Educación formal

Ruben Crespo, a Puerto Rican postdoctoral scientist at the Mayo Clinic studies stem cells hoping to understand how they can be used to regenerate important organs such as the heart,

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Scientists from the Social and Environmental Research Institute (SERI) found that pre-trip messaging can dramatically reduce the impacts of snorkelers and divers to reefs.

Existe mucha controversia sobre la manera en que se le asigna el género sexual a los recién nacidos con genitales ambiguos.

Scientists of the Soil Science and Geopharmacy Research Group of the University of Granada (Spain), directed by Rafael Delgado, have discovered and characterized a new type of atmospheric particle that develops similarly to hail, which could be useful for the study of relevant atmospheric reactions from Earth.

The government is trying to eliminate melaleuca trees and iguanas, since both species could deteriorate the ecosystem of the San Juan’s Bay estuary.

The supposed shortage of the Puerto Rican boa has been attributed to the mongoose (squirrel in Puerto Rico). This article argues against this asseveration.

Puerto Rico has a per capita incidence of asthma among the highest in the world, and children are nearly 300 percent more likely to have the respiratory ailment than white non-Hispanic children in the continental United States.