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Greece is the second best country for outdoor enthusiasts to live
Living in the countryside may sometimes pose a number of risks, but it certainly also offers unprecedented benefits to physical and mental health. Besides, there are a lot of people people who explain how they felt better and their way of life changed significantly, after...
Alibaba buys start-up Data Artisans
Alibaba paid $130 million to take over Berlin-based data and stream processing startup Data Artisans. Founded in 2014 from Greek start upper Kostas Tzoumas, Data Artisans has built an open source framework for enterprise-scale data processing. The startup claims that its framework, Apache Flink, is...
World-leading scientist to set up a research center in Greece to reduce ‘brain drain’
Konstantinos Daskalakis, a world-leading Greek scientist, outlined his plan to create a state-of-the-art international artificial intelligence research center in Greece, during a charity organization event. Daskalakis, who is a member of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, focused on the topic of “How Information Technology...
Greek scientist wins Barancik Prize for innovation in Multiple Sclerosis research
Katerina Akassoglou, Ph.D., a leading researcher at the Gladstone Institutes and the Department of Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco, is the winner of the 2018 Barancik Prize for Innovation in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Research, which will receive and deliver the Prize lecture at...
Greek researchers decode feta cheese ‘DNA’
Dr George Tsangaris and Dr Athanasios Anagnostopoulos, Researchers at the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens (BRFAA), have decoded the “DNA” of authentic feta cheese produced in Greece, unlocking its secrets at a molecular level. They analyzed several varieties of feta cheese from...
Graduate student invents automated Braille transcription software
A graduate student at the University of Thrace has transcribed a poem by Nobel-prize-winning poet Odysseas Elytis into Braille, as part of a greater project to release to the public a free software programme anyone can use to transcribe text from Greek or English into...
Tsitsipas, Sakkari win mixed doubles against Federer, Bencic
Greek tennis duo, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari have defeated Switzerland 2-1, represented by Roger Federer and Belinda Bencic at the Hopman Cup. Their win unfortunately wasn’t enough for Tsitsipas and Sakkari to advance to the final, as they needed to win 3-0. Bencic and Federer not...
Photography exhibition on Philippi site to be held in New York
Οne of Greece’s most important historic and archaeological monuments, the archaeological site at Philippi, is preparing to “travel” to New York through an impressive photography exhibition entitled “Philippi, a Landmark of European Heritage“. Philippi was the last Greek site to be added to...
Discovered the secret of mitochondria
Ensuring a high-quality life in older age and dealing with illnesses that usually come with aging are key objectives of biomedical research at a time when the proportion of the population aged over 65 is growing. Researchers at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology...
A 1800-year-old wax tile will be unveiled for the first time
A 1800-year-old wax tile, where a child’s school work is written in Greek, is presented for the first time in the British Library. This tile was discovered in Egypt and was stored for the past 40 years. It contains excellent examples of graphic character, spelling...