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 <pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:42:24 -0400</pubDate>
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	      Adding pieces to the puzzle:&lt;br&gt;&lt;small&gt;First geological survey of Panama&apos;s Kuna Yala coast&lt;/small&gt;	   ]]></title>
       
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       STRI&apos;s research vessel, Urraca, has just returned from the first-ever geological survey of Kuna Yala, Panama&apos;s autonomous indigenous territory.  The survey began at the Caribbean mouth of the Panama Canal and extended to the Colombian border.       ]]></description>
	   
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	     Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400	    ]]></pubDate>
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	      Special visitors on BCI	   ]]></title>
       
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       Recently, STRI’s Human Resources Office hosted the visit of the Ministry of Labor on BCI.       ]]></description>
	   
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	     Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400	    ]]></pubDate>
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	      STRI receives Graham Palynological Collection	   ]]></title>
       
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       STRI received the best collection of Neotropical pollen in the world, the Graham Palynological Collection, thanks to the generosity of Alan Graham, professor emeritus at the Kent State University       ]]></description>
	   
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	     Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400	    ]]></pubDate>
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	      Rare discovery in Gabon	   ]]></title>
       
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       SI scientists including STRI&apos;s George Angehr led by Brian K. Schmidt, from the National Museum of Natural History have discovered and described a new bird species unknown to science from Gabon, Africa       ]]></description>
	   
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	     Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400	    ]]></pubDate>
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	      Bd crosses Panama Canal	   ]]></title>
       
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       Chytridiomycosis is a globally emerging disease of amphibians and the leading cause of population declines and extirpations at species-diverse montane sites in Central America       ]]></description>
	   
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	     Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400	    ]]></pubDate>
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	      Tropical orchids: enjoying the Panamanian nightlife	   ]]></title>
       
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       Many tropical orchid species perform a unique type of photosynthesis called Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM), whereby CO2 is taken up during the night rather than during the day as in most plants       ]]></description>
	   
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	     Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400	    ]]></pubDate>
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	      John Gibbons, science P.R.	   ]]></title>
       
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       Science Public Affairs specialist at the Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs, was in Panama in August to attend the tropical extinction debate       ]]></description>
	   
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	     Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400	    ]]></pubDate>
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	      Sand sculpture workshop at Culebra	   ]]></title>
       
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       A sand sculpture workshop took place at the Crab Beach at Punta Culebra Nature Center in preparation for today&apos;s contests in Veracruz, for students from schools in Casco Antiguo, Veracruz and San Carlos       ]]></description>
	   
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	     Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400	    ]]></pubDate>
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	      From the Office of BioInformatics (OBio)	   ]]></title>
       
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       OBio would like to announce two new web sites.       ]]></description>
	   
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	     Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400	    ]]></pubDate>
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	      STRI scientists named by Panama as distinguished and national researchers	   ]]></title>
       
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       STRI archaeologist and staff scientist Richard G. Cooke and research associate Mahabir Gupta from the University of Panama were named as distinguished researchers by Panama&apos;s Sistema Nacional de Investigaci&amp;oacute;n 2008       ]]></description>
	   
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	     Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400	    ]]></pubDate>
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