Latest news from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Dictionary of new words in the Bulgarian language (from the first two decades of the XXI century)
The Dictionary of New Words in the Bulgarian Language (from the First Two Decades of the 21st Century) has been published (Sofia, Nauka i Izkustvo Publishing House, 2021). The dictionary is the work of a [...]
The development of the Arabian Desert as a driver of megafaunal exchange between Eurasia and Africa over the last ten million years
An international team of paleontologists, in which one of the lead authors is Prof. Nikolai Spassov from the National Museum of Natural History of BAS, has published new data and arguments for the dispersal of [...]
Stream through time: 8000 years of history presented at the National Archaeological Museum
On 26 May 2021, Wednesday, the National Archaeological Institute with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NAIM at BAS) opened the exhibition “Stream Through Time: Rescue Archaeological Excavations along the Extension of the Gas [...]
Pythagoras Prizes for contributions to science for scientists of BAS
Three scientists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences have been awarded the Pythagoras Prizes 2021 for significant contributions to science. The official ceremony took place on 24 May and was broadcast on Bulgarian National Television. [...]
Ceremonial assembly on the occasion of 24 May
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences celebrated 24 May - the Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius, of the Bulgarian alphabet, education and culture and of the Slavonic Literature with a ceremonial assembly. The [...]
BAS celebrates 24 May with a solemn assembly
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences will celebrate 24 May – the Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius, of the Bulgarian alphabet, education and culture and of Slavonic literature with a solemn assembly. The [...]
Award of the Academician Stephan Angeloff Foundation for best work of a young microbiologist
On the occasion of 24 May – the Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius, the Bulgarian alphabet, education and culture and the Slavonic Literature, at the Institute of Microbiology the prize of “Academician [...]
First Annual Meeting of Young Bulgarian Mathematicians
The International Center for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS) at the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics – BAS is organizing the “First Annual Meeting of Young Bulgarian Mathematicians” which will be held online on 19 and 20 [...]
NaturArt at the National Museum of Natural History at BAS
The National Museum of Natural History at BAS and the Hungarian Cultural Institute at the Embassy of Hungary in Sofia present the travelling exhibition of the Union of Hungarian Nature Photographers NaturArt “Selected from the [...]
Icarus Award for Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rumyana Nikolova from the Institute of Art Studies
The book by Assoc. Rumyana Nikolova "Functioning Mode of the Bulgarian theatre in the period 1944-1989", "P. Venedikov" Publishing House 2020, was awarded the ICARUS for 2021 for a critical text by the Theatre Historians, [...]
The National Ethnographic Museum presents a new exhibition “From the edges of embroidery”
The exhibition can be visited until the end of July 2021 The National Ethnographic Museum presents its new exhibition "From the edges of embroidery", located in three halls on the first floor of the Prince's [...]
Scientists of BAS are taking part in Sofia Science Festival 2021
XI Sofia Science Festival will be held on 15 and 16 May 2021 in Sofia Tech Park and on 17 and 18 May 2021 digitally for students. Scientists from the institutes of the Bulgarian Academy [...]
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences was awarded by the Minister of the Foreign Affairs of Japan
On 27 April 2021, in the residence of the Japanese Ambassador a ceremony was held for awarding the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences with honors by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan for 2020. The [...]
140 years since the birth of Acad. Metodi Popov
A close friendship connects our great scientist with Albert Einstein April 29 marks the 140th anniversary of the birth of Acad. Metodi Popov. The great Bulgarian biologist was born in 1881 in Shumen, and his [...]
200 years since the birth of Georgi Stoykov Rakovski
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great revolutionary Georgi Stoykov Rakovski with a poster exhibition which is arranged in the central foyer of BAS. The exposition [...]
BAS and BNA are expanding their cooperation
An agreement for joint activity aimed at popularizing scientific research was signed today by the President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Prof. Julian Revalski, Full Member of BAS, and the Director-General of the Bulgarian [...]
12 April – 60 years since the first manned space flight
April 12 marks the International Day of Cosmonautics, and this year the 60th anniversary of the first manned space flight - the orbital flight of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. The Space Research and Technology Institute at [...]
Ancient genomes shed new light on the earliest Europeans and their relationships with Neandertals
An international research team has sequenced the genomes of the oldest securely dated modern humans in Europe who lived around 45,000 years ago in Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria. By comparing their genomes to the [...]
An interstellar comet is probably the most pristine object ever discovered
Image of comet 2I / Borisov obtained with the VLT telescope. Image credit: ESO New observations made with the participation of a scientist from BAS using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the [...]
International Scientific Conference “The Balkans in International Relations: From Late Antiquity to the Age of Globalization”
International online scientific conference “X Drinov Readings” on “The Balkans in International Relations: From Late Antiquity to the Age of Globalization” will be held on 30 and 31 March 2021. The organizer of this forum [...]
World Water Day and World Meteorological Day
“The ocean, our climate and weather” is the theme of this year’s World Meteorological Day. On this day, we celebrate the important role of science in the study of weather, climatic fluctuations and change. Research, [...]
“Science for Business” presented the most interesting developments of BAS, ready to become a successful business
For the first time a development of the Bulgarian vaccine against COVID-19, PCR kits, a device for decontamination of the air from viruses and bacteria, bioceramics by space technology and many others were presented. [...]
The first “Fish Primer” is shown by the Central Library of BAS
21 March marks the 150th anniversary of the death of Dr. Petar Beron Three of the Revival editions of the "Fish Primer" by Dr. Petar Beron are stored in the Central Library of BAS (CL-BAS). [...]
125 years since the birth of the composer Academician Petko Staynov
A hundred and twenty-five years since the birth of Acad. Petko Staynov will be celebrated in 2021. An initiative committee chaired by Prof. Julian Revalski, Full Member of BAS, has adopted a programme to celebrate [...]