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Greek researcher discovers breath sensor that can detect when the body is burning fat
[:el] Scientists have developed a breath sensor that can detect when the body is burning fat. In the future, the procedure will not just be used by police checking for alcohol intoxication, but also for testing the condition of athletes and for people who want to...
2 Greek researchers won in the “Women in Science” awards for 2017
[:el] Two young Greek scientists were among this year’s winners L’Oréal-UNESCO “For Women in Science” Fellowships. Each year, the L’Oréal Foundation, in partnership with the French Academy of Sciences and the French National Commission for UNESCO, awards Fellowships to thirty young female scientists who are...
Santorini excavation unearths Bronze Age settlement
[:el] Excavation work that was carried out at the Dormition site at the southeastern end of the island of Thirassia, an islet of the Santorini island cluster in Greece, has brought to light a Bronze Age settlement, the Greek culture ministry announced. A section of...
The ancient theater of Thouria revealed
[:el] An important part of the ancient theater of ancient Thouria, which was discovered last year, was revealed during the excavation research carried out in 2017 in Ancient Thouria under the auspices of the Archaeological Society of Athens and Dr. Xeni Arapogianni. During the 2016 excavation...
Greek archaeologist identified two ancient Greek vases on sale
[:el] Greek archaeologist Christos Tsirogiannis based in Cambridge is reported to have identified two ancient Greek vases on sale at the well-known Frieze Masters art fair in Regent’s Park, London. The two vases are of the lekythos type and according to The Guardian, they were...
Greek scientist uncovers the mechanism behind heart failure & mortality in sepsis
[:el] Of the nearly one million people in the United States who are affected by sepsis each year, almost one-fifth die. Cardiovascular complications account for approximately 80 percent of those deaths. The heart muscle, weakened by systemic inflammation, is unable to generate the energy it...
Greek astronomer discovered unusual spindle-like galaxies
[:el] Galaxies are majestic, rotating wheels of stars? Not in the case of the spindle-like galaxies studied by Athanasia Tsatsi (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy) and her colleagues. Using the CALIFA survey, the astronomers found that these slender galaxies, which rotate along their longest axis,...
Astronomers detect colliding neutron stars for the first time
[:el] Astronomers announced on Monday that they had seen and heard a pair of dead stars collide, giving them their first glimpse of the violent process by which most of the gold and silver in the universe was created. The collision, known as a kilonova,...
Greek researcher behind the new genetic weapon against malaria
[:el] A team led by George Dimopoulos, professor in the Bloomberg School’s Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, made small modifications to the DNA of malaria-transmitting Anopheles mosquitoes to boost the activity of immune genes in the insects. The enhanced immunity made the mosquitoes more...
A Greek scientist suggests a new kind of supercomputer
[:el]A team of researchers from the UK and Russia, among them 2 Greek researchers, have successfully demonstrated that a type of ‘magic dust’ which combines light and matter can be used to solve complex problems and could eventually surpass the capabilities of even the most powerful...