Greece has honored the first cosmonaut of Greek origin, Fyodor Yurchikhin Grammatikopoulos, who sent a message to the country’s children to “not be afraid to have big dreams”.

Another Greek scientist of the diaspora achieved international acclaim for his work and was this year elected a member of the Royal Society in Britain.

Korakaki achieved a world record with 578 points during the qualifying round and 243.7 points in the final.

Greek scientists from the University of Crete and the Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH) made an important step forward in understanding the process of how stars are born.

A Greek scientist of the Diaspora, Professor of Cardiovascular Genomics and Dean for Life Sciences at the William Harvey Reserach Institute Panos Deloukas has received a special distinction after being admitted as a fellow into the prestigious British Academy of Medical Sciences.