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 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…
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.…