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MANUEL BELGRANO Y LA CIENCIA ARGENTINA

XX JORNADAS DE HISTORIA DEL PENSAMIENTO  CIENTÍFICO ARGENTINO MANUEL BELGRANO Y LA CIENCIA ARGENTINA 21 y 23 de abril de 2020 Sesiones online Buenos Aires ::PROGRAMA y RESUMENES :: ■ PROGRAMA...

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Asua, Science and Catholicism in Argentina (1750–1960) (2022)

Science and Catholicism in Argentina (1750–1960) A Study on Scientific Culture, Religion, and Secularisation in Latin America Miguel de Asúa De Gruyter, 2022 Science and Catholicism in Argentina...

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Signy Research station 75th anniversary; RRS Sir David Attenborough visit

Source: MercoPress This week RRS Sir David Attenborough visited South Georgia arriving at the upgraded wharf for the first time at King Edward Point marking a new chapter for polar science The...

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COVID-19 not the only infectious threat in Argentina

Source: MercoPress   Argentine vacationers can catch diseases other than COVID-19, which can even bring on worse symptoms, it was reported after the Health Ministry announced it had detected...

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Mange outbreak decimated a wild vicuna population in Argentina

Source: Science Daily   Mange has decimated the population of wild vicuñas and guanacos in an Argentinian national park that was created to conserve them, according to a study from the Administration...

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First case of flurona in Argentina spotted in Santa Fe

Source: MercoPress   Health officials in the Argentine province of Santa Fe Thursday confirmed the first case of flurona (inFLUenza + coRONAvirus) had been detected in the country in a 3-year-old boy...

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Aumento de frecuencia e intensidad de El Niño impacta Río de la Plata

Fuente: SciDev     En el estuario del Río de la Plata, formado por la unión de los ríos Uruguay y Paraná, el aumento de la frecuencia e intensidad del fenómeno El Niño en las últimas décadas ha...

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Argentina, Cuba sign bilateral deals to foster food sovereignty

Source: MercoPress   Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla and Santiago Cafiero, Foreign Ministers of Cuba and Argentina respectively, Thursday signed in Buenos Aires a bilateral cooperation agreement for...

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Mar del Plata doctors successfully tackle COVID-19 from a different angle

Source: MercoPress   A group of physicians from the Argentine beach resort of Mar del Plata have been trying a new therapy against COVID-19 of their own concoction which has so far yielded “very...

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Lagartijas y conejos aumentan presencia del transmisor del Chagas

Fuente: SciDev   Un estudio reveló que una gran población de conejos silvestres y de lagartijas aumentaría la cantidad de vinchucas —el insecto que transmite el Mal de Chagas—, y por ende incrementa...

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Seeds of Power: Environmental Injustice and Genetically Modified Soybeans in Argentina

Author: Amalia LeguizamónIn 1996 Argentina adopted genetically modified (GM) soybeans as a central part of its national development strategy. Today, Argentina is the third largest global grower and...

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Argentina recupera su ministerio de ciencia

Fuente: SciDev   La creación del Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva fue una de las primeras medidas del nuevo presidente de la Nación, Alberto Fernández. De esta manera dio una...

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Hallan fármacos de uso humano en peces de la Cuenca del Plata

Fuente: SciDev   Dos fármacos contra la epilepsia y afecciones cardíacas, un diurético y una droga para el asma, además de otros betabloqueantes y drogas psiquiátricas son algunos de los 17 fármacos...

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Thousands of scientists in Argentina strike to protest budget cuts

Source: Science MagazineScientists from labs across Argentina stayed home today, joining a nationwide strike against the government’s latest round of austerity measures. One of their key rallying...

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Argentina: pequeños productores garantizan biodiversidad

Fuente: SciDev   [BUENOS AIRES] La autoproducción de alimentos por medio de huertas  y granjas familiares, escolares y comunitarias facilita el acceso a productos frescos y saludables a más de 4...

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Argentina/China companies link up to launch satellites for an Earth-observation constellation

Source: MercoSurAn international space venture called Satellogic says it will have 90 satellites launched by a Chinese company to create an Earth-observing constellation. The first launch by the China...

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Double purpose rocket launch: Argentine satellite for farmers and recovering first stage

Source: MercoPressA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying an Argentine satellite has blasted off from California. The primary purpose of Sunday's mission is to place the SAOCOM 1A satellite into orbit, but...

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Argentina’s economic crisis could trigger scientific ‘collapse,’ researchers warn

Source: Science MagazineBUENOS AIRES—Argentine scientists are deeply worried about the effects of the country’s economic crisis on science. The government has proposed cutting research budgets in 2019...

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SOS para la ciencia argentina

Fuente: SciDev   [BUENOS AIRES] Científicos argentinos que viven en el exterior están circulando una carta pública de auxilio para intentar rescatar a la investigación del país de la profunda crisis...

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Falklands caught in the post Brexit Galileo space controversy

Souce: MercoPressUnited Kingdom ministers are unilaterally considering stopping EU access to the Galileo satellite earth station in the Falklands and Ascension, according to reports in the UK press....

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National Geographic apologizes for publishing Malvinas pictures as from the Falklands

Source: MercoPressNational Geographic has apologized to Tierra del Fuego governor Rosana Bertone for publishing in Instagram pictures identified as taken in the Falklands, instead of the Malvinas...

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Falkland Islands geography a trap for pilot whales

Source: MercoPressSasha Arkhipkin, Senior Fisheries Scientist talks about mass strandings of pilot whales. The geography of the Falkland Islands with many shallow water sandy beaches and strong winds...

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Argentina prepares to fight Zika with sterile mosquitoes by radiation

Source: MercoPressAfter its success in controlling a devastating fruit fly with nuclear technology, Argentina is gearing up to fight a new enemy: mosquitoes that transmit Zika, in addition to dengue...

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Argentine scientist indicted over design of glacier inventory

Source: Science MagazineA prominent glaciologist, Ricardo Villalba, has been indicted on criminal charges for allegedly favoring a mining company as a consequence of how his former institute designed...

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¡A cazar mosquitos con celulares para ayudar a la ciencia!

Fuente: SciDev [MONTEVIDEO] Una aplicación (http://www.scidev.net/america- latina/comunicacion/tic/) gratuita permite que cualquier persona en la región pueda colaborar en la generación de una base...

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