COSMOS. Divulgación científica para todos

Ciencia Puerto Rico and Daniel Romero Álvarez, from Antoncha Verde, describe the origins and goals of the new Cosmos series.

An Analysis of Arthropod Interceptions by APHIS-PPQ and Customs and Border Protection in Puerto Rico

DAVID A. JENKINS, RUSSELL F. MIZELL, III, SKIP VAN BLOEM, STEFANIE WHITMIRE, LEYINSKA WISCOVITCH, CRYSTAL ZALESKI, AND RICARDO GOENAGA

Stem cell therapies offer the potential to treat diseases or conditions for which few treatments exist.

Stem cells, sometimes called the body’s “master cells,” are the precursor cells that develop into blood, brain, bones and all of your organs. Their promise in medical treatments is that they have the potential to repair, restore, replace and regenerate cells that could then be used to treat many medical conditions and diseases.

Joel A. Mercado Díaz and his colleagues combined genetic and morphological techniques to identify two genera and twelve new species of lickens at El Yunque National Forest.

This article is available in Spanish.