In this important study Andrei Markevich (University of Helsinki and New Economic School, CEPR), Natalya Naumenko (George Mason University), and Nancy Qian (Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern…
Category: Discoveries
Oldest stone tools in Europe found at a site in western Ukraine suggest that archaic humans had entered Europe’s eastern gate by 1.4 million years ago
Stone tools found at Korolevo, western Ukraine, have been studied since the discovery of the site in the 1970s, however so far their age was not determined conclusively.…
Ukrainian scientists advance towards temperature controlled drug delivery
Ukrainian scientists in the group of Prof. Iryna Kravchenko in Odesa have developed the concept for thermotropic liquid crystals. This multifunctional nanostructured material can switch physical states by…
DUAG supported the development of a novel blood-activating coagulator to save lives
DUAG member Prof. Rostyslav Bilyy at Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University and his research group developed a novel blood-activating coagulator to meet the urgent need of the…
Lost letters, a project supported by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ Foundation)
The discovery of numerous letters from forced laborers in Ukrainian archives started with a family story and a secret. Witali Geds, a Historian and specialist on World War…
The Ukrainian-English Collocation Dictionary published
Yuri I. Shevchuk, Lecturer in Ukrainian at the Department of Slavic Languages, Columbia University, USA has published a groundbreaking new Ukrainian language resource: Ukrainian-English Collocation Dictionary (Hippocrene Books, 2021), which provides…
Unique historical testimonies of Ukrainian dissidents saved
26 tapes of video recordings of Ukrainian dissidents were saved in Canada by filmmaker Yuriy Lugovy and producer Zoryana Hrytsenko. These recordings are unique because they were made…
Commemorative: Oleh Hornykiewicz, world’s leading neuroscientist (1926-2020)
Ukraine-born Oleh Hornykiewicz passed away on 26 May 2020 aged 93. His greatest achievement and contribution to humanity was “opening a new approach in the control of Parkinson’s disease by…
Exploring The Ukrainian Troy
Archeological treasure trove points to Mykolaiv’s ancient origins and has a potential to rewrite history books, but underfunding prevents full analysis of this exciting site. In the recent…
Professor Yury Gogotsi wins the 2016 Nano Energy Award
Professor Yury Gogotsi, whose over 400 papers in peer-reviewed journals have been cited over 37,000 times, was awarded the 2016 Nano Energy Award for his outstanding contribution to…