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Scientific Museum based on STEM curriculum

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Josefina Barceló Jiménez / jbarcelo@elnuevodia.com

Lead by their teacher, Yajaira Torres de Jesús, at Colegio Rosa-Bell in Guaynabo, students from K-6th grades designed a Scientific Museum based on a STEM curriculum.

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Plena's DNA

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Ana Teresa Toro / ana.toro@elnuevodia.com

Using sophisticated technologies, similar to those used by the Curiosity, physicist Antonio Martínez Collazo from the Physics Department at the University of Puerto Rico is helping restores art pieces at the Museum of Art of Puerto Rico with the collaboration from NASA Space Grant Consortium of Puerto Rico, Environmental Sciences Department and the IGERT Graguate Program.

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50 years of discoveries

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Josefina Barceló Jiménez / jbarcelo@elnuevodia.com
 The Arecibo Observatory has served as the major player in important discoveries for over 50 years.

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Technological tools to teach

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Aurora Rivera Arguinzoni | arivera@elnuevodia.com

CAGUAS -  The Caribbean Science and Technology Center (C3tec) celebrated its first workshop for science teachers organized by EducaPR. Other organizations such as Urban Farmers Punto Com and Ciencia Puerto Rico o CienciaPR participated of the event that took place on Friday, February 22, 2013.

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Energy project threatens the Karst

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Lorraine Martínez

A proposed power generation project to be located in the northern Karst area in Manatí threatens this important ecological niche.

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Celebrating 50 years of discoveries

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Josefina Barceló Jiménez / jbarcelo@elnuevodia.com

This year, the Arecibo Observatory celebrates its 50th birthday. The site has been visited by countless of scientists from all over the world, by students from kindergarden to college and has become a famous touristic destination.

Among its important contributions to science, the Arecibo Observatory has helped elaborate maps of distant planets, calculated distances between galaxies, registered waves that have traveled millions of light years, and observed new galaxies being born. 

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Vieques lagoon could be one of the most contaminated in the world

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Alba Y. Muñiz Gracia/alba.muniz@gfrmedia.com

Puerto Rican scientists and environmentalists are demanding that a channel that linked the Anones lagoon in Vieques to the sea be closed and that the lagoon's grounds be opened to local researchers to perform environmental toxicity studies. The lagoon, which was part of the U.S. Marine's firing range, has been found to have lead, napalm, merucry, arsenic, and reduced uranium residues, making it one of the most contaminated bodies of water in the world. The new channel that links the lagoon's waters to the open sea, is a health risk for fishermen and consumers.

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A new opportunity for Puerto Rican startups

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Registration for the second edition of the Founder Institute, Puerto Rico launches on April 25, 2013. The event, provides training and mentoring from established entrepreneurs.

In 2012, the founders of nine startups participated in the program. These were: Memory Palace, Keynote Star, Stography, iGeo, iGenApps, Qeta, Voiz.met, Crowdville y Dubsplit.

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Puerto Ricans under the scrutiny of MIT

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Yalixa Rivera Cruz / yrivera@elnuevodia.com

Interested in strengthening and growing the local start-up and business sector, the Foundation for Puerto Rico (FPR) celebrated recently, for the second consecutive year, a meeting between local entrepreneurs and MBA students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The companies reviewed by the students included Alchavo.com, Plastek, Grasslark y Grupo Guayacán.


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