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Study unveils differences in textile cultures of Italy & Greece
[:el] Textiles represent one of the earliest human craft technologies and applied arts, and their production would have been one of the most important time, resource and labour consuming activities in the ancient past. In archaeological contexts, textiles are relatively rare finds, especially in Mediterranean...
Archaeologists unearth one of largest Mycenaean-era tombs in Greece
[:el] A Mycenean-era carved tombs, one of the largest of such tombs ever found in Greece, has been unearthed in Orchomenos, about 100 km northwest of Greek capital of Athens, the Greek Culture Ministry announced. Dated back to the middle of the 14th century B.C.,...
A Greek researcher participates in a new major obesity survey
[:el] Clinicians are being warned not to ignore the increased cardiovascular health risks of those who are classed as either ‘healthy obese’ or deemed to be ‘normal weight’ but have metabolic abnormalities such as diabetes. Academics at the University of Birmingham’s Institute of Applied Health...
The European Research Council supports with grants 6 Greek researchers
[:el] Six Greek researchers are among the 406 European researchers that will be supported by the European Research Council (ERC) with grants to continue their research. The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the awarding of its Starting Grants to 406 early-career researchers throughout Europe. The funding,...
Maria Callas opera gala: 40 years since her death
The Greek National Opera presents an opera gala on September 14th at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus to honor the memory of the leading Greek soprano, Maria Callas, who died 40 years ago in Paris (September 16th, 1977). GNO’s renowned international sopranos Cellia Costea, Myrtò...
Greek physicist captured ultrafast snapshots of excitons for the first time
[:el] Using ultrafast flashes of laser and x-ray radiation, scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (Garching, Germany) led by a Greek researcher took snapshots of the briefest electron motion inside a solid material to date. The electron motion lasted only 750 billionths...
A new cloaking technology has been developed with the participation of a Greek researcher
[:el] How do we make an object invisible? Researchers from TU Wien (Vienna), together with colleagues from Greece and the USA, have now developed a new idea for a cloaking technology. A completely opaque material is irradiated from above with a specific wave pattern –...
New impressive findings in the Minoan palace of Zominthos in Psiloritis
[:el] New impressive entrances in the Minoan palace of Zominthos in Psiloritis were revealed in this year’s excavation, which was held for six weeks (July and August 2017) by the Honorary Director of Antiquities Dr. Efi Sapounas-Sakellarakis. New information also emerged about the interior layout...
Scientists develop blood test that spots tumor-derived DNA in people with early-stage cancers
[:el] Johns Hopkins scientists, among them Dr Nickolas Papadopoulos, have developed a blood test that spots tumor-specific DNA and protein biomarkers for early-stage pancreatic cancer. The combined “liquid biopsy” identified the markers in the blood of 221 patients with the early-stage disease. Their results, published...
New research for mobile phone use during pregnancy
[:el] Mobile phone use during pregnancy is unlikely to have any adverse effects on child neurodevelopment, according to new research led by a Greek researcher and published in the open access journal BMC Public Health. These findings provide further evidence that exposure to radio frequency...