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Forget Conspiracy Theories Says Head of Antikythera Mechanism Research Team

"Conspiracy theories did not exist in the antiquity. The ancient Greeks were rationalists and scientists with the original sense of the term. All scientific researches on the Antikythera Mechanism, one of the greatest mysteries of the ancient world, dated...

Acropolis of Athens Was Built to Withstand Earthquakes, Engineers Say

"This is an incredible construction, using ingenious solutions to insurmountable engineering and construction problems," said Professor of Civil Engineering Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Kyriazis Pitilakis describing the Acropolis and the Parthenon. The question of how the Acropolis structures and...

Clashes at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Results in 2 Injured Guards

Clashes erupted earlier today on the premises of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, when a group of students attempted to enter the room where the Senate meeting was being held, requesting the meetings are open to the public. During...

Greek Students to Participate in Supergravity Experiment

Four university student groups -among them a Greek team from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki- were selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop and implement their supergravity experiments. The experiments will be carried out under the sixth “Spin Your Thesis!”...

Greek Doctor Among the World's Greatest Living Geniuses

How can someone measure genius? There are several tests and indicators, but even then there is no clear line that can describe people who excel and make a difference in different fields with no similarities between them. The website thebestschools.org,...

HelpMeVote: The University of Thessaloniki App Assisting Undecided Greek Voters

Latest polls have found that more than 15% have yet to decide which political party they will vote for in the fast approaching critical elections of January 25. For those who can't seem to find any party covering their...

3.8 Magnitude Quake Shakes Thessaly

A weak magnitude quake rocked the citizens of Trikala and Karditsa earlier today, in Thessaly, central Greece. According to data from the Athens Geodynamic Institute, the size of the seismic event, recorded at 7:40 a.m., was 3.8 degrees on the...

Greek Universities in Dire Need of State Funding

Two of Greece's largest state universities are forced to ask for urgent state funding because their operation is at stake. The National Kapodistrian University of Athens issued an "urgent and anxious" appeal for state funding along with the submission of...

Greek Minister Against the Establishment of Islamic Studies Department

Greek Minister of Macedonia and Thrace Georgios Orfanos stated that he is against the idea of establishing an Islamic Studies department at the Theological School of Aristotle University in Thessaloniki. During an event held at the Thessaloniki Metropolis, Orfanos claimed...

Greek Universities on the World's Top 500 List

The 2014 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) lists two Greek universities amongst the world's top 500. The Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens has reached the 101-150 ranking, up from the 151-200 ranking last year, and the Aristotle...