A recently conducted DNA analysis on the remains of Minoans’ skeletons found mainly in a cave in Lassithi, Crete, suggest beyond any doubt and previous speculation that the ancestors of the major Minoan civilization of the Bronze Age did not originate either from Africa or Asia, as archaeologists assumed so far, but rather from Europe. [...]
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International Andreas Vesalius Conference in Zakynthos
On the occasion of the five hundred years from the birth of the world-famous anatomist Andreas Vesalius, a conference will take place from September 4 to 8, 2014 in Zakynthos, where he died. The event was announced by the Consul of Belgium in Athens, Theo Dirix, in a press conference he gave to the media [...]
Brilliant Scientists With Innovative Ideas
Young educated people with innovative “green” ideas are willing to change their fellow citizens’ lives. They are not afraid of competition; on the contrary, they seek it, stating that they are determined not to abandon Greece, even now, during the difficult period of crisis. Giannis Mourgis, 24 years old, with studies in the Athens University [...]
Brain Drain Big Strain On Greece
According to a research conducted by the news agency ANA/MPA at Web TV, Greece is suffering from a significant export of educated people who choose to move abroad. Yiannis-Aggelos Trantos is a fifth-year student at the Faculty of Medicine of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. “The future for most of my fellow students,” [...]
CHD Treatment Based on Greek Scientist’s Idea
The CosmoPHOS-nano Project, whose opening meeting was held in Thessaloniki, aims at the creation of an innovative system for the treatment, diagnosis and effectiveness of the treatment of atherosclerotic heart disease (Coronary Heart Disease-CHD) based on nanotechnology. This program started with an idea of Greek cardiologist Panagiotis Trochopoulos and today his research team includes more [...]
Greek Researchers Find Quantum Femto-Magnetism
Greek scientists from the University of Crete and the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), in collaboration with U.S. scientists from Ames Research Center of NASA, have discovered a new way to create small magnets by using short laser light pulses. Thanks to quantum “games” with light, computers and other devices can become extremely quicker. [...]
Greek PhD Theses on the Internet
The PhD theses of Greek scientists, a valuable archive and important source of knowledge, are now concentrated and available in a renewed website (http://www.didaktorika.gr), with new capabilities of search, navigation and access to the full content. This is the electronic “home” of the National Archive of PhD Theses (EADD), which is developed and maintained by [...]
Greek Researchers Develop Tsunami Scale
The first ever scale in order to assess the intensity of the impact of tsunamis, has been developed by a Greek research team at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The research project was presented in Athens earlier this month. The New Integrated Tsunami Intensity Scale 2012 (ITIS2012) uses a 12-grade magnitude scale which [...]
Greek Crisis Visible From Space
According to a study conducted by researchers from Greece and abroad, from 2008 until today, a drastic limitation up to 40% of pollutants in the atmosphere has been observed, due to the reduction in anthropogenic activity. One of the authors of the study, Evangelos Gerasopoulos, Director of the Institute of Environmental Research and Sustainable Development [...]
Aristarchus Iluminates Ancient Stellar System
A Greek and a British astronomer used the new telescope Aristarchus with a 2.3 meter diameter, which is located at Mount Helmos in the Peloponnese, at an altitude of 2,340 meters to illuminate a mysterious ancient stellar system named KjPn8. The main researcher of the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, National Observatory of Athens, Panagiotis [...]
Greek Space Program Gets Boost
A five million euros ($6.59 million) funding proposal has been approved for the Hellenic Space Technologies and Applications Cluster (si-Cluster) by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT). Members of si-Cluster-Greek high tech companies and research centers represent a significant proportion of the Greek research and industrial potential, in the field of space technology [...]
Greek Researchers Show Coke’s Health Benefits
Apparently, things do go better with Coke, at least according to Greek researchers. The new edition of the journal Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics presents a Greek study showing that drinking Coca-Cola may prove helpful to those patients suffering from clogs in their gastrointestinal system caused by the ingestion of digested fruits and vegetables. A team of [...]
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Calendar – Exhibits, Concerts, Fun
- A Greek Portfolio at The Benaki Museum May 22, 2013
- Greek-By-Choice Pedro Olalla Honored May 20, 2013
- AHEPA Day Celebration Hosted In Athens May 20, 2013
- Greek Gastronomy Days At Benaki Museum May 20, 2013
