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A bronze sculpture from the sea of the island of Kalymnos at the Acropolis Museum
[:el] The Acropolis Museum in cooperation with the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities will put on display the torso of a bronze statue of a rider which was caught in fishing nets in the marine area of Kalymnos, a location which over the previous years has...
A Greek island in the world’s best island paradises for 2017
[:el]Booking.com presented the world’s best island paradises for 2017, among the 7 beautiful islands chosen we find a Greek island. Blue skies, sea and white sand are beckoning visitors, a far cry from the humdrum of the office. Booking scoured the globe, referenced its data to find the best...
Yannis Behrakis wins 2 prestigious awards
[:el] Reuters Chief Photographer in Greece, Yannis Behrakis, has been honoured with two Bayeux-Calvados Awards for his work documenting the 2015 refugee crisis. The prestigious Bayeux-Calvados Awards recognize journalists who work in dangerous conditions to bring coverage about war to the public. Yannis won first...
Exhibition about the Aegean sea’s creation presented in the Polytechnic Museum in Moscow
[:el]The exhibition entitled Aegean: Creation Of An Archipelago is being presented in the Polytechnic Museum in Moscow, Russia. The visitors can learn about the story of its creation full of geological transformations, volcanic eruptions, island formations, extinct civilisations and, of course, mythical figures. The exhibition starts...
3-D printing brings ancient Greek art to life
[:el] Greg Lewis, a student double-majoring in mechanical engineering and classics combined his interests in art and engineering. He used UVA’s Rapid Prototyping Lab to create a miniature, 3-D-printed vase mimicking the ancient Greek vases he studied in class. It was supposed to be a gift...
Greek scientist behind the new drug for severe eczema
[:el] Τhe results of two large clinical trials of a new drug offers hope to people with an uncontrolled, moderate-to-severe form of the disease, atopic dermatitis, which is a type of eczema. Behind the new drug is the Greek scientist, George D. Yancopoulos. The studies, lasting 16 weeks...
Greek researchers discovered the Achilles’ heel of leukemia
[:el] Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and their collaborators have adapted a CRISPR gene editing technique and used it to find new therapeutic targets for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). In research published in Cell Reports, the team identify a large number of genes...
Greek researcher sheds light in the genome backround of multiple sclerosis
[:el] The largest-ever genetic study of multiple sclerosis has revealed dozens of new genetic markers associated with the disease, according to a presentation to the American Society of Human Genetics by a Greek researcher. The findings, which are to be made available to researchers all...
“Odyssey” exhibition inaugurated
[:el] The National Archaeological Museum is celebrating 150 years since its opening and is hosting a series of events and exhibitions to mark the occasion. President Prokopis Pavlopoulos inaugurated the year-long exhibition titled “Odysseys” on October 3, 2016. It is a particularly symbolic date, since it was...
Antikythera Mechanism in the Science Festival of Russia
[:el] An exhibition on the Mechanical World, the Antikythera Mechanism and the history of Greek Astronomy, Astrophysics and Physics will be presented at 10.7.2016 at the Science Festival of Russia in Moscow. Xenophon Mousas, a professor of Astrophysics, Astronomy and Mechanics of the Faculty of Science...