Latest news from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

How electoral attitudes are formed: a methodological experiment reveals the factors determining the emergence and development of electoral attitudes

16 August 2022|Categories: Man and Society|

In 2020-2022, the Social Survey Research Center of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology - BAS has implemented a research project on the processes of public opinion formation and the possibilities to improve through mathematical [...]

First report with evidence that pandas lived in our country millions of years ago

5 August 2022|Categories: Biodiversity, Bioresources and Ecology, Selected|

Prehistoric Panda In the article „A late Turolian giant panda from Bulgaria and the early evolution and dispersal of the panda lineage“ published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Prof. Nikolai Spassov from the National [...]

Bulgarian study proves the influence of gamma irradiation on the antioxidant activity of bee products

15 July 2022|Categories: Nanosciences, New Materials and Technologies|

How gamma irradiation affects the antioxidant activity of bee products is investigated by Sen. Asst. Prof. Dr. Ralitsa Mladenova from the Institute of Catalysis of BAS. The research, funded by the Bulgarian National Science Fund, [...]

Diploma for Foreign Member of BAS was awarded to Prof. Maxim Kontsevich

11 July 2022|Categories: Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies, Selected|

The International Centre for Mathematical Sciences is gathering world-renowned mathematicians at a forum in Sofia The President of BAS Prof. Julian Revalski, Full Member of the Academy, awarded a diploma for Foreign Member of the [...]

Innovations in Bulgarian speech synthesis and recognition

7 July 2022|Categories: Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies, Selected|

Innovations in the field of Bulgarian speech synthesis and recognition - a speaking programme, a medical dictaphone and an administrative "smart stenographer" were demonstrated by the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (IICT-BAS) at BAS. [...]

Dr. Ivalina Trendafilova is the winner of the National Award “13 Centuries of Bulgaria” for Young Talents in Contemporary Art and Science 2022

1 July 2022|Categories: Nanosciences, New Materials and Technologies|

The award ceremony of the National Prize "13 of Centuries Bulgaria" for young talents in contemporary art and science took place on 1 July 2022 in the Ballroom of the Palace - National Gallery. The [...]