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Researchers Assess Setbacks After Hurricane Fiona
Some areas of Puerto Rico have been hit by flooding and high winds, but long power outages are also impeding scientists’ work.
Researchers Assess Setbacks After Hurricane Fiona
Researchers Assess Setbacks After Hurricane Fiona

Some areas of Puerto Rico have been hit by flooding and high winds, but long power outages are also impeding scientists’ work.

Some areas of Puerto Rico have been hit by flooding and high winds, but long power outages are also impeding scientists’ work.

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Lisa Winter | Jul 26, 2022 | 1 min read
Though Greenland sharks generally live in icy waters, one was recently caught in the Caribbean.
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Andy Carstens | Jun 24, 2022 | 2 min read
At about 2 centimeters in length, Thiomargarita magnifica tests scientists’ notions of how large microbes can grow.
Researchers Fight a Devastating Amphibian Infection Using Heat
Jennifer Parker | Jan 13, 2020 | 5 min read
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Attack of the Seaweed
Chia-Yi Hou | Aug 6, 2019 | 1 min read
Sargassum is piling up on Caribbean beaches, smothering nearshore ecosystems, driving off tourists, and compelling researchers to figure out why it’s suddenly so abundant.
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Swamped by Sargassum: The New Normal for Caribbean Beaches
Kerry Grens | Jul 15, 2019 | 5 min read
Scientists are pretty sure they know where the seaweed is coming from. Now they want to know why it’s here.
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The Scientist Staff | May 17, 2018 | 1 min read
Marine scientists slowed the spread of a disease that attacks coral by removing areas around diseased tissue.
Recipients of Experimental Herpes Vaccine File Lawsuit
Catherine Offord | Mar 14, 2018 | 2 min read
The suit claims that Rational Vaccines, the company of recently deceased researcher William Halford, violated US and international laws when it carried out the procedure.
University of Puerto Rico Closed After Hurricane Maria
Ashley P. Taylor | Sep 25, 2017 | 2 min read
The pause on campus operations, which could last a month, is just one example of the hurricane’s devastation.
Research Labs Evacuate Ahead of Irma
The Scientist | Sep 7, 2017 | 3 min read
Scientists leave behind ongoing experiments as the Category 5 hurricane whips through the Caribbean and heads toward the U.S. mainland.
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Amber Dance | Jan 1, 2017 | 4 min read
The small lizards adapted to unique niches among dozens of isles.
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