 7:21pm

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Big cities consume a lot of energy, and human and environmental resources, which is why urban planning must turn to sustainable development. This is the fifth article of the Environmental Priorities series written by Dr. Wilson Gonzalez Espada for CienciaPR's collaboration with El Nuevo Dia.

Climate: past and future

Submitted on 20 April 2010 - 6:28pm

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It's important to understand our climatic "history" as well as how human activity can affect climate patterns. This is the fourth article in the series about Environmental Priorities by Dr. Wilson Gonzalez Espada for CienciaPR's collaboration with El Nuevo Día.

Environmental risk: GEOGRAPHY

Submitted on 12 April 2010 - 11:50am

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It is important to understand how geography makes us vulnerable to natural disasters and how we humans interact with it in order to be prepared to face any contingency. This is the third article of a series about Environmental Priorities, written by Dr. Wilson Gonzalez Espada for CienciaPR's collaboration with El Nuevo Dia.

Aquifers should be a priority

Submitted on 5 April 2010 - 9:22pm

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Aquifers are valuable, but finite water sources that are very sensitive to contamination. This article is the second part of a series about environmental priorities written for CienciaPR's collaboration with El Nuevo Dia.

Environmental priorities

Submitted on 2 April 2010 - 11:24am

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The first article written by CienciaPR's Wilson Gonzalez Espada for El Nuevo Dia describes the 5 areas that the UNESCO has defined as with high environmental priority.

Hope against cancer

Submitted on 22 March 2010 - 3:41pm

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Everyone knows someone that has been affected by cancer and we are all aware that sometimes it's not easy to completely eradicate this terrible disease. Soon, thanks to Dr. Jorge Ferrer, a member of CienciaPR and a postdoctoral associate at MIT, surgeons may have a powerful tool to eliminate cancerous tumors completely. This article is part of CienciaPR's collaboration with El Nuevo Dia.

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Cell against cell

Submitted on 16 March 2010 - 8:51pm

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Recent studies show that glial cells, non-neuronal cells in the nervous system that normally provide support to neurons, could contribute to the development of Alzheimer. This article is part of CienciaPR's collaboration with El Nuevo Dia.

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