The Arenal Volcano National Park is a great laboratory for scientists, which is why that they are now searching for compounds in these fungi that can become medicine. To do this, experts from the National Biodiversity Institute (INBio by its initials in Spanish) are searching for plants, fungi and lichens in the vicinity of this volcano.

Lichens are the union of two or three organisms that act as one and may be algae, fungi and cyanobacteria. There are already results from studies...

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The iPod 4G brings with it the ability to view images in 3D and built in games, this in either its Touch or Classic version. They are both available in Costa Rica.

This new player has a 3.5-inch widescreen display and a resolution of 480 by 320 pixels. It has a capacity of 8.16 and 32 GB, allowing a total of between 1750 and 7000 files. It has a thin, curved and stainless steel design, with Multi-Touch screen, accelerometer and 3D graphics.

It features hundreds of...

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The National Insurance Institute (INS by its initials in Spanish) has created 4 new companies to compete in the insurance market now that the insurance market will be opened because of the entry into force of the Free Trade Agreement between the United States, Central America and the Dominican Republic, meaning that the market can no longer be covered by a single Costa Rican State company.
The new companies are called INS International, INS Services, INS Life and INS Commercialize. They...

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