Latest news from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Seminar – webinar of doctoral students and young scientists “Interdisciplinary Chemistry”
The Institute of Optical Materials and Technologies – BAS with the financial support of the Management Board of BAS held the thirteenth Spring Seminar of doctoral students and young scientists. It took place from 22 [...]
Prof. Evelina Slavcheva is the new Chairperson of the General Assembly of BAS
At the first meeting of the Eighth General Assembly of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (GA), Prof. Evelina Slavcheva was elected Chair of the supreme management body of the Academy Prof. Evelina Slavcheva was elected [...]
Digitalization and innovation in the field of cultural heritage
The main activities of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences related to the digitalization of cultural heritage were presented by the Vice-President of BAS, Corresponding Member Vassil Nikolov, at an international video conference on the problems [...]
Gained Independence – Polish and Bulgarian Perspectives in Volume XXXV of the Bulletin of the Institute for Historical Studies
All-focus Volume XXXV of the Bulletin of the Institute for Historical Studies has been published. The collection contains materials from the Polish-Bulgarian scientific conference held in November 2018 at BAS on the topic: [...]
Exhibition “Clothing and Linguistic Treasure” in the National Ethnographic Museum
The exhibition "Clothing and Linguistic Treasure" in the National Ethnographic Museum is open to visitors until 15 August 2020. The opening took place on 16 June, in Hall 11. The exhibition is part of the [...]
Exhibitions of the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology in Sofia and Plovdiv
The exhibition "MAN-NATURE-CULTURE: ANCIENT THRACIA AND MEDIEVAL BULGARIA" was opened on 10 June 2020 in the Ancient Cultural-Communication Complex "Serdika", "Largo" area, located under the "Independence" square. It is carried out by the Institute of [...]
The National Assembly approved the annual report of BAS for 2019
The National Assembly approved the annual report of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences for 2019 at today's plenary session. The President of BAS, Prof. Julian Revalski, Full Member of the Academy, presented the activity of [...]
General Assembly of the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA)
The Scientific Secretary-General of BAS, Prof. Evdokia Pasheva, participated in a virtual meeting of the General Assembly of the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA) on 3 June. Two new academies were [...]
The President of BAS participated in a meeting of the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC)
The President of BAS Prof. Julian Revalski, Full Member of the Academy, participated in a virtual meeting of the European Academies' Science Advisory Council (EASAC) which took place on 29 May. The meeting discussed the [...]
Opinion of BAS on the occasion of the exhibition of the Russian Cultural Centre
On the occasion of the exhibition of the Russian Cultural Center in Sofia on the eve of the holiday of Bulgarian education and culture, presenting the brothers St. Cyril and St. Methodius as "reformers of [...]
Five Pythagoras Awards for scientists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Five scientists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences received the “Pythagoras” Award of the Ministry of Education and Science for their contribution to the development of science. The award is presented for the twelfth consecutive [...]
The report “Spotlight on Adolescent Health and Well-Being” from the WHO International HBSC Survey with data from 45 countries has been published
On 19 May 2020, the WHO Regional Office for Europe published the report "Spotlight on Adolescent Health and Well-being", presenting results from the international comparative survey "Health Behaviour in School-aged Children - HBSC", conducted in [...]
New scientific infrastructure is helping Bulgarian astronomers explore space objects with unique radio observations
LOFAR station in Onsala, Sweden. The low-band antennas (10-90 MHz) are visible on the left, and the high-band antennas (110-240 MHz) - on the right. Source: ASTRON A new scientific infrastructure complex, coordinated [...]
Additional funds for the reintegration of Bulgarian scientists and PhD students are provided by the government
Additional funds for the National Scientific Program “Petar Beron. Science and Innovation with Europe” were voted by the Council of Ministers at today's meeting, announced at a briefing the Minister of Education and Science Krassimir [...]
The Supreme Bar Council donated BGN 20 200 to the scientists from the Institute of Microbiology of BAS
A donation of BGN 20 200 received the “Stephan Angeloff” Institute of Microbiology of BAS from the members of the Supreme Bar Council. The funds are provided to support research in the fight against the coronavirus [...]
Aluminum cored wire without analogue in the world is developed by the Institute of Electronics
A robotic complex for electric arc additive layer manufacturing has been put into operation at the Institute of Electronics of BAS. The technology is applied under the project “High strength nano reinforced aluminium powder cored [...]
A researcher from IEES-BAS is among the ten outstanding young persons in Bulgaria for 2020
Dr. Elitsa Petkucheva, Research Associate in the department "Hydrogen systems with polymer electrolyte" at the Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems (IEES-BAS), is a finalist in the category "Science and/or technological development" of the program [...]
BAALO has donated BGN 5 000 to BAS for the project “Science against COVID-19”
With a donation of BGN 5 000 to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the Bulgarian Association of Agricultural Land Owners (BAALO, member of the Bulgarian Industrial Association) is supporting the project for scientific research "Science against [...]
Thematic competition for developments in the field of COVID-19
BGN 2 400 000 will be provided by the government for the Science Fund (BSF) which will be used for a thematic competition for developments in the field of COVID-19. This was announced at a briefing at [...]
Presentation of the book “On the official language of the Republic of North Macedonia”
The publication "On the official language of the Republic of North Macedonia" was presented to the media in "Prof. Marin Drinov” hall of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The book includes a scientifically substantiated text [...]
A multidisciplinary project presents the migration of birds across Europe
The Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is a member of the European Network for the Radar Surveillance of Animal Movement (ENRAM: http://www.enram.eu/). This is a research network whose [...]
Stress and coping with it in conditions of spreading coronavirus infection – Part II
The Department of Psychology at the Institute for Population and Human Studies - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IPHS-BAS) implemented the second wave of research on stress responses and how to deal with it in conditions [...]
Donation campaign of AACM in support of children and young people
The Assembly of Academicians and Corresponding Members of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (AACM - BAS) donated BGN 35 000 collected personal funds to the Social Protection Fund. The amount will be used to purchase mobile [...]
Cyber risks, threats and security measures related to COVID-19
The ten most current risks and threats of techno-social type related to COVID-19 for 2020 are analyzed by scientists at the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies of BAS (IICT). Practical protective measures are also [...]