EnTRUST Life Sciences Accelerator Celebrates Its Fifth Cohort with $375,000 Awarded to Research Projects

The Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust (PRSTRT), through its Technology Transfer Office (TTO) and its Research…

Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust invests more than $1.8 million in local research and entrepreneurship projects

Eleven award-winning researchers receive grants of $150,000 each, and three companies that secured SBIR funding will receive…

Puerto Rico’s first oyster farm is in Culebra: “We have built it from within the community”

Hidden beneath the calm waters of Culebra, at a maximum depth of 40 feet, an initiative aims to transform marine wealth into an…

“We don’t believe in ‘you can’t’”: Technologies developed in Puerto Rico aim to integrate blind students into the world of science

On a monitor, a brightly colored microscope image shows part of the cerebral cortex of a person with advanced Alzheimer’s…

Exotic animals: Over 1,000 specimens placed under DRNA custody in five months

In less than five months, the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DRNA) has captured or received over 1,000…

A Trio of Space Satellites Launch to Study the Sun’s Violent Side

Cape Canaveral, Florida — A group of space weather satellites lifted off Wednesday morning to closely observe solar storms that…

Scientists identify a new species of bee in Puerto Rico.

When a bee approaches, the common reaction is to run, scream, or panic. But a group of researchers decided to do the opposite:…

Technological innovation at the service of the environment: Quebradillas cobitos find refuge in 3D shells

Quebradillas - On the beaches of this municipality, hermit crabs face a silent dilemma: there are not enough shells to protect…

Cuban frogs multiply and threaten native species in Puerto Rico

The fame of coquí frogs as Puerto Rico's best-known frogs is matched only—though not for a good reason—by Cuban frogs, an…

Reviving Puerto Rico’s vanilla industry: how farmers in Castañer are bringing back the island’s sweet legacy

Lares - Did you know that vanilla is one of the best-selling products in the world and that Puerto Rico is one of the…

Science “at the service of communities”: first extreme heat monitoring conducted in southwestern Puerto Rico

At 4:30 a.m., more than 60 volunteers went out to face the relentless protagonist of the Puerto Rican summer: the heat.…

Main characters in Science: Marine biologist uses upside down jellyfish to protect Puerto Rican coasts

For Dr. Natalia López Figueroa, a Puerto Rican researcher, the first day of the rest of her life began in a class on marine…