Quebradillas - On the beaches of this municipality, hermit crabs face a silent dilemma: there are not enough shells to protect their soft bodies. Faced with scarcity, many resort to pieces of trash as shelter. Now, a scientific and community initiative is...
Este recurso ofrece estrategias prácticas para integrar las charlas virtuales del programa Científicos al Servicio en Línea al currículo escolar. Incluye ideas para usar las charlas como introducción a temas de clase, asignaciones especiales o proyectos...
Esta guía acompaña al proyecto Ciencia al Servicio de Puerto Rico, diseñado para estudiantes de 6to a 8vo grado. El recurso promueve el aprendizaje basado en proyectos, integrando el método científico, la reflexión personal y la conexión con profesionales...
En esta actividad, los estudiantes exploran los conceptos básicos de la programación y la lógica de los algoritmos a través de una experiencia práctica y colaborativa. Utilizando un “Vocabulario Robot” simbólico y materiales sencillos como vasos...
San Juan, PR – On December 5, the Coors Light Líderes program announced that Puerto Rican scientist Elvin Joel Estrada García was selected as one of its five leaders of the year. Estrada García, an expert in education and Senior Coordinator of Educational...
YCA is pleased to welcome 24 talented biomedical or health sciences PhD students from 23 different institutions across the US as our new class of YCA Fellows!
The new cohort is incredibly rich in terms of scientific accomplishments, diversity of...
San Juan, May 20, 2024 - Lorena Pachiardi, a ninth-grade student, created and developed a prototype of a low-cost prosthetic hand on a three-dimensional (3D) printer. The project was carried out as part of the “Seeds of Success” program of the non-profit...
"I hope to make you proud," says the new astronaut as he sends a message to Puerto Rico during an interview with El Nuevo Dia.
Houston, Texas - Recognizing the importance of representing Puerto Rico and the Latino community, Marcos Gabriel Berríos...
Forest fires, torrential rains, droughts and extreme heat affect the countries that supply the archipelago, forcing an increase in local production, according to experts.
On an island that imports 85% of what it consumes, seeing the shelves full of...
El empoderamiento que experimentamos cuando nos realizamos una manicura o pedicura es innegable. Hace 10 años las uñas de gel llegaron a desplazar el acrílico en los salones de belleza. La palabra “gel” se refería, en sus inicios, al estado físico del...
El músico californiano, Ben Harper, mencionó una vez que “la genética juega un papel en la forma en que consciente o inconscientemente manifiestas tu verdadero ser”, y concuerdo totalmente con ese pensamiento. ¿Sabías que los humanos somos...
A group of chemical engineering students at the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico seeks to revolutionize the emerging field of 3D printing by developing a novel sargassum-based filament, which would not only allow the manufacture of all kinds of...
Originally published in the Opinion section of the Los Angeles Times
Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, and many have yet to learn that the way out of the global emergency is not through individualism and nationalism, but through solidarity.
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My name is Magdiel J. Torres Gonzalez. I’m a first year natural science student. Some of my interests as a science student are to prepare myself to enter med school after I graduate from my bachelor. One of my principal goals is to become a doctor so I...