Noticias CienciaPR
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 second chance at life”: more than 200 birds have been rehabilitated at the Parque de las Ciencias in Bayamón.
Bayamón — Over the past decade, around 210 birds — from multiple species — have been given “a second chance at life” at the…
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…
Meet the Puerto Rican owl: the only species endemic to the island and currently under threat
As the sun sets, between the crowing of roosters and the calling of coquí frogs, you may hear a sound from above similar to…
Mariposario Arlequín: an educational sanctuary for the conservation of butterflies in the heart of Las Piedras
Las Piedras - In a quiet neighborhood of this municipality surrounded by colorful houses, is the Harlequin Butterfly Sanctuary…