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Greek researcher’s study finds no link between insomnia and cholesterol levels

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[:el] One of the questions that keep individuals suffering with insomnia awake at night is whether there is a link between insomnia and heart disease. A new study published today, based on a large representative sample of the U.S. population, helps to answer that. The...
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2 Greek researchers discovered new material for mopping up oil spills

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[:el] An interconnected structure, which water can easily flow through, is key to creating a highly effective mechanical sponge for cleaning oil spills. The team consists of researchers Athanassia Athanassiou, Despina Fragouli and Javier Pinto. These are the findings from scientists at the Istituto Italiano di Technologia...
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Researching anti-cancer therapeutics

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[:el] Dr. George Demetri is a Greek-American Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, the director of the Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, director of the Ludwig Center at Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, and executive director for Clinical and Translational...
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Among the scientists who confirmed Einstein’s gravitational waves

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[:el] Mairi Sakellariadou is a Professor of Theoretical Physics at the King’s College in London and is one among the scientists in the team that made first direct detection of gravitational waves. The scientific team confirmed Einstein’s theory of general relativity and opened up a...
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Study finds probiotics control hepatocellular carcinoma

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[:el] The health benefits or not of probiotics such as in yoghurts is the subject of a paper published in the journal PNAS, with the authors, among them a Greek researcher, reporting that, in their mouse model, a probiotic mixture reduced growth and size of...
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New study indicates that couple’s immune systems are remarkably similar

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The immune systems of people who live together seem to be remarkably similar according to a new research by a team of scientists, among them is a Greek researcher. The team is a collabotation of Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium and Cardiff University in UK. Everyone’s...
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4 Greek scientists awarded by the European Research Council

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[:el] The European Research Council (ERC) has announced today the 302 winners of its 2015 Consolidator Grant competition. These excellent mid-career scientists are awarded a total of €585 million, as part of the European Union Research and Innovation programme Horizon 2020. With grants worth up...
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The Greek scientists in the team that made first direct detection of gravitational waves

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[:el] Almost 100 years ago today, Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves — ripples in the fabric of space-time that are set off by extremely violent, cosmic cataclysms in the early universe. With his knowledge of the universe and the technology available in...
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Researchers create ‘Mini-Brains’ in lab to study neurological diseases

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[:el] Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with the participation of a Greek researcher, announced at a conference for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, they have successfully developed “mini-brains” made up of neurons and cells of the human...
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Investigates bone regeneration and repair

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[:el] Antonios Mikos is an expert in bioengineering, chemical and biomolecular engineering, he is a Louis Calder professor at Rice University and is considered among the top most cited researchers in his field. He is one of the 27 Greeks in the Thomson Reuters list with...

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