The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences sign a cooperation agreement

  A new Agreement for bilateral scientific cooperation was signed by the Presidents of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) Prof. Julian Revalski, Full Member, and the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) Acad. Isa Habibbayli. The ceremony took place at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, in the presence of the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Bulgaria H. E. Dr. Hussein Husseinov The agreement aims to strengthen scientific cooperation between the two academies and expand relations in various scientific fields. These are information and communication sciences and technologies, artificial intelligence, seismology, climate change and risks, space research and technologies, cultural heritage and national identity, man and society and language, culture and arts.     The Academies will cooperate in the development and implementation of joint scientific [...]

2023-07-07T09:37:50+03:004 July 2023|Categories: General news, Selected|
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A new experiment with a Bulgarian instrument from the Liulin series on Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo spaceplane

Virgin Galactic company has conducted its first commercial mission into suborbital space with the SpaceShipTwo spaceplane. (Virgin Galactic launches first commercial spaceflight (spacedaily.com)) The flight began on June 29, 2023 at 11 a.m. EDT (16:00 GMT) from Spaceport America in New Mexico, USA. (Home | Virgin Galactic) The mission involved two pilots and four passengers: Pantaleone Carlucci, an engineer at the National Research Council of Italy, Colin Bennett, an astronaut instructor at Virgin Galactic, Colonel Walter Villadei of the Italian Air Force, and Lieutenant Colonel Angelo Landolfi, a doctor from the Italian Air Force. Virgin Galactic calls this mission Galactic 01. It is a joint research study of the Italian Air Force and the National Research Council of Italy called "Virtute 1". The mission [...]

2023-07-03T10:40:07+03:0030 June 2023|Categories: Astronomy, Space Research and Technologies, General news, Selected|Tags: |
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Contemporary problems of Lie theory and its applications in physics discussed at a workshop

  The Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, BAS and “Lie Theory and its Applications in Science” foundation organised the 15th Workshop on Lie Theory and its Applications in Physics http://theo.inrne.bas.bg/~dobrev/LT-15.htm, which was held from 19 to 25 June 2023 at the Varna Creativity House. The Workshop was attended by 78 scientists from Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Poland, Slovenia, Taiwan, Ukraine, USA and the United Kingdom. In the scientific programme were presented, on the one hand, topics from Lie theory: representation theory, algebraic geometry and number theory, cluster algebras, infinite-dimensional Lie groups and algebras, superalgebras and supergroups, quantum groups and noncommutative geometry, special functions, and on the other hand - applications in physics: symmetries in string theory, [...]

2023-06-29T16:23:28+03:0028 June 2023|Categories: Energy Resources and Energy Efficiency, General news|
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Scientists from four continents discuss supercomputing applications in scientific computing

150 scientists from 22 countries participated in the international scientific conference "Large-Scale Scientific Computations" (LSSC'23) which was held from 5 to 9 June in Sozopol. The forum was organised by the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies of BAS (IICT-BAS) in cooperation with the "Centre of Excellence in Informatics and ICT" and the Municipality of Sozopol. The conference was opened by the Director of IICT-BAS, Corr. Mem. Svetozar Margenov. Scientists from Europe, the Americas and Asia presented their papers in 11 special sessions. The first special session was held in memory of Prof. Ove Axelsson, the founder and long-time editor of Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications, one of the most prestigious international journals in the field of numerical methods and scientific computation for problems of [...]

2023-06-16T13:55:47+03:0013 June 2023|Categories: General news|
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60 years “Acad. Emil Djakov” Institute of Electronics

  The "Acad. Emil Djakov" Institute of Electronics (IE) received an honorary plaquette - GOLD at a solemn assembly on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Institute. The award is for excellence in the field of materials science, nanosciences, quantum optics, biomedical photonics. The Chief Scientific Secretary of BAS Prof. Neli Koseva presented the award to the Director Assoc. Prof. Tatiana Kutsarova and congratulated the scientists on behalf of the President of the BAS Prof. Julian Revalski, Full Member of the Academy. The staff of the Institute of Electronics takes great care to build and educate young generations of scientists with high scientific potential and ambition. Among the activities of the scientists are concrete applications in the field of improving [...]

2023-06-16T13:49:10+03:008 June 2023|Categories: General news|
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Exhibition “Cajal, 170 years”

  An exhibition "Cajal, 170 years", dedicated to the Spanish Nobel laureate Santiago Ramon y Cajal, was opened today at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The exhibition is on the occasion of the 170th anniversary of the birth of the Spanish scientist and the 90th anniversary of the opening of the Cajal Institute. Santiago Ramon y Cajal is considered the founder of neuroscience for his discoveries about the mechanisms that govern the morphology and connecting processes of nerve cells. This exhibition tells the story of Cajal's remarkable life, his great contributions and dedication to science. His illustrations are still used in medical textbooks today, said the President of BAS Prof. Julian Revalski, Full Member of the Academy. The Ambassador of Spain H.E. Alejandro Polanco thanked [...]

2023-06-09T11:30:08+03:005 June 2023|Categories: General news, Selected|
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