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Cuba participates in regional academic activity on atomic energy
Cuba participates in regional academic activity on atomic energy

Havana, March 14.- Cuban researchers participate in a regional academic activity organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on nucleic acid extraction and molecular identification of cyanobacteria.

Impact of climate change on Cuban children
Impact of climate change on Cuban children

Havana, March 13.- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), in coordination with other organizations, investigates the impacts of climate change on children and adolescents in communities on the southern coast of Cuba, it was reported today.

Ministry of Public Health evaluates work results in 2023
Ministry of Public Health evaluates work results in 2023

Havana, March 13.- With the presence of Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and President of the Republic, the annual work meeting of the Ministry of Public Health (Minsap) was held., where the work carried out during 2023 and the projections for the current year were analyzed.

Longest horizontal oil well in Cuba completed
Longest horizontal oil well in Cuba completed

Havana, March 11.- At 8,047 meters long, Varadero 1012 is now the longest horizontal oil well in the country, executed in 546 days by Unión Cuba Petróleo (CUPET) and the Chinese company Great Wall.

Science and innovation, our common denominator, affirms CITMA Minister
Science and innovation, our common denominator, affirms CITMA Minister

Havana, March 10.- The application of science and innovation are today the words of order, said Eduardo Martínez Díaz, Minister of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA), in this capital, in an exchange in person and by videoconference with specialized managers of Cuban organizations and companies.

 Cuba and Hungary advance in scientific cooperation and research
Cuba and Hungary advance in scientific cooperation and research

Budapest, March 9.- A Cuban delegation from the Biocubafarma Group, which included the companies Richter Gdeon Nyrt, Egis Gyogyszergyár and FluArf, completed an extensive agenda of tours of various centers of interest in Hungary for the biotechnology industry.

The Cuban Association of Agricultural and Forestry Technicians calls for the ConCienci@ Verde Contest
The Cuban Association of Agricultural and Forestry Technicians calls for the ConCienci@ Verde Contest

Camagüey, March 8.- Under the motto Art, like salt in food preserves nations, the Cuban Association of Agricultural and Forestry Technicians (ACTAF), in collaboration with the José Martí Pioneers Organization (OPJM), the Union of Young Communists (UJC), the Federation of University Students (FEU) and the Federation of High School Students, as well as other youth organizations and movements, call for the fourteenth edition of the Children's and Youth Contest of Visual Arts and Literature, ConCienci Contest @ Green.

UNESCO warns of biases in artificial intelligence models
UNESCO warns of biases in artificial intelligence models

Paris, March 7.- The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today warned about gender biases and discriminatory manifestations in artificial intelligence (AI) models and asked to correct them.

Facebook and Instagram suffer massive global failure
Facebook and Instagram suffer massive global failure

Camagüey, March 5. - The Meta company's applications and platforms, such as Facebook, Messenger or Instagram, and others such as YouTube, have suffered a massive drop this Tuesday, according to data from the Downdetector platform, which provides real-time information on the current status of several websites and services when they present problems.

Cuban awarded at International Artificial Intelligence Meeting
Cuban awarded at International Artificial Intelligence Meeting

Havana, March 5.- The Cuban fourth-year Physics student at the University of Havana, Boris Luis Ramos, won the Grand Prize in the Hackathon of the sixth International Meeting on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications.

 Primary School students and young people from Camagüey expand sanitation and environmental awareness work
Primary School students and young people from Camagüey expand sanitation and environmental awareness work

Camagüey, March 4.- This province stands out for its project plan for the care and protection of the environment and natural resources, and in that sense, student organizations and youth movements are involved in various actions to contribute to this task.

Improved environmental management in the Cayo Coco dolphinarium
Improved environmental management in the Cayo Coco dolphinarium

Ciego de Ávila, March 2.- The willingness of the workers at the Cayo Coco Dolphinarium to continue perfecting the management of natural resources and developing sustainable tourism in Jardines del Rey was confirmed during a working visit by Ciego de Ávila specialists in environmental management.