Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

The plenary session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will be held in Sofia from 26 July to 2 August

On May 10, 2024, the President of BAS Prof. Julian Revalski, Member of the Academy, met with the Secretary of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - Mr. Abdallah Mokssit, Mr. Julian Popov and his team from the Ministry of Environment and Water, in connection with the upcoming IPCC Plenary Session which will bring to Sofia over 400 participants from 150 countries. The working meeting was attended by Prof. Denitsa Borisova (Scientific Secretary of the Climate Change, Hazards and Natural Resources Division) and Assoc. Prof. Ina Aneva (Scientific Secretary of Biodiversity, Bioresources and Ecology Division) who would actively contribute to the involvement of BAS scientists in the work of the IPCC.

Връзки с обществеността2024-05-14T10:24:42+03:00Monday, 13 May 2024|Categories: Biodiversity, Bioresources and Ecology|

The building of BAS in the LUNAR Festival of Lights – 2024

For the third consecutive year, some of the most popular buildings and urban spaces in Sofia were transformed by 3D mapping and light installations within the third edition of the LUNAR Festival of Lights - 2024. For the first year, the Central Building of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences was included in the programme of the festival which took place from 9 to 12 May. The light installations also convey different messages about topics such as the preservation of the planet, the power of personal choice, freedom of self-expression, and technological development. "Wonder Home" is the light installation on the building of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - BAS. The Academy has always believed in the unifying powers of science and art. LUNAR is an [...]

Връзки с обществеността2024-05-14T10:23:02+03:00Monday, 13 May 2024|Categories: Selected|

The first hydrogen fuelling station for Bulgaria and the region opens today

The President of BAS Prof. Julian Revalski, Member of the Academy, attended today the opening of the first hydrogen fuelling station for Bulgaria and the region. It is part of the infrastructure of the "Integrated Energy Systems" Field Laboratory of the "HITMOBIL" Centre of Competence and marks the beginning of hydrogen electric mobility in the country. In the construction of the facility, the main contractors are the DELECTRA, AQUACHIM and MONBAT companies. The hydrogen fuelling station, made by the Austrian company EDC-ANLAGENTECHNIK, has fuelling capabilities at the two standard pressures for compressed hydrogen - 350 and 700 bar. Hydrogen can be fed into the fuelling station via two inlets. One is connected to an electrolyzer with a capacity of 8.5 kg per day which produces [...]

Връзки с обществеността2024-05-13T10:45:29+03:00Friday, 10 May 2024|Categories: Selected|

BERON is the first Bulgarian digital dictionary

The Bulgarian Language Resources Online platform BERON was presented today at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The digitized version of the Official Spelling Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language is its first product in which words are voiced with their correct pronunciation. A wealth of information has been added on the grammatical features of the words, on the doublets and homonyms in the literary language. Prof. Dr. Ruska Stancheva from the Institute for Bulgarian Language of BAS (IBL-BAS) is the leader and initiator of the BERON project. The content is developed by linguists from the Modern Bulgarian Language Section of IBL-BAS and includes about 2 400 000 forms. The digital dictionary is available at beron.mon.bg and is voiced by the actress Gergana Stoyanova. Two hundred years [...]

Връзки с обществеността2024-05-13T10:44:20+03:00Friday, 10 May 2024|Categories: General news, Selected|

Earliest evidence of cinnabar use 5000 years ago

A significant discovery was made during the rescue archaeological excavations of a burial mound in the village of Kriva Bara, Vratsa region. The excavations were financed by the National Archaeological Institute with Museum under a contract with Bulgartransgaz EAD for the preservation of the archaeological heritage during the construction of a gas pipeline connecting the underground gas storage Chiren with the existing gas transmission network. They were conducted under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Stefan Alexandrov (NAIM - BAS). The team members are Prof. Piotr Wlodarchak (Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology - Cracow) and Dr. Rosica Manova (expert restorer). Six burial structures from the first half of the 3rd millennium BC related to the earliest stage of the formation of the Thracian ethnic group [...]

Връзки с обществеността2024-05-10T10:24:07+03:00Wednesday, 8 May 2024|Categories: General news|

The future of Europe depends on robust, open and free science and education

Address of the Presidents of National Academies of Sciences of the European Union Member States to the candidates for the 2024 European Parliament elections Ensure European Union’s global leadership position in science and innovation European science operates at the forefront of global research and innovation. Scientists across the European Union are engaged in research and development on fundamental, practical, and societal problems. Science and innovation are quintessential for the European Union’s freedom and resilience, for its global competitiveness, its prosperity and well-being. This should not be taken for granted. It is essential to safeguard the open and international collaborative character of the scientific endeavour, invest in the full breadth of science and scholarship, and guarantee the uptake of scientific insights into policies [...]

Връзки с обществеността2024-05-07T11:23:17+03:00Tuesday, 7 May 2024|Categories: General news|