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

Submitted on 25 September 2025 - 11:16am

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Cape Canaveral, Florida — A group of space weather satellites lifted off Wednesday morning to closely observe solar storms that can produce dazzling auroras but also disrupt communications and threaten astronauts in flight. The three satellites soared from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center shortly after sunrise aboard a SpaceX rocket. Their destination: a solar orbit observation post 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometers) from Earth, each with its own mission.

Puerto Rican Conservation Leader to Represent the Caribbean on IUCN Council

Submitted on 24 September 2025 - 6:49pm

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Manuel Guillama Capella

Puerto Rican conservationist Fernando Lloveras San Miguel, president of Para la Naturaleza, is set to become the next Caribbean representative on the Council of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world’s largest environmental organization and its top governing body.

Two experiments developed at the UPRM return successfully from space: “Science allows us to dream.”

Submitted on 24 September 2025 - 6:04pm

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Génesis Ibarra Vázquez

In November 2024 and again in March of this year, two researchers from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) witnessed the launch of their experiments to the International Space Station (ISS). Now, after the thrill of that milestone, they are celebrating a new wave of satisfaction with the successful return of both projects back to Earth.

Scientists identify a new species of bee in Puerto Rico.

Submitted on 24 September 2025 - 5:26pm

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Olivia Carmen Maule

When a bee approaches, the common reaction is to run, scream, or panic. But a group of researchers decided to do the opposite: observe them closely. Thanks to that patience, they made an unexpected discovery in the Guánica Dry Forest: the presence of a new species of bee for Puerto Rico, named Megachile luctifera.

Puerto Rican Students to Represent Puerto Rico at the MILSET International Expo-Sciences in Abu Dhabi

Submitted on 11 September 2025 - 7:22pm

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San Juan, Puerto Rico – September 10, 2025: From September 27 to October 3, 2025, a group of six talented Puerto Rican students will travel to Abu Dhabi to represent Puerto Rico at the MILSET International Expo-Sciences, one of the most important global events bringing together students with innovative projects in science, technology, and innovation.

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

Submitted on 25 August 2025 - 1:30pm

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Olivia Carmen Maule

Quebradillas - On the beaches of this municipality, hermit crabs face a silent dilemma: there are not enough shells to protect their soft bodies. Faced with scarcity, many resort to pieces of trash as shelter. Now, a scientific and community initiative is turning to an unexpected tool to address the crisis: shells made with 3D printers.

Fossil of Caribbean predator discovered, with Puerto Rican scientist part of the find

Submitted on 25 August 2025 - 1:01pm

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Wilson González-Espada

Over millions of years, tectonic movements have led to the formation of natural land bridges connecting continents and islands, resulting in the exchange of species between previously separated areas.

Cuban frogs multiply and threaten native species in Puerto Rico

Submitted on 18 August 2025 - 10:00am

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Olivia Carmen Maule

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 invasive amphibian that has threatened several endemic species since its introduction to the island in the 1950s, specifically on the coast of Aguadilla.

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

Submitted on 12 August 2025 - 11:56am

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Sandra Torres Guzmán

Lares - Did you know that vanilla is one of the best-selling products in the world and that Puerto Rico is one of the countries that grows it?

About 20 Puerto Rican farmers joined forces to revive the vanilla industry on the island under an ambitious project established in the Bartolo neighborhood of the town of Castañer, in Lares.

Amgen announces multi-million dollar expansion in Puerto Rico

Submitted on 12 August 2025 - 11:43am

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Efraín Montalbán Ríos

Juncos - Multinational biotechnology company Amgen Manufacturing Limited (AML) will expand and strengthen its operations in Puerto Rico with the construction of a new production line and a power plant that will use natural gas and will be among the largest on the island.

The new manufacturing line will serve to expand the production of the pharmacological agents manufactured by Amgen, including Repatha, which are shipped from the island to patients in some 70 countries on virtually every continent in the world.

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