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

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 Museum of Natural History of BAS and his Chinese colleague Qigao Jiangzuo describe a new species of fossil giant panda (Agriarctos nikolovi) that inhabited Bulgaria about 6 million years ago, at the end of the Miocene. The description of the species is based on the finding of fossil teeth stored in the collection of NMNHS - BAS. The evolution of the panda is poorly known due to very limited fossil remains. It is assumed that the direct ancestor of today's panda is the fossil Chinese genus Ailuraerctos which lived 8-6 [...]

Румена Калчева2022-08-12T10:21:01+03:005 August 2022|Categories: Biodiversity, Bioresources and Ecology, Selected|

BAS and the Medical University of Plovdiv signed a cooperation agreement

The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Medical University of Plovdiv (MU) signed a framework agreement for cooperation. The event was part of the programme of the Academic Council of the University and was preceded by a tour and familiarization with the research infrastructure and staff capacity of MU-Plovdiv. The President of BAS Prof. Julian Revalski, Full Member of the Academy, and the Vice-President, Corr. Mem. Evdokia Pasheva, visited MU-Plovdiv on 14 July where they got acquainted with the capabilities and achievements of the teams of the Department of Medical Biology, the Department of Medical Physics and Biophysics and the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology "Prof. Dr. Elisey Yanev". The guests also visited the high-tech Medical Simulation Training Center. The leaders of BAS expressed [...]

Румена Калчева2022-07-15T11:05:10+03:0014 July 2022|Categories: General Academic News, Selected|

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

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 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences to the world-famous mathematician Maxim Kontsevich. The ceremony took place during the inaugural conference of the International Center for Mathematical Sciences at Grand Hotel Sofia. Maxim Kontsevich was elected a foreign member of the Academy in 2020. He is a professor at the Institute of Higher Education Studies (IHES), Paris and a distinguished professor at the University of Miami, one of the leading mathematicians and theoretical physicists of the 20th and 21st centuries. The works of Prof. Kontsevich are highly regarded by the world mathematical community. [...]

Румена Калчева2022-07-14T09:51:20+03:0011 July 2022|Categories: Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies, Selected|

Innovations in Bulgarian speech synthesis and recognition

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. The three innovative developments are based on original machine speech processing technologies and are based on recent advances in deep machine self-learning. Prof. DSc. Stoyan Mihov gave a demonstration for the first time of how the products work. The speaking programme makes it possible to generate speech as natural as possible for people with visual problems. During the presentation, the President of the Bulgarian Union of the Blind, Vasil Dolapchiev, presented the honorary sign of the Union to Prof. Stoyan Mihov. More than 10 000 people will be able to use [...]

Румена Калчева2022-07-11T11:51:16+03:007 July 2022|Categories: Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies, Selected|

Scientists from the Institute of Astronomy with NAO with publication in „The Astrophysical Journal“

Study reveals in detail the quiet Sun at low frequencies Calibrated interferometric images of the quiet solar corona on 07.08.2021 in low frequencies (24.60-78.90 MHz) observed by LOFAR. The Sun is an active star that has significant radio emission over a wide frequency range from kHz to THz, and the solar atmosphere has a complex distribution of magnetic field, plasma density and temperature. These different properties of the solar atmosphere lead to different radio emission characteristics at different frequencies. Interferometric imaging observations of solar low-frequency emission can help diagnose the properties of the plasma at high altitudes in the solar atmosphere. Calibrated interferometric images of the quiet solar corona on 14.08.2021 at low frequencies (24.60-78.90 MHz) as observed by LOFAR. In [...]

Румена Калчева2022-07-11T11:54:24+03:006 July 2022|Categories: Astronomy, Space Research and Technologies, Selected|

Simons Foundation Grant for the International Center for Mathematical Sciences at BAS

The International Center for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS-Sofia) at the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics of BAS will receive a grant from the Simons Foundation, one of the largest charitable organizations in the United States. This was announced during a lecture of Prof. Yuri Tschinkel. The lecture was held at the Intercontinental Hotel Sofia. The grant amounts to over BGN 1 million for a period of 3 years. The world-famous mathematician Prof. Yuri Tschinkel is Head of the Department of Mathematics of Courant Institute at New York University, USA, and Director of the Mathematics and Physical Sciences Division of the Simons Foundation. Prof. Tschinkel gave a lecture on Building Scientific Institutes to scientists, government and business representatives. He presented the history of major world-renowned institutes that were [...]

Румена Калчева2022-06-16T16:20:18+03:0014 June 2022|Categories: Selected|