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The other guineps

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Other tropical fruits related to guineps (quenepas) could grow in Puerto Rico and be exported to other countries.

 

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Puerto Rican colonizers

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Scientists have discovered new species of lichens in Puerto Rico.

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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.

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The fantastic jouneys of a Puerto Rican gecko

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Scientists from the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez studied the mitochondrial DNA of Caribbean geckos to understand their evolution.

Article: Díaz-Lameiro, A. M., Oleksyk, T. K., Bird-Picó, F. J. And Martínez-Cruzado, J. C. (2013). Colonization of islands in the Mona Passage by endemic dwarf geckoes (genus Sphaerodactylus) reconstructed with mitochondrial phylogeny. Ecology and Evolution. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.770/ abstract

 

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The millenary journey of a species

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Scientists from the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez studied the mitochondrial DNA of Caribbean geckos to understand their evolution.

 

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The millennial travels of a gecko

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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.

A new virtual space for Hispanic and Puerto Rican women in STEM

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CienciaPR has created a new blog to discuss topics related to women.

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Basic Science: fundamental in the practice of medicine

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Article about the importance of basic science in the medicine debate.

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New materials for CO2 storage

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In this article, the author talks about new miccropourous materials that are been used to store CO2, as part of a collaboration of NASA and the UPR at Mayagüez.

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New SACNISTA PhD Profile: Researcher, Role Model, Advocate – Dr. Mónica I. Feliú-Mójer

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Dr. Mónica Feliú-Mójer didn’t know she could be a scientist until she was in college. Born and raised in the small town of Vega Alta in Puerto Rico, Feliú-Mójer was passionate about exploring the natural world as a girl, but her K-12 science classes did not make direct links between her local environs and the scientific concepts covered. It wasn’t until she met her first real scientist, biology professor Dr. Agnes Martínez Lahoz at the University of Puerto Rico in Bayamón, that her idea about what she could do in the world changed.

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