50 years since the invention of the copper bromide vapour laser in Bulgaria

Jubilee Scientific Session "From the Idea to the Industrial Product" Fifty years since the development of the copper bromide vapour laser by Acad. Nikola Sabotinov were celebrated at a scientific session at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Acad. Nikola Sabotinov's idea of creating a low-temperature copper laser in Bulgaria was realized in 1974 when under his leadership at the Institute of Solid State Physics (ISSP) a copper bromide vapour laser was launched and recognized as the invention of the year in 1979. In order to improve its characteristics, a number of theoretical and experimental studies had been carried out, and the effect of hydrogen was discovered. Thus, the most powerful entirely Bulgarian gas laser generating in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum was created [...]

2024-04-26T10:05:02+03:00Wednesday, 24 April 2024|Categories: Energy Resources and Energy Efficiency, Selected|
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Fifth Interdisciplinary Doctoral Forum with International Participation

Fifth Interdisciplinary Doctoral Forum with International Participation, organized by the PhD Training Center of BAS (TC-BAS) and the Career Center at TC-BAS was held from 16 to 19 April 2024 in Park Hotel Kyustendil, Kyustendil, Bulgaria. The Forum is held under the sign of the 155th anniversary of the founding of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and with the support of the National Scientific Programme "Development and Promotion of Bulgarian Studies Abroad" funded by the Ministry of Education and Science. The traditional PhD Forum of the Training Centre of BAS, bringing together young researchers and established scientists, was officially opened on 16 April 2024 by Prof. Dr. Evdokia Pasheva, Vice-President of BAS and Director of the BAS Training Centre. In three consecutive days, more than [...]

2024-04-23T09:55:45+03:00Monday, 22 April 2024|Categories: General news, Selected|
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Delegation of BAS on a visit to Vietnam

From 8 to 12 April, a delegation of BAS composed of the President of the BAS, Prof. Julian Revalski, Member of the Academy, and the Vice-President of BAS Corr. Memb. Stefan Hadjitodorov is visiting Hanoi, Vietnam. Prof. Revalski and Acad. Chau Van Minh, President of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), signed a new Annex to the Scientific Cooperation Agreement between BAS and VAST for the period 2025-2027. The official ceremony was attended by Corr. Memb. Stefan Hadjitodorov, H.E. Pavlin Todorov, Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to Vietnam, Assoc. Prof. Tran Tuan Anh, Vice President of VAST and Directors of VAST Institutes The BAS delegation visited the Institute of Information Technology, the Institute of Mathematics, the Hanoi University of Science and Technology, [...]

2024-04-11T09:46:54+03:00Wednesday, 10 April 2024|Categories: General Academic News, Selected|
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Presentation of the new book “Macedonia: History and Culture from Antiquity to Today”

Premiere of the new book in two volumes "Macedonia: History and Culture from Antiquity to Today", published by the Prof. Marin Drinov Publishing House of BAS took place on 2 April at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The book was created by scientists from several institutes and universities, said Acad. Vassil Nikolov who thanked all 35 authors of the two-volume book as well as the academic publishing house. He stressed that the publication was created under the Academy's programme for monographic studies and collections dedicated to the history and culture of the Bulgarian diaspora outside the country's political borders. President Rumen Radev sent a congratulatory address on the occasion of the presentation of the book, "Without any doubt, this large-scale scientific study provides the general [...]

2024-04-05T10:32:08+03:00Wednesday, 3 April 2024|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity, Selected|
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Medal of Distinction of the President of BAS for Prof. Tzolo Voutov

The President of BAS Prof. Julian Revalski, Member of the Academy, awarded Prof. Tzolo Voutov, Manager of Geotechmin Ltd., with the "Medal of Distinction of the President of BAS" for his outstanding services to the Academy and on the occasion of his 75th anniversary. I am honoured to present this award, said Prof. Revalski, and thanked for the support and cooperation emphasizing the dedicated professional, public and philanthropic activities of Prof. Voutov. Your humanity and sponsorship are a source of respect, noted the President of BAS during the ceremony. Prof. Tzolo Voutov thanked for the special award of BAS and stressed that everything he had achieved was with the support of his family and his team. We will continue the existing partnership between the scientists [...]

2024-04-05T10:29:43+03:00Tuesday, 2 April 2024|Categories: Selected|
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BAS celebrates World Water Day and World Meteorological Day

World Water Day on 22 March and World Meteorological Day on 23 March were celebrated today at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The event was organized by the Climate, Atmosphere and Water Research Institute of BAS (CAWRI-BAS). Corr. Memb. Ekaterina Batchvarova, Director of CAWRI, presented the participation of the Institute's scientists in a project on wetland restoration along the Danube, funded by the Horizon Europe Programme. The Scientific Secretary of the “Climate Change, Hazards and Natural Resources” division of BAS, Prof. Denitsa Borisova, congratulated the organisers and the participants on behalf of the President of BAS, Prof. Julian Revalski, Member of the Academy. Today we take stock of the merit and contribution of scientific achievements and expertise related to the prevention of climate change, said [...]

2024-03-25T10:06:57+02:00Friday, 22 March 2024|Categories: Climate Change, Hazards and Natural Resources, Selected|
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