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Meeting of Prof. Revalski, Full Member of the Academy, with representatives of the Francophone University Agency

18 March 2022|Categories: General Academic News|

The President of BAS Prof. Julian Revalski, Full Member of the Academy, met with representatives of the Francophone University Agency (Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie - AUF). During the talks, the possibility for the Bulgarian [...]

Agreement on Cooperation between INRNE-BAS and the US Department of Energy to Prevent Smuggling of Nuclear and Radioactive Materials

11 March 2022|Categories: Energy Resources and Energy Efficiency|Tags: |

The American Embassy made a donation to the Institute of equipment for the identification of radioisotopes On 10 March 2022, the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences signed [...]

The Institute of Robotics – Official Host of the National Business Forum 2022

1 March 2022|Categories: Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies|Tags: |

The National Business Forum 2022 under the title “European Green and Digital Industry – Europe’s Roadmap to a Unified Quantum Communications Network” was held on 1 March at the Institute of Robotics of BAS. The [...]

STATEMENT BY THE BOARD OF THE INSTITUTE FOR HISTORICAL STUDIES ON THE WAR IN UKRAINE

28 February 2022|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity|

Russia’s military aggression against the sovereign Ukrainian state confronted the world with one of the greatest challenges to the post-World War II international order. The war is once again returning with striking analogies from the [...]

A new study of the natural radioactivity of mineral waters by nuclear physics methods

17 February 2022|Categories: Energy Resources and Energy Efficiency|Tags: |

Fig. 1 Some of the studied mineral springs in Bankya, Sapareva Banya and Ognyanovo village Detailed investigations of the natural radioactivity of the mineral springs widely used by the people in the territory [...]

Bulgarian technology measures radiation on the International Space Station

16 February 2022|Categories: Astronomy, Space Research and Technologies, Selected|Tags: |

The Liulin-SET instrument, developed at the Space Research and Technology Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (SRTI – BAS) will fly into space on 19 February. The head of the team that developed the [...]

Scientists investigate the antiviral properties of the plant Graptopetalum paraguayense

14 February 2022|Categories: Biodiversity, Bioresources and Ecology, Nanosciences, New Materials and Technologies|

The antiviral properties of the ornamental plant Graptopetalum paraguayense are being investigated by scientists from five scientific organisations. The plant is a drought-tolerant member of the Crassulaceae family that is grown as an ornamental houseplant [...]

Participation of BAS scientists in the “Global Women’s Breakfast”

14 February 2022|Categories: Nanosciences, New Materials and Technologies|

Research results from large-scale scientific projects and programmes will be presented by scientists from the Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre for Phytochemistry during the Global Women's Breakfast initiative which will be held online on [...]

New discovery at CERN with the participation of scientists from INRNE-BAS – first experimental observation of the odderon

9 February 2022|Categories: Energy Resources and Energy Efficiency|

First on the list of exciting results at CERN for 2021 is the experimental observation of odderon exchange in elastic proton-proton and proton-antiproton interactions. One of the lead scientists of this experiment is Dr. Georgi [...]