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The Grand Prize of BAS for 2025 received by Corr. Memb. Tsvetalina Tankova

BAS is celebrating 156 years The Grand Prize of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences for 2025 was awarded at a solemn assembly on the occasion of the 156th anniversary of the founding of BAS held on 13 October in the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall. The winner of the Grand Prize in the field of life sciences is Corr. Memb. Tsvetalina Tankova. The Chairman of the Award Committee, Acad. Draga Toncheva, announced the winner, and the President of BAS, Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva, presented the award. The author of the statuette is Assoc. Prof. Emil Bachiyski from the National Academy of Art. The nominees were presented with videos prepared by Assoc. Prof. Ina Aneva, Scientific Secretary of the “Biodiversity, Bioresources and Ecology” division. Corr. Memb. [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-10-15T10:09:40+03:00Monday, 13 October 2025|Categories: Selected|

Corr. Memb. Pasheva attends the award ceremony for young talents in the field of informatics

The Vice-President of BAS Corr. Memb. Evdokia Pasheva attended the ceremony of awarding the winners of the John Atanasoff Award for 2025. The presidential initiative was held for the twenty-third time, and this year the awards were given to young talents in the field of informatics and information technology. President Rumen Radev awarded deserving Bulgarian pupils - Olympic competitors in informatics and information technology, promising young visionaries who had developed projects with high public contribution as well as renowned teachers who had trained successful competitors and professionals in computer science. “The authority of our country in the field of computer science and informatics has been built for decades with the dedication of several generations of wonderful scientists, leaders and young people who have given shape [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-10-07T10:16:35+03:00Monday, 6 October 2025|Categories: General news, Selected|

BAS celebrates 140 years of the Unification with the means of art

The “Unification - 140 Years Later” documentary film was presented at an academic event held on October 2 at the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall of BAS. The film is based on a script by Dimitar Stoyanovich and directed by Lachezar Avramov. The academic event was opened by the Vice-President of BAS Prof. Emmanuel Moutafov. "In the spring, BAS professors Milko Palangurski and Peter Stoyanovich, in collaboration with Prof. Veselin Yanchev from SU “St. Kliment Ohridski”, published the "Three Viewpoints on the Unification in 1885". Both the book and the presentation enjoyed wide interest not only from the historical college but also from a wider audience," Prof. Moutafov said in his speech. He recalled that on the eve of September 6 this year, the monograph of [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-10-03T15:57:16+03:00Thursday, 2 October 2025|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity, Selected|

Fifty-seven BAS-affiliated researchers in world ranking of top scientists

Fifty-seven scientists affiliated with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences are among the top two percent of top scientists in the world, according to this year's ranking of scientists' overall career development (known as the Stanford Ranking). Twenty of these scientists are academicians and corresponding members of BAS while the rest are professors at Academy institutes. The Stanford Ranking this year includes the names of a total of 91 Bulgarian researchers. The ranking is compiled annually based on an analysis of the science metrics of around 11,000,000 scientists who have publications refereed in Scopus and reflects the impact that an individual researcher has had on the development of science. A separate ranking is produced for scientific developments in the previous year. It also includes 5 BAS [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-09-30T14:06:21+03:00Monday, 29 September 2025|Categories: Selected|

Nanoparticles created by our and foreign scientists will be applicable in the fight against cancer

Scientists from Bulgaria, Slovakia, Serbia and the Czech Republic are joining forces in the SeNaTa project - "Self-heating magnetic nanoconstructs for theranostic applications", coordinated by the Institute of Catalysis – BAS and headed by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hristo Kolev. The aim is to develop innovative magnetic nanomaterials that can simultaneously diagnose and treat cancer. Magnetic nanoparticles have the unique property to heat up when exposed to an alternating magnetic field. Thus, they can induce a local temperature rise in tumour tissue of up to 42-46 °C, a process called magnetic hyperthermia, which leads to the destruction of cancer cells. Additionally, by binding to radioactive isotopes, the nanoparticles acquire a diagnostic function becoming theranostic agents (combining therapy and diagnostics). First results have already shown that cobalt-substituted [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-09-23T16:37:39+03:00Tuesday, 23 September 2025|Categories: Nanosciences, New Materials and Technologies, Selected|

Scientific breakthrough by Bulgarian scientists leads to change in the study of physical processes in thermonuclear fusion

Dr. Jernej Kovačič Scientists at the BAS Institute of Electronics have developed a device called the Retarding Field Analyzer which is used to conduct experiments to achieve controlled fusion. The device has been installed on a tokamak in France and has produced results that will, for the first time, cause changes in the modelling of physical processes. Assoc. Prof. Pavlina Ivanova, head of the team that has invented the Retarding Field Analyzer Unique research from the measurement of ion temperature in the WEST tokamak divertor was presented during the 24th edition of the International School of Vacuum, Electron and Ion Technologies. Dr. Jernej Kovačić from the University of Ljubljana announced the results of the work of the international team [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-09-24T11:08:36+03:00Friday, 19 September 2025|Categories: Nanosciences, New Materials and Technologies, Selected|