BAS celebrates World Water Day and World Meteorological Day

World Water Day on 22 March and World Meteorological Day on 23 March were celebrated today at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The event was organized by the Climate, Atmosphere and Water Research Institute of BAS (CAWRI-BAS). Corr. Memb. Ekaterina Batchvarova, Director of CAWRI, presented the participation of the Institute's scientists in a project on wetland restoration along the Danube, funded by the Horizon Europe Programme. The Scientific Secretary of the “Climate Change, Hazards and Natural Resources” division of BAS, Prof. Denitsa Borisova, congratulated the organisers and the participants on behalf of the President of BAS, Prof. Julian Revalski, Member of the Academy. Today we take stock of the merit and contribution of scientific achievements and expertise related to the prevention of climate change, said [...]

2024-03-25T10:06:57+02:00Friday, 22 March 2024|Categories: Climate Change, Hazards and Natural Resources, Selected|
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Memorandum of Understanding between the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia

A Memorandum of Understanding between the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia was signed today at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences by the Presidents, Prof. Julian Revalski, Member of BAS, and Acad. Ashot Saghyan. The document covers a wide range of scientific fields, including engineering, biomedicine, biodiversity and ecology, climate change and natural disasters, astronomy and space research, social sciences and humanities. There will be opportunities for exchanges between scientists from the two academies and for the organisation of scientific events. I am confident in the success of the joint research of our two academies, said Prof. Julian Revalski at the signing ceremony. The President of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia said that the [...]

2024-03-15T09:52:52+02:00Thursday, 14 March 2024|Categories: Selected|
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We commemorate 151 years since the death of Vasil Levski

With a wreath laid at the monument of Vasil Levski, the leadership of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences will pay tribute to the deed of one of the brightest personalities in our national pantheon. We would like to remind you that one year ago the President of BAS Prof. Julian Revalski, Member of the Academy, proposed that the airport in Sofia was named after Vasil Levski. "With this act we will all express to the greatest extent our respect to the national hero of Bulgaria who has contributed immensely to the revival of the Bulgarian spirit and the liberation of our Fatherland. Apart from being a cosmopolitan personality, the Apostle was also one of the donors in the founding of the Bulgarian Learned Society [...]

2024-02-20T17:15:55+02:00Monday, 19 February 2024|Categories: Selected|
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Achievements of the Archaeological Year 2023

  The "Bulgarian Archaeology 2023" exhibition will be open for visitors  from 15 February to 26 May 2024 in the Central Hall of the National Museum of Archaeology with Museum at 1, Atanas Burov Sq. The National Archaeological Institute with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NAIM at BAS) presents the seventeenth national archaeological exhibition "Bulgarian Archaeology 2023". The exhibition shows the most interesting finds and rich illustrative material from the field work of Bulgarian archaeologists in 2023. It is organized on the occasion of the professional holiday of the archaeologist, 14 February, when it will be officially opened. "In recent years, due to a number of external factors, the practice of starting the archaeological season later than planned and running it at an [...]

2024-02-14T09:47:15+02:00Tuesday, 13 February 2024|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity, Selected|
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Two “Evrika 2023” awards for young scientists of BAS

A ceremony for the winners of the Evrika (Eureka) Awards 2023 took place at the National Palace of Culture. The prizes were awarded in the presence of Vice President Iliana Iotova, the President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Prof. Julian Revalski, Member of BAS, the Chairman of the Council of Evrika Foundation Acad. Kiril Boyanov, the Vice-Rector of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" Prof. Madlen Danova, representatives of the scientific and academic community. The Award for Achievements in Science was awarded to Asst. Prof. Eng. Dessislava Gerginova, PhD from the Institute of Organic Chemistry with Center of Phytochemistry of BAS. The scientific output of Dr. Dessislava Gerginova is impressive. She is an active participant in 22 scientific projects and is the leader of three. [...]

2024-02-05T10:19:20+02:00Thursday, 1 February 2024|Categories: Selected|
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The study of a recurrent nova is the most significant scientific achievement of the Institute of Astronomy with NAO – BAS in 2023

Телескопът с 2-метрово огледало в НАО Рожен Схема на областите на разсейване при RS Oph – екваториална и полярни области The telescope with a 2-meter mirror in NAO Rozhen The results of the study were published in "Astronomy & Astrophysics" The Institute of Astronomy has named the study of a star that is part of a class of bursting stars - recurrent novae - as its most significant scientific achievement for 2023. The results obtained by the team led by Sen. Asst. Prof. Yanko Nikolov, PhD, are published in “Astronomy & Astrophysics” 679, A150 under the title "Transient and asymmetric dust structures in the TeV-bright nova RS Oph revealed by spectropolarimetry". Juan Luna, Kiril Stoyanov, Galin Borisov, Koji Mukai, Jennifer Sokoloski [...]

2024-01-29T10:46:35+02:00Thursday, 25 January 2024|Categories: Astronomy, Space Research and Technologies, Selected|
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