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A recent report from the Environmental Quality Board revealed that many water bodies and reservoirs in Puerto Rico are contaminated with antibiotics, cosmetics, steroids, insect repellent and other types of emerging pollutants. Students and scientists at...
http://unh.edu/unhtoday/2015/07/testing-waters
WRITTEN BY DAVID SIMS | SCIENCE WRITER, INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF EARTH, OCEANS, AND SPACE
Led by UNH biogeochemical oceanographer Joe Salisbury, a group of 15 scientists is currently aboard the National...
Teacher Bryan Rivera developed the project Sense around Bakery Club for Autism Learners for students ages 11 and 13 with support form the Department of Education.
To read the full article, visit the Spanish version of this site.
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Como consecuencia de nuestro trabajo como cientificos ambientales generalmente vamos al campo con un grupo diverso de científicos. Algunos estudian la química del lugar, otros la geología, la microbiología, etc. Pero generalmetne cuando planeamos estas...
This article describes the recent article about dengue genetics published in Science by Dr. Mariano García Blanco and his colleagues at Duke University.
To read the full article, visit the Spanish version of this site.
The Science article could be...
Reproducimos un texto sobre la iniciativa de Casa Pueblo, en la que participa la Universidad de Puerto Rico, para presentar opciones al consumo energético en la isla. Decidimos publicar el escrito en el idioma en que fue redactado originalmente.
Various...
Hello CienciaPR members!
My name is Josh Zak, and I am currently a rising junior at Carnegie Mellon University pursuing a dual degree in Chemistry and Materials Science & Engineering. This summer, I have the distinct privilege of participating in a...
A shark that has been monitored was recently track swimming in the south of Puerto Rico. Researchers at Nova Southeastern University’s Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI) announced that “St. Mary’s”, shark's name, was escaping the cold temperatures and...
Aunque su obra fue subestimada, Ana Roqué de Duprey legó uno de los textos más relevantes en la historia de la ciencia de principios del siglo XX en las Américas. Hoy, 90 años después de escribir la ‘Botánica antillana’, una investigación revela el valor...
Educador, hidrólogo, Astronauta puertorriqueño. Nacido el 17 de mayo de 1967 en Inglewood, California, pero criado en Anaheim, California. Sus padres son Rafael y Elsie Acabá de Hatillo, Puerto Rico. Durante la época de los 60’s sus padres se mudaron...
The series features short videos developed to complement the 7th through 9th grade science curriculum and contains positive examples of scientists, engineers, and professionals in technology careers, as well as illustrating the sciences in an exciting and...
Recently, several interviews in Puerto Rico have spread misinformation about the use of stem cells for the treatment of several conditions, such as paralysis.
In this article, Wilson González Espada advises readers to inform themselves about FDA...
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.
Daniel Romero-Álvarez. COSMOS. Divulgación científica para todos. Antorcha Verde....
Weight gain is associated with reduced striatal response to palatable food.
Stice E, Yokum S, Blum K, Bohon C.
Consistent with the theory that individuals with hypofunctioning reward circuitry overeat to compensate for a reward deficit, obese versus...
Puerto Rico only produces 15% of the food it consumes, which represents a threat to the archipelago's food security.
The original version of this article is in Spanish. You can read it by clicking on ESPAÑOL at the top right corner of your screen.
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
USDA Animal...
Atomic and molecular adsorption on Au(111)
Yohaselly Santiago-Rodríguez, Jeffrey A. Herron, María C. Curet-Arana, Manos Mavrikakis
Periodic self-consistent density functional theory (DFT-GGA) calculations were used to study the adsorption of several...
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...
Therapeutic aphaeresis: Experience in Puerto Rico
Raúl H. Morales Borges, Gladys Colón Nieves, María Rodríguez Martínez, Rosa Vargas Ramos, Linda I. Pedraza Otero, Carmen Nieves Vargas, Glorimar Ortiz Pedraza, Jairo J. Morales Jiménez, Clinical Services...
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.
Diana Guzmán Colón studied mongoose populations in different ecosystems within el Yunque National Forest.
This article is available in Spanish.
Dr. Ángel Torres Valcárcel and other climatologists studied rain patterns over the last 100 years.
This story is available in Spanish.
A group of researchers from University of Puerto Rico, including Karla Claudio, Dr. Jorge Duconge and Dr. Carmen Cadilla, advance the field of pharmacogenetics by researching how different genetic mutations help or hinder the metabolization of warfarin...
Two recent issues of “Physics Today”, a physics journal published by the American Institute of Physics, highlights the work of three local scientists, Drs. Daniel Altschuler, Sixto González and Víctor Blanco.
The text is available in Spanish...
Greetchen: “José, I’m almost speechless when I see the spectacular images you have shared with us”
José: “Greetchen, I’m glad you like them. Last month we were witnesses to the so called Red Moon (or Blood Moon). This event is part of a tetrad of total...
Había una canción de salsa muy famosa de Héctor Lavoe que decía “Todo tiene su final. Nada dura para siempre…”. Y es cierto. Pero como toda coordenada lineal el tiempo tiene dos direcciones: una hacia el futuro y otra hacia el pasado. Así que la...
Archaeological starch grains consistent with those produced and stored in modern cojoba (Anadenanthera peregrina) seeds were identified, for the first time in the West Indies, in a coral milling base recovered in a small precolonial habitation site of...
Three articles in this issue address the role of vitamin and mineral supplements for preventing the occurrence or progression of chronic diseases. First, Fortmann and colleagues systematically reviewed trial evidence to update the U.S. Preventive Services...
The scaly-naped pigeon (Patagioenas squamosa) is threatened by hunting in the Caribbean. At present, the pigeon is abundant in Puerto Rico, but overharvesting is a major concern; therefore, the development of a sustainable harvest strategy is a management...
The undisputed position of English as the “international language of science” has resulted in a push for its use in college science classrooms in non-English dominant contexts worldwide. This study uses classroom observation and interviews to examine the...
La semana pasada (del 17 al 22 de febrero) tuve la oportunidad de participar en el primer taller de científicos en etapas tempranas de su carrera interesados en el estudio de las reservas de carbono en las profundidades de La Tierra o el carbono profundo...
José: "Greetchen, this time we have a very special guest. Ms. Gloria Archilla, bird photographer, presents spectacular images of a very singular bird of Puerto Rico.”
Greetchen: "Tremendous! Gloria, what is the common and scientific name of the bird? "...
Bananas and plantains are a staple in the Puerto Rican and many other tropical countries' diets. These crops are affected by the sigatoka, a disease caused by two species of fungus (Mycosphaerella musicola and Mycosphaerella fijiensis) that slowly kill...