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Greece
Greek Startup Develops Hand-Held Covid Detection Device
Greek startup Biopix-T has developed a mobile Covid-19 detection device, called Iris, which can identify the presence of the virus in a sample in just half an hour. The device, which functions just like a mini laboratory, is expected...
Greece
Greek Scientist to Receive Prestigious Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal
Greek scientist and professor Spyros Pandis will be awarded the Vilhelm Bjerknes medal by the European Geosciences Union (EGU) in 2021.
Pandis, a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Patras, will receive the prestigious award...
Greece
A Greek Architect's Designs for the Moon
Determined to become a fixed star rather than a passing comet in his domain, young Greek architect engineer Angelos Chrysovalantis Alfatzis has made a significant contribution to the study of materials for building habitable constructions in space, while working...
Greek News
Trump Formally Withdraws US Membership from WHO in Letter Signed by Pompeo
After months of threats, the United States formally sent a letter on July 6 stating that it will withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO) after 72 years of membership in the UN-sponsored body.
US President Trump had floated the...
Business
Thessaloniki Welcomes Avant-Garde of Nanotechnology World in July
Nanotechnology 2020, the leading conference in the field of nanotechnology and nanosciences in southeastern Europe, is set to kick off Saturday July 4. And for the very first time, it will be taking place both virtually and live, in...
Greece
Greece Not Affected By Chernobyl Forest Fire, Experts Declare
The Atomic Energy Commission of Greece (EEAE) announced on Thursday that radiation levels in Greece have been normal in the last several days, despite the forest fire that raged near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine between April...
Greece
Greece Should Lead the World in Coronavirus Response, says Israeli Philosopher
Israeli Professor Yuval Noah Harari said recently in an online interview that he would prefer Greece to lead the world in its response to the coronavirus pandemic, due to the results it has experienced so far.
Harari, a historian and...
Greece
Greek Scientists Conduct Pioneering Study in Coronavirus Mutation
A pioneering study by Greek scientists at the Hellenic Pasteur Institute (EIP), in collaboration with Athens University Medical School Professor of epidemiology, Sotiris Tsiodras, has been conducted recently and its full findings are expected to be published in the near...
Environment
Greek Scientists Find Coronavirus Lockdowns Have Reduced Earth's Seismic Activity
Measures taken across the world to restrict vehicular traffic and public movement in order to reduce the spread of the coronavirus have begun to have a positive impact on the environment -- and even on the Earth itself --...
Greece
Greek Scientists to 3D Print Ventilator Valves For Coronavirus Patients
Thessaloniki’s Aristotle University (AUTH) will 3D printing around 50 ventilator valves each day to help cope with the shortages that could be created due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Athens-Macedonia News Agency reported on Saturday.
According to the report, the...