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Fifty-two scientists of BAS are among the top 2% best scientists in the world

Fifty-two scientists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences are included in the top 2% of Stanford University's ranking of their impact on the development of global science in the past year 2021. Forty-five scientists from BAS appear in the prestigious ranking based on an assessment of their entire body of work, and the scientific articles of seven additional scientists received high marks in 2021. The complex analysis includes information on the number of citations, H-index, co-authorship-adjusted Hm-index, citations of articles at different authorship positions, etc. The ranking groups all researchers in 22 scientific fields and 176 subfields. https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/4 A list of researchers can be found here.

Nikolay Ikonomov2022-11-03T15:35:54+02:00Wednesday, 12 October 2022|Categories: General news, Selected|

New generation of batteries being developed by scientists of BAS

A demonstration pilot installation for advanced production of gas diffusion electrodes for metal-air batteries, being built at the Institute of Electrochemistry and Power Systems of BAS (IEES-BAS), was presented for the first time at the Sofia Science Festival 2022. Scientists at the institute are developing zinc-air, magnesium-air and lead-air batteries, with efforts focused on improving rechargeable metal-hydride-air batteries. The advantages of these batteries for stationary applications, including renewable energy storage, are low weight, low cost, safety in operation and the use of environmentally friendly materials. In addition to stationary applications, they can also be used as batteries in hybrid vehicles as they are lighter and have a higher capacity than the nickel-metal hydride batteries currently used. This fact is due to the unlimited capacity of [...]

Nikolay Ikonomov2022-11-03T15:31:44+02:00Tuesday, 11 October 2022|Categories: Energy Resources and Energy Efficiency, Selected|

Sofia Science Festival

Scientists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences took part in the Sofia Science Festival, which was held on 8 and 9 October in Sofia Tech Park. Among the highlights of the programme were lectures by the winners of the Pythagoras Prize for Contribution to Science of the Ministry of Education and Science. Prof. Pavlina Dolashka Prof. Dr. Margarita Popova (Scientific Secretary of division “Nanosciences, New Materials and Technologies”) presented original scientific approaches in the field of nanomaterials, which allow the preparation of new materials with a variety of predefined characteristics. Their applications range from the development of innovative drug systems to the search for new alternative energy sources, the synthesis of valuable chemical compounds, to the creation of sustainable and waste-free technologies for [...]

Nikolay Ikonomov2022-11-03T15:28:51+02:00Tuesday, 11 October 2022|Categories: General Academic News, Selected|

Participation of Prof. Revalski, Full Member of BAS, and Prof. Koseva in the forum “Science and Technology in Society”

The President of BAS Prof. Julian Revalski and the Scientific Secretary-General Prof. Neli Koseva participated in the 19th Annual Meeting of the "Science and Technology in Society", forum which was held from 2 to 4 October in Kyoto, Japan. The meeting was attended by nearly 1,000 global experts from over 80 countries, regions and international organizations. The main objective of the meeting was to hold discussions on the progress of science and technology for the benefit of humanity. During his visit to Kyoto, Prof. Revalski and Prof. Koseva met with the President of the scientific organization RIKEN Prof. Makoto Gonokami. They discussed the possibilities for cooperation between the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Japanese scientific organization. The President of BAS and the Scientific Secretary-General [...]

Nikolay Ikonomov2022-11-02T15:45:47+02:00Thursday, 6 October 2022|Categories: General Academic News, Selected|

100 years since the birth of Acad. Roumen Tsanev

The Institute of Molecular Biology is celebrating 100 years since the birth of Acad. Roumen Tsanev. The director of the institute Prof. Iva Ugrinova opened the three-day forum, which will last until 7 October in “Prof. Marin Drinov" Hall of the Academy. Acad. Tsanev formulated the first hypothesis of epigenetic regulation based on the histone code - an idea that has developed into a mainstream of modern science. Histones are the proteins that package DNA in the nucleus of the cell, and their chemical modifications are associated with specific levels of packaging and therefore affect gene expression. Acad. Roumen Tsanev (1922 - 2007) is the founder of Bulgarian molecular biology and the founder of the Institute of Molecular Biology (1960). The main directions of research [...]

Nikolay Ikonomov2022-11-02T15:38:14+02:00Wednesday, 5 October 2022|Categories: Biomedicine and Quality of Life, Selected|

Award “John Atanasoff – Inspirer and Creator of Talents” for Sen. Asst. Prof. Emil Kelevedjiev from BAS

Photo: President of Republic of Bulgaria. Senior Asst. Prof. Emil Kelevedjiev from the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics of BAS is the winner of the award "John Atanasoff - Inspirer and Creator of Talents". At an official ceremony, President Rumen Radev presented the awards in the 20th edition of the John Atanasoff Presidential Award initiative. The Head of State welcomed the winners in the five categories of the John Atanasoff Presidential Award for 2022 in the Coat of Arms Hall at Dondukov 2. In front of the guests at the ceremony, Rumen Radev highlighted the significant role of the presidential initiative, which had established itself over the years as an expression of appreciation of our society for the success of the Bulgarian Olympic [...]

Nikolay Ikonomov2022-11-02T15:35:48+02:00Wednesday, 5 October 2022|Categories: Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies, Selected|