Three young Bulgarian chemists took part in the 74th edition of the Nobel Laureate Meeting with Young Scientists in Chemistry. The event took place in Lindau, Germany, from 29 June to 4 July. Erik Dimitrov from the Institute of Polymers, Lyuben Borislavov from the Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry and Boris Yanachkov from the Institute of Metal Science, Equipment and Technologies with Centre of Hydro and Aerodynamics "Acad. Angel Balevski” took part in the meeting which was attended by 30 Nobel laureates and over 600 young researchers. Among the Nobel laureates in chemistry who took part this year were John Jumper, awarded the 2024 prize for chemistry, Moungi Bawendi, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, Morten Meldal, awarded in 2022, Michael [...]

The Vice-President of BAS Corr. Memb. Evdokia Pasheva held a meeting with Prof. Jie Meng, who is among the world's leading physicists in the field of theoretical nuclear physics and is a lecturer at Peking University. During the talks at the Academy, issues related to the development of young and talented people in both countries were discussed. Participating in the meeting was the Director of the Institute of Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy of BAS, Prof. Dimitar Tonev (INRNE-BAS). Prof. Meng shared the experience of the Chinese Ministry of Education and Peking University in the development of human resources and in achieving scientific excellence as well as the establishment of physics schools in China. Corr. Memb. Pasheva presented successful practices at BAS for the training [...]