The "Academician Emil Djakov" Award for best scientific publication in 2021 in the field of radiophysics, physical and quantum electronics was presented at a ceremony at the Institute of Electronics of BAS. The Institute's Scientific Council awarded the prize to a team of researchers who made the greatest scientific breakthrough in the past year. Scientific team composed of Dr. Maria Ormanova, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Stefan Valkov, Eng. Dimitar Dechev, Eng. Nikolay Ivanov, Dr. Stanislava Rabadzhiyska, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maria Nikolova and Prof. Dr. Peter Petrov were awarded for a series of publications on "Surface treatment of metals and alloys for applications in modern biomedicine". In recent years, research worldwide has focused on the development of new materials for the needs of modern biomedicine that are [...]

Erik Dimitrov from the Institute of Polymers at BAS (student at the Medical University of Sofia) was awarded one of the three prizes for the best poster of the prestigious Polymers MDPI journal at the international conference “THE SILESIAN MEETINGS ON POLYMER MATERIALS POLYMAT 2022”, organised by the Center for Polymer and Carbon Materials at the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS). The Forum was held in the city of Zabrze, Poland, on 17 March 2022, in memory of Prof. Andrzej Dworak, foreign member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. […]

Yavor Danov from the Institute of Polymers of BAS has been awarded the “Prof. Ivan Shopov” award for outstanding young scientist in the field of polymers for 2022. The award of the Union of Chemists in Bulgaria was presented at a ceremony on 1 March. […]

Research results from large-scale scientific projects and programmes will be presented by scientists from the Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre for Phytochemistry during the Global Women's Breakfast initiative which will be held online on 16 February 2022. It is organized by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). The programme can be viewed here: /https://www.orgchm.bas.bg/dokumenti/GWB-2022_IOCCP_PROGRAM.pdf

In recent years, oil reserves have been steadily depleting, and oil is a major source of fuel production. Research into alternative energy sources is therefore becoming increasingly important. An alternative to oil is synthesis gas (mixtures of carbon monoxide-CO and hydrogen-H2). It is a raw material for the production of diesel fuel, lubricants, valuable chemicals, etc. The reaction that takes place is hydrogenation of carbon monoxide. It is extremely important for environmental protection that this production process does not lead to pollution. Cobalt and cobalt-palladium catalysts facilitate this process. […]