Greek scientists

Three people already lost their lives due to a mutated flu virus strain (H3N2), while another 31 are currently being hospitalized in Intensive Care Units across Greece, stated the Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO). The Center’s...

The OECD released a list that ranks countries based on the highest number of scientists per capita in fields such as mathematics, physics, technology and engineering. As it turns out Greece was placed among the 10 “smartest” countries in...

The number of mating pairs of birds that chose the Axios Delta National Park to build their nests has tripled in the last year, according to figures presented by scientists on Monday. Speaking at a conference on the 12 years...

A new opinion piece, entitled "Free Greek science from political hampering," was published in EuroScientist, the official publication of the EuroScience non-profit association of researchers in Europe, by SciencePOD on Monday, October 5, 2015, urging the Greek political class to support...

Nicholas Metropolis (right) was a Greek-American physicist who designed the MANIAC I computer in 1952 Greeks may be only 0.2 percent of the world population but 3 percent of top international scientists are of Greek nationality, says a survey. John Ioannidis,...

The European Union should support Greece, particularly in the science, research and technology sector in order to help the country end the crisis, noted German virologist Harald zur Hausen, Nobel Prize winner for Medicine and Physiology in 2008. In an...

Greek scientists from the University of Patras are making a significant effort to help in the battle against cancer by developing an innovative drug. The research team has been working at the Pharmaceutical Chemistry Laboratory of the Department of...

Scientists of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of the Foundation for Research and Technology in Crete discovered a new cellular mechanism that coordinates the process of building and destruction of mitochondria, thereby regulating aging. Researchers Constantinos Palikaras and...

After scientists and university graduates, corporate executives are ready to leave Greece and are seeking employment abroad. More than 5,000 CEOs, COOs and CFOs have submitted their CVs to specialized multinational employment agencies operating in Athens, according to a Kathimerini...

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!”...