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Greek Geneticist honored with 2017 Curt Stern Award
[:el] The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Nicholas Katsanis, PhD, Director of the Center for Human Disease Modeling, Professor of Cell Biology, and Brumley Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics at Duke University, as the 2017 recipient of the Curt Stern Award. This annual...
Condé Nast Traveller takes us on a trip to Sifnos
[:el] Condé Nast Traveller published an article-tribute to the Greek island of Sifnos. The article is entitled “Sifnos: the most delicious Greek island“. In the article all the beauties of the Cyclades island are mentioned and noted that it has the most sizzling food scene...
Greek islands among top-10 most dreamed about destinations
[:el] Travel Leaders Group released its latest nationwide survey findings in which the Greek islands are among the most dreamed about destination for American travelers in the world. Australia remains the most dreamed about destination, followed by Italy, Bora Bora, Ireland and New Zealand. The survey...
Milos is one of best places to travel in the world
[:el] The Greek island of Milos is included in Forbes magazine’s six best places in the world to travel for the summer of 2017.The article is entitled “The 6 Best Places to Travel This Summer”. Especially about Milos, the article’s author Eustacia Huen notes:”A lesser-known...
Greek and British scientists create artificial bile ducts
[:el] Cambridge scientists led by a Greek researcher have developed a new method for growing and transplanting artificial bile ducts that could in the future be used to help treat liver disease in children, reducing the need for liver transplantation. In the team participated in...
The “Kazantzakis” movie by Smaragdis in South Africa
[:el] Yiannis Smaragdis visited South African expatriates, showcasing excerpts from the highly anticipated film “Nikos Kazantzakis”. The events were organized with the care of the Greek Embassy in Pretoria and the Johannesburg Annex Lyceum of Greek Women. The Greek director presented excerpts from his new creation,...
Greek researcher sheds light in the odd properties of water and ice
[:el] We normally consider liquid water as disordered with the molecules rearranging on a short time scale around some average structure. Now, however, scientists at Stockholm University led by a Greek researcher have discovered two phases of the liquid with large differences in structure and...
A 100-year-old physics problem has been solved by a Greek researcher
[:el] At EPFL, researchers challenge a fundamental law and discover that more electromagnetic energy can be stored in wave-guiding systems than previously thought. The discovery has implications in telecommunications. Working around the fundamental law, they conceived resonant and wave-guiding systems capable of storing energy over...
[:el]George Tchobanoglous, a professor emeritus in the UC Davis Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, worries about how to deal with what we leave behind. affectionately known by colleagues and students as “George T” — is an international authority on wastewater treatment, management and reuse. He’s...
Aegean and Giannis Antetokounmpo “travel” Greece all over the world
[:el] Through a joint, coordinated and ambitious effort, AEGEAN and the international basketball player Giannis Antetokounmpo join forces to promote Greece and enhance its image abroad. AEGEAN recognizes, in addition to its athletic performance, the values of will, effort, and perseverance in the face of...