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Taller Sobre el Carbono Profundo

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. El taller fue auspiciado por el Observatorio de Carbono Profundo o DCO (por sus siglas en Inglés). El mismo reunió 40 científicos de 15 países envueltos en los diferentes aspectos del DCO: Vida en las Profundidades (Deep Life), Energía en las Profundidades (Deep Energy), Reservas y Flujos (Energy and Fluxes) y Física y Qímica Extrema (Extreme Physics and Chemistry).

Searching for a solution for sigatoka

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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 these plants.

Using sounds to study astrophysics

Frequently, science teachers ask their students to draw a scientist so that they can get a sense of what students think and imagine about scientists. Thousands and thousands of drawings show the same stereotypical characteristics: a male scientist, white, dressed in a lab coat, usually a chemist mixing liquids and generating explosions, and a person that does not have any physical limitations.

The millennial travels of a gecko

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Wilson Gonzalez-Espada

Tener evidencia del pasado es esencial para preservar la cultura humana. La evidencia del pasado puede ser guardada en formato digital o en formato análogo; mediante fotografía o árboles genealógicos. Sin embargo, estas herramientas suelen ser poco útiles si queremos explorar nuestra historia hace siglos o milenios atrás.

Journey to the submarine volcanoes

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Danica Coto / Prensa Asociada

A grupo of scientists sponsored by National Gepgraphic, University of Rhode Island and NOOA will be studying the submarine basin in the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean sea, between Puerto Rico and Granada.

The original news story is in Spanish. To read the full text, please click on the "Español" button below or the link at the top right of the page.

Eddie N. Laboy Nieves: Respecting the Environment

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Dr. Eddie Laboy Nieves has dedicated his life to studying and educating others about Puerto Rican nature

As a restless and hardworking child, the words spoken by “grandpa” Don Andrés became Eddie’s life compass: “We need to take care of the land and the rivers; without them the poor cannot eat or drink.” Inspired by this message of love for nature, Dr. Eddie N. Laboy Nieves recognized the importance of preserving the environment, leading him to invest his time and career to understand it and to teach others about nature.

His beginnings in science

Puerto Rican scientist seeks to accelerate heart regeneration by studying stem cells

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Camile Roldán Soto

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,


The original version of this article is in Spanish. You can see it by clicking on ESPAÑOL on the right top corner of your screen. You can also contact our editor Mónica I. Feliú-Mójer (moefeliu@cienciap.org).

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