Bulgarian students participated in the first international master class of CERN in Bulgaria. The event was organized by the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy together with CERN and the Faculty of Physics of Sofia University as well as with the support of OSOS (Open Schools for Open Society) project under the European program Horizon 2020 for research and innovation. […]
The Institute of Robotics – BAS is coordinator of the European competitive project “Increasing the well-being of the population by robotics and ICT based innovative education” (RONNI), DSPF, 07_ECVII_PA07. The main goal of the project is the application of robotics and digital technologies in education to overcome learning difficulties and raise the level of competence, capacity and skills of future citizens for a better quality of life. It is envisaged to create a Balkan regional network of specialists for partnership initiatives and knowledge exchange. […]
A meeting on the occasion of “75th Anniversary from the Salvation of Bulgarian Jews during the Second World War” took place in the Big Hall of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The event was organized by Academic Friends of Israel in Bulgaria in partnership with Archives State Agency and the International Christian Embassy, Jerusalem. A greeting on behalf of the President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences was conveyed by the Vice-President of the Academy corr.-mem. Vassil Nikolov. “This day is a symbol of the timeless values, courage and unity manifested 75 years ago by the united Bulgarian people,” says the greeting. Corr-mem. Nikolov recalled the unprecedented resistance of that time throughout the country and noted that we had the honor of being the descendants [...]
A project for the establishment of a Center of Excellence in Mechatronics and Clean Technologies with coordinator the Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry – BAS in the framework of the “Science and Education for Smart Growth” Operational Program 2014-2020 under the procedure for selection of projects BG05M2OP001-1.001 “Construction and development of centers of excellence” was approved for funding. […]
An inspirational meeting of pupils, students and scientists with the world-famous mathematician and Field’s medalist Cedric Villani took place on March 16 in the Big Hall of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. During the meeting-conversation, he shared with his young audience his experience in scientific work and how mathematics could be exciting and pleasant to learn. […]
The Trace Gas Orbiter satellite launched under the European and Russian Space agencies’ project ExoMars reached Mars in October 2016. During TGO transit to Mars our dosemeter Liuli-MO (a unit of the Russian neutron detector FREND) performed perfectly, and we obtained unique results about the radiation environment along an Earth-Mars journey. These results are already published in ICARUS journal (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2017.12.034). […]
