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.

Northwell Health's Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Assistant Professor Theodoros P. Zanos, PhD, and his collaborators are the first to decode specific signals the nervous system uses to communicate immune status and inflammation to the brain.

Greek-American Silicon Valley investor Jason Calacanis has a very ambitious plan; to create the new Facebook, or a “social network that is actually good for society”.

Four Greek scientists are among those to have been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences (NAS), two as members and two as foreign associates.

A research team from Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory has developed a remarkable “next-generation” material for nuclear radiation detection that could significantly decrease the cost of detectors compared to those currently in commercial use.

Stefanos Tsitsipas’ was runner up at the final of the Barcelona Open yesterday, losing in straight sets to world number one Rafael Nadal.