Greece
Food
Scientists Decode DNA of Greek Feta Cheese
According to the Academy of Athens, scientists have recently decoded the DNA of the famous Greek Feta cheese.
Scientists from the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens studied a wide variety of feta cheese produced all across the nation...
Animals
Greece’s Marine Environment Gets New Lease on Life, Scientists Say
Greece's marine life populations have faced a period of revival due to the travel restrictions imposed globally to manage the coronavirus pandemic.
Covid-19 restrictions are having visibly positive repercussions on marine life in Greece, as they have brought about not...
Business
Hundreds of Greek Scientists Abroad Apply to Join Pfizer in Thessaloniki
The US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has received over 3,500 applications for the 200 spots that are open at its digital hub in Thessaloniki.
A substantial portion of the applicants, representing twenty percent, are from Greeks living abroad.
Thessaloniki's digital hub, which...
Greece
Bourla Cracked Whip to Push Scientists to Create Coronavirus Vaccine in Record Time
During the depths of the pandemic this year, when lockdowns and shutdowns were being imposed across the world in the desperate fight against the coronavirus, the situation seemed about as bleak as it could possibly be.
In the dark days...
Greece
Samos Εarthquake Was Μain Τremor but Αftershocks Will Follow, Scientists Say
Seismologists warned that people should expect a series of strong aftershocks to follow the 6.7 earthquake which struck the island of Samos and the Turkish coast on Friday.
They urged the public to stay away from buildings which showed signs...
Cyprus
Greek, Cypriot Scientists Develop New Rapid Covid Test
A new Covid test being used in England can quickly determine if a patient is positive for coronavirus or not in the space of only 90 minutes.
The test, dubbed COVIDNudge, was developed by the company "DnaNudge," the result of...
Animals
Greek Scientists Record Alien Fish Species in Aegean, Ionian Seas
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Greek scientists have recently launched an attempt to record the actual number of alien fish species from the Red Sea which have “invaded” the Aegean and the Ionian Seas over the last several years.
They also hope to...
Greece
Summer Unlikely To Curb Coronavirus Growth, Scientists Warn
Summer's higher temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere are unlikely to significantly limit the growth of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Princeton University study published Monday in the journal Science.
Several statistical studies conducted over the past few months have...
Greece
Two Greek Scientists Among Most Highly Cited in the World
Greek scientists John P.A. Ioannidis and George P. Chrousos are on this year's list of Highly Cited Researchers in the world, according to their Google Scholar Citations public profiles.
The data was collected during the last week of April, 2020...
Environment
What's Up With Greece's Weather? Scientists Find Huge Spike in Severe Phenomena
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Greek scientists said on Monday that the number of severe weather events in the country was approximately 40 percent higher in 2019 compared with the average number experienced during the period 2000-2019.
According to data analyzed by researchers...
Environment
Scientists Use Satellites to Detect Plastic in the Greek Seas
Scientists from Greece and the UK developed a new technique to detect patches of floating plastic in the marine environment using satellites.
Writing in the journal Scientific Reports, the scientists say that the new method to prevent and reverse sea...
Greece
Greek Scientists Conduct Pioneering Study in Coronavirus Mutation
A pioneering study by Greek scientists at the Hellenic Pasteur Institute (EIP), in collaboration with Athens University Medical School Professor of epidemiology, Sotiris Tsiodras, has been conducted recently and its full findings are expected to be published in the near...
Environment
Greek Scientists Find Coronavirus Lockdowns Have Reduced Earth's Seismic Activity
Measures taken across the world to restrict vehicular traffic and public movement in order to reduce the spread of the coronavirus have begun to have a positive impact on the environment -- and even on the Earth itself --...
Greece
Greek Scientists to 3D Print Ventilator Valves For Coronavirus Patients
Thessaloniki’s Aristotle University (AUTH) will 3D printing around 50 ventilator valves each day to help cope with the shortages that could be created due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Athens-Macedonia News Agency reported on Saturday.
According to the report, the...
Greece
Scientists Reveal This Winter Was Warmest on Record in Europe
Scientists from the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service announced recently that the period between December 2019 and February 2020 was the warmest winter ever to be recorded in Europe.
This shocking revelation comes as no surprise, since most of...