Greek astrophysicist Chryssa Kouveliotou has been elected in a group of 83 scientists to the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in recognition of distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. At the start of the year she was named senior scientist for high energy astrophysics within the Science and Technology Office at NASA’s Marshall [...]
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Greek Scientists Find New Diagnosis Methods
A new blood test that can diagnose the infection by the fungus type Candida in only a few hours was developed by Greek and American scientists in the US. The new diagnostic procedure can shorten considerably the time needed for doctors to detect the infections of this organism which are very common, Candidemia being the [...]
Greek Pupils Selected to Visit NASA
Fotis Giasemis, 16, from St. Anne’s High School in Euboea, and Eleni Tsaprazi, 17, from Mantoulides High School in Thessaloniki, were selected to participate in this year’s NASA Space Camp program taking place in Huntsville, Alabama. Both high school pupils have more than once participated in the relevant contest organized by the Astronomy and Space [...]
Happy 3.14159265358979 Day; Greek Pi (π) Celebrations
Happy Pi Day! Scientists from all around the world and everyone else who just loves pi (or pie) celebrate Pi Day on March 14. Pi named for the Greek symbol π, the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. The number’s first three digits are 3.14. Pi Day is observed on March [...]
Greek Tech Company Moves To Conn.
Lured by an investment from Connecticut Innovations (CI), the state’s quasi-public authority responsible for growing Connecticut businesses through innovative financing and strategic assistance, Advent Technologies of Greece said it’s leaving its homeland to relocate to the New England state. CI said it had made a $1 million investment in the company through the Eli Whitney [...]
Tsiaras Visualizes Conception to Birth
The Head of Scientific Visualization of Yale University School of Medicine, Alexandros Tsiaras, assisted by new technology, has created an impressive video that shows fetal development from conception to birth. Watch in nine minutes what happens during pregnancy from the moment the egg is fertilized to the time the baby is ready to be born. [...]
Antikythera Wreck Possibly Involves Two Ships
Marine archaeologist-technician Dr Brendan Foley from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution caused quite a stir while presenting the findings of the most recent underwater archaeological survey conducted at the Antikythera Shipwreck site in Greece, during the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in Seattle last week. Dr Foley suggested that despite common and [...]
Hellenic Foundation, UNESCO Honor Papanikolaou
The Hellenic Foundation for Culture and Hellenic National Commission for UNESCO has co-organized an exhibition to honor the renowned late Dr. Georgios Papanikolaou, a Greek pioneer who invented the so-called Pap test, a test allowing early detection of cervical cancer. The opening will be held on Nov. 14 in the building of the Embassy of [...]
Athens Dialogues at Harvard Deal Science
The Onassis Foundation organized a workshop entitled: Science, Technology and Ethics-Old Theories and new Challenges which was held at Harvard University under the auspices of Harvard Dialogue, a program aimed at “researching an intellectual view, inspired by the ancient greek theory which says that the art is a kind of knowledge embracing art, handiwork and [...]
Greek-American Leads Thermoelectric Material Breakthrough
Researchers from the Northwestern and Michigan universities in the United States, under the instructions and supervision of a Greek-American professor of Chemistry, Merkouri G. Kanatzidis, have managed to create a high efficiency thermoelectric material, the world’s best. The entrepreneurial products achieves simultaneously high electronic conductivity, high thermo-power and low thermal conductivity. The Kanatzidis group defined [...]
Greek-American Biologist Maniatis Wins Lasker Award
Greek American biologist Thomas Maniatis is among the seven scientists who will be awarded the 2012 Lasker Award for their groundbreaking advances in medical research, which is offered by the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation. The Lasker Awards, accompanied by an honorarium of $250,000 for each category, is considered one of the world’s most respected [...]
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