In order to reduce the negative impact on the environment, a group of researchers and students from the University of Costa Rica (UCR) intend to use coffee crops to create a fuel to produce electricity. The initiative is in charge of the School of Chemical Engineering of the UCR, whose students worked for two years […]
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Costa Ricans expect inflation of 3.7% for next year
At the end of June 2017, the expectation of inflation in 12 months is 3.7% , according to a survey prepared by the Central Bank each month since 2006. This figure marks 27 consecutive months in which the expectation has remained within the inflation target range that the monetary authority raised in the Macroeconomic Program. […]
Defects in Panamanian equipment caused blackout in Costa Rica
The blackout that left the country with no power supply on Saturday afternoon was caused by defects in Panamanian transmission systems, according to the country’s media. Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, several sectors of El Salvador and also Nicaragua had a blackout on Saturday, because the electrical system is interconnected in the region. Costa Rica was […]
Procedures for storing stem cells are a reality in CR
Banks for storing stem cells are a reality in the country. This treatment consists of obtaining the cells, either from the same patient, from another person, from umbilical cord or others areas of the body, sectorize them, cultivate them and then use them in the treatments that the person requires. The goal is to achieve […]
Another national blackout is “unlikely”, according to ICE
The executive president of the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE), Carlos Obregón, said on Sunday that “it is very unlikely”t hat another national blackout like the from Saturday will happen again. The hierarch said that the Costa Rican electrical system is not very vulnerable to failures that occur in other countries of the region, because […]
Prisoner with electronic bracelet arrested with revolver and 22 doses of crack
A prisoner that carried an electronic bracelet was stopped by the Public Force of Heredia with a caliber 38 revolver and 22 doses of crack cocaine. The residents of San Pablo de Heredia called the Public Force to complain about a motorized, armed man who was prowling the streets of the neighborhood Pastoras of La […]