Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH)

To the assistant professor of Astrophysics at the University of Crete, Vaso Pavlidou, went the 2014 Greek L'Oréal – UNESCO Award for Women in Science. Pavlidou was honored for her scientific work, in a ceremony held in Athens, Greece. The...

“Crete has enormous potential through its research and scientific institutions. The island can become a new Silicon Valley”, said Steve Vranakis, director of Google’s Creative Lab, who attended a meeting of the Academic and Research Institutions, organized by the World Council...

Steve Vranakis is a 41-year-old Greek-Canadian whose family originates from Chania, Crete. He is the director of Google's Creative Lab and has undertaken various projects such as Chrome Web Lab, World Wonders Project, Google+ "A life lived and shared",...

On the occasion of the five hundred years from the birth of the world-famous anatomist Andreas Vesalius, a conference will take place from September 4 to 8, 2014 in Zakynthos, where he died. The event was announced by the...