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Spyridon Moulopoulos, a pioneering cardiologist who performed the first coronary angiography in Greece and invented the intra-aortic balloon pump, has died, aged 98.

Born in Athens in 1926, he studied at the Athens University Medical School, from which he graduated in 1950 and received a doctorate in 1953.

Experts have issued a warning to individuals who came into contact with contaminated floodwaters on Poseidonos Avenue near Alimos in southern Athens on Christmas night.

Beneath the azure waves of the Aegean Sea, researchers are delving into the mysteries of Kolumbo, an underwater volcano near Santorini. Recent investigations led by the University of Athens and the Hellenic Center for Marine Research (HCMR) have uncovered groundbreaking insights into this volatile giant.

The promotion, through the use of digital technologies, such as virtual reality (VR) and three-dimensional visualization (3D), of thirty-two (32) of the most important religious monuments of Greece was the aim of the project “Digital tour of monuments of t

A groundbreaking international study led by Professor Thanos Dimopoulos, a leading hematologist-oncologist and former rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, has revealed a promising treatment for asymptomatic multiple myeloma, the second most common blood cancer.

Greece's public health experts are sounding alarms about future pandemic threats and the growing issue of antibiotic resistance.

During a public health conference on Wednesday, prominent epidemiologists discussed the possibility of a new pandemic emerging from one of 25 virus families currently under surveillance by the World Health Organization (WHO).

When the devastating Athens earthquake struck in September 1999, scientists were astonished to discover that it originated from an unknown fault, the Parnitha fault. In the years that followed, the country’s top scientific institutions attempted to map Attica’s faults – and they succeeded.

The theater critic, translator and writer Kostas Georgousopoulos, also known by the pseudonym K.H. Myris. The news of his death was made known by a post by his brother, Vasilis Georgousopoulos.

Unknown details about the IRIS system, which allows free money transfers between friends, and DIAS S.A., the hub that connects all banks for money transfers, were presented on Friday morning by the CEO of DIAS, Stavroula Kampouridou.

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The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) has inaugurated its new, modern facilities in Goudi, located at the very “heart” of the Health Sciences School.