Bulgaria’s first multidisciplinary demonstration projects involving industry, local government and business were presented at an online information meeting under the National Science Programme “Low-Carbon Energy for Transport and Domestic Use (EPLUS)”. […]
The organizer of the international conference LABAT`2021 is the Evgeni Budevski Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems The President of BAS Prof. Julian Revalski, Full Member of the Academy, awarded virtually Dr. Herbert Giess with the Gaston Planté Medal, with which the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences honours scientists and inventors for their outstanding contribution to the development of lead-acid batteries. The event took place on 9 June from the studio of the Eleventh International Conference on Lead-Acid Batteries – LABAT`2021. Although it was the first time that the scientific forum was held online, the organizers from the Electrochemistry of Lead-Acid Batteries Department at the Evgeni Budevski Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems (IEES-BAS) carried out the ceremony to announce the result of the secret ballot [...]
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is home to the largest center for research and education in the nuclear field in Bulgaria. This is the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy (INRNE), said Prof. Dimitar Tonev, Deputy Director of the INRNE during the meeting with representatives of the Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (NEA). It was held online on 20 January 2021 on the occasion of Bulgaria's admission as a member of the Agency. The purpose of the meeting was to determine the areas of interaction, working methods and ways of cooperation and support between the two organisations. In his speech, Prof. Tonev highlighted the need for new staff, especially after the decision of the Council of Ministers to [...]
Experts from the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences on the basis of the existing monitoring system of the institute confirm that there is no increase of the background radiation in the country in recent weeks, there is no risk for the population of Bulgaria and there is no need to take radiation protection measures. On Saturday, 4 April 2020, a fire broke out in the restricted area around Chernobyl NPP. It covered an area of over 100 hectares of forests and grasslands in the so-called Chernobyl radiation-ecological biosphere reserve which was aided by the climatic conditions - very dry and snowless winter and strong winds in early April. Unlike in previous years, the fire has now reached [...]
The laser with ultra-high intensity pulses is 1000 times more powerful than the World Energy Network. This was said by the Nobel Prize winner in Physics 2018, Professor Gérard Mourou, during his lecture. The French scientist was honored with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences for his achievements in the field of laser science and technology at a ceremony held on 25 February in the “Marin Drinov” Hall of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. […]
Assist. Prof. Iliyan Popov, PhD from the Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems (IEES-BAS) is one of the two winners of this year’s “Entrepreneurs in Science” competition organized by Karoll Knowledge Foundation. The award ceremony took place on 23 January 2020 in the building of Karoll Knowledge Foundation. […]
