Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis is Vice-President of the European Research Council (ERC). He is also President of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), and Professor of Molecular Systems Biology at the Medical School of the University of Crete,...
A team of swimmers will swim the whole Costa Brava (120 kilometres) to raise funds for the sustainability project “Stop ghost fishing”, through the KAI project. This is a new action line created by the Swimming Club Radikal Swim, willing to support local initiatives...
The Mediterranean sperm whales are Endangered by human activities. Only about 200 sperm whales live in the eastern Mediterranean. The Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute, based in Greece, is studying them the last 25 years and knows most of them as persons, thanks to...
Universities, research centers and science and technology agencies from Greece, Cyprus, the Valencian Community and the Murcia Region gathered on the Greek island of Lemnos to present the activities of the Mediterranean Researchers’ Night (MEDNIGHT). The...
Populations along the eastern Mediterranean coast share a genetic heritage that transcends nationality by Max Planck Society A new genomic study on southern Mediterranean reveals a genetic continuity across geographic and national borders. The map shows the...
The century-old research vessel Toftevaag calls at Mediterranean ports under the MEDNIGHT flag. And you can visit it. The Toftevaag is a historical Norwegian fishing vessel that for 32 years has been dedicated to research for the conservation of turtles, whales and...
