GW Experts: Mexico City Faces Severe Water Crisis Amidst Climate Change and Urban Development
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A five-year, $5 million grant has been awarded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to the UTHealth Houston Institute for Implementation Science to support research and training in implementation science, with a focus on improving cancer control efforts in Mexico and Latin America.
Licensing agreement with Kindstar Globalgene Technology will more than double Wren NETest distribution within first year
University of Illinois anthropology professor Lisa Lucero argues in a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that ancient Maya reservoirs, which used aquatic plants to filter and clean the water, 鈥渃an serve as archetypes for natural, sustainable water systems to address future water needs.鈥 The Maya built and maintained reservoirs that were in use for more than 1,000 years, providing potable water for thousands to tens of thousands of people in cities during the annual, five-month dry season and in periods of prolonged drought.
Cedars-Sinai International has opened a new, conveniently located office in Mexico City.
Cedars-Sinai International ha inaugurado una nueva oficina convenientemente ubicada en la Ciudad de M茅xico.
New research shows entrepreneurs in Mexico become a greater target of crime as their businesses grow and become more profitable. The study also found entrepreneurs typically respond to crime in one of three ways: Truncating business growth, relocating or shutting down their operation.
A UCLA-led study provides the first scientific evidence that brick and mortar pharmacies in Northern Mexican tourist towns are selling counterfeit pills containing fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine. These pills are sold mainly to US tourists, and are often passed off as controlled substances such as Oxycodone, Percocet, and Adderall.
Ubydul Haque, an assistant professor of global health at the Rutgers Global Health Institute, has analyzed data from Mexico鈥檚 Ministry of Health to identify dengue fever hotspots. Working with epidemiologists at the University of North Texas and Universidad Aut贸noma de Nuevo Le贸n, the team calculated environmental and socioeconomic risk factors and mapped areas where severe outbreaks occur.
As part of its continued efforts to ensure greater access to quality care for patients around the world, Cleveland Clinic is broadening its network of in-country representatives to five locations: Canada, China, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico.
Katya Echazarreta, a 27-year-old electrical engineer who became the first Mexican-born woman to travel to space, will serve as keynote speaker at the 31st annual CFES Brilliant Pathways Global Conference on Nov. 7-8 at the Sagamore Resort in Lake George, NY.
A new review shows that the soil in the cities of the ancient Maya are heavily polluted with mercury. As vessels filled with liquid mercury and objects painted with cinnabar have been found at many Maya sites, the authors conclude that the Maya were heavy users of mercury and mercury-containing products. This resulted in severe and dangerous pollution in their day, which still persists even now.
Faculty and students from ISU joined an international team of archaeologists this summer to begin excavating one of Teotihuacan鈥檚 suburbs. The four-year project could help unlock clues about the ancient city鈥檚 mysterious collapse and what happened in the hundreds of years before Spanish conquistadors arrived in central America.
By: Kathleen Haughney | Published: September 19, 2022 | 4:01 pm | SHARE: Mexico is dealing with the fallout of a powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake that occurred near the Pacific coast on the anniversary of two previous tremors. Earthquakes occurred on Sept. 19 in both 1985 and 2017 in Mexico, killing thousands of people.Florida State University Professor of Geology James Tull is available to speak with reporters about the effects of the earthquake and the geology behind this catastrophic event.
NRAO is supporting a Mexican astronomer's work to select and develop antenna sites in northern Mexico for the Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA).
El Observatorio Radioastron贸mico Nacional de Estados Unidos (NRAO, en su sigla en ingl茅s) de NSF est谩 apoyando el trabajo de un astr贸nomo de la Universidad Nacional Aut贸noma de M茅xico (UNAM) que se encargar谩 de caracterizar, seleccionar y desarrollar sitios en el norte de M茅xico para las antenas del Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA).
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine have presented data that suggests a new HIV outbreak in Tijuana, Mexico, driven in part by 鈥渄rug tourism鈥 unabated by the closure of the international border due to the COVID-19 pandemic.