A new tool is now available to monitor the atmospheric phenomena of the season in real time thanks to the Collaboration Portal of the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the entities announced. Forecasted storm trajectory, wind speed, expected rain and projected storm surge are some of […]
Following an “arduous selection process” and after competing with more than 50 proposals from different parts of the United States, Eduardo Nicolau, professor at the University of Puerto Rico’s School of Natural Sciences, has received a $3 million grant. The funding is for a project called “Puerto Rico Space Partnership for Research, Innovation and Training […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has just invested $19 million into the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico to “gain a lot of knowledge about asteroids.” NASA awarded the University of Central Florida — which manages the site on behalf of National Science Foundation — the four-year grant to observe and characterize near-Earth objects (NEO) […]