BAS and BNA are expanding their cooperation
An agreement for joint activity aimed at popularizing scientific research was signed today by the President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Prof. Julian Revalski, Full Member of BAS, and the Director-General of the Bulgarian [...]
12 April – 60 years since the first manned space flight
April 12 marks the International Day of Cosmonautics, and this year the 60th anniversary of the first manned space flight - the orbital flight of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. The Space Research and Technology Institute at [...]
Ancient genomes shed new light on the earliest Europeans and their relationships with Neandertals
An international research team has sequenced the genomes of the oldest securely dated modern humans in Europe who lived around 45,000 years ago in Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria. By comparing their genomes to the [...]
An interstellar comet is probably the most pristine object ever discovered
Image of comet 2I / Borisov obtained with the VLT telescope. Image credit: ESO New observations made with the participation of a scientist from BAS using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the [...]
International Scientific Conference “The Balkans in International Relations: From Late Antiquity to the Age of Globalization”
International online scientific conference “X Drinov Readings” on “The Balkans in International Relations: From Late Antiquity to the Age of Globalization” will be held on 30 and 31 March 2021. The organizer of this forum [...]
World Water Day and World Meteorological Day
“The ocean, our climate and weather” is the theme of this year’s World Meteorological Day. On this day, we celebrate the important role of science in the study of weather, climatic fluctuations and change. Research, [...]
“Science for Business” presented the most interesting developments of BAS, ready to become a successful business
For the first time a development of the Bulgarian vaccine against COVID-19, PCR kits, a device for decontamination of the air from viruses and bacteria, bioceramics by space technology and many others were presented. [...]
The first “Fish Primer” is shown by the Central Library of BAS
21 March marks the 150th anniversary of the death of Dr. Petar Beron Three of the Revival editions of the "Fish Primer" by Dr. Petar Beron are stored in the Central Library of BAS (CL-BAS). [...]
125 years since the birth of the composer Academician Petko Staynov
A hundred and twenty-five years since the birth of Acad. Petko Staynov will be celebrated in 2021. An initiative committee chaired by Prof. Julian Revalski, Full Member of BAS, has adopted a programme to celebrate [...]