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HARIS IOANNOU - International award for exceptional mechanical glove invention

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Recently, Greek high school senior Haris Ioannou earned an excellent distinction in the  24 th  European Union Contest for Young Scientists  in Bratislava, where congregated the current brilliant

Nikos Galakatos: - The Greek who invests in the treatment of Cancer

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Nikos Galakatos is the man worth knowing, a veteran in the field of Biotechnology and head of Biosciences at Blackstone – one of the largest private equity funds in the world. He was born in Athens but grew up in Thessaloniki. His first role model was his mother, who in

A genius and one of the brightest minds in the world

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Konstantinos Daskalakis, an assistant professor at MIT, is the scientist who solved within a year Nash’s “riddle” (John Forbes Nash), the equation all mathematicians around the world had been trying to solve for 60 years without success. For his thesis, he has been honored by the International Game Theory Union, with the IT & Game Theory award. He has received many other awards and distinctions

A pioneer in the business market in the Balkans

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Jean Valvis is a Greek businessman. He owns Valvis Group in Romania. He is the President and General Manager of Valvis Holding and Vice-President of AOAR (The Romanian Entrepreneurs’ Association). They call him “Mr Dorna”, as he was the man behind the iconic advertisement of Dorna water, which went viral in our Greece. Even today, we use the phrase from the ad “You don’t drink water, you drink velvet!”. The guiding principle of Valvis Holding, tracing

16-year-old Greek student awarded for space experiments by European Space Agency

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Marialina Tsinidi, a 16-year-old student who has already conducted three space experiments (Karman Line, 100 km altitude) through the aerospace company Blue Origin, has been awarded

The Greek woman who won an EMMY award – With a virtual reality film

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The Brazilian virtual reality film entitled “The Line”, directed by Ricardo Laganaro, won a Primetime EMMY award in the category Outstanding Innovation in Interactive Programming.  The EMMY award is the culmination of a series of film

The Greek head of research for the coronavirus vaccine in New York

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Dr. Christos Kyratsous, vice president and head of research on infectious diseases and technology at Regeneron, is in charge of research into the coronavirus vaccine in New York. The 39-year-old scientist, who was included in the Business Insider magazine as one of the 30 people

Ten tips for Corona Virus from Manolis Kellis

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The professor of MIT University Manolis Kellis posted on his personal Facebook account tips on how we can reduce the virus through ten self-protection tips. Some coronavirus advice for my friends: 1. The virus spreads asymptomatically. This means