On 15 November, a session of the Committee of Plenipotentiaries of the Governments of the JINR Member States of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (CP JINR) took place in the capital of the Republic of Belarus under the chairmanship of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Government of Georgia to JINR Arsen Khvedelidze. The CP members got acquainted with the main scientific results of the Institute, its activities in personnel training, and social infrastructure development. Following the meeting, the Committee approved the Institute’s budget for 2025 and elected new members of the Scientific Council. Three JINR employees received state awards of the Russian Federation and Belarus.   More in Russian.

On 11 November, the Institute of Theoretical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ITF CAS) and the Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research signed a cooperation agreement in Beijing. BLTP JINR Director, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor Dmitry Kazakov signed the agreement on behalf of JINR, while ITF CAS was represented by Director of the Institute, Professor Shang-Gui Zhou.   More in Russian.

On 14 November, ahead of the session of the Committee of Plenipotentiaries, Director of the Joint Institute Grigory Trubnikov met with Rector of Belarusian State University (BSU) Andrei Karol at the BSU. The parties discussed the prospects of joint scientific projects and a double degree programme. In order to implement the prospects for further cooperation and specificy joint work plans, working meetings between JINR representatives and the deans of the BSU faculties are set to take place in the near future.   More in Russian.

The journal Physics of Elementary Particles and Atomic Nuclei, Letters, brief name Particles and Nuclei, Letters, publishes the articles with results of the original theoretical, experimental, scientific-technical, methodical and applied research.   More in Russian.

A senior researcher at the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems at JINR Sergey Dolya proposed an effective way to cool the neutron flux to ultra-low temperatures. The new patented technology opens wide opportunities for particle physics research.  More in Russian.

To promote professional development, stimulate the creative activity of teachers specialising in subjects and technologies essential for potential future JINR employees, and to encourage the work of the best teachers, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research is holding a competition for annual JINR grants for teachers of the Dubna schools and additional education institutions. The JINR Directorate invites Dubna teachers to participate in the competition. The deadline for applications is set on 14 February 2025 (inclusive).   More in Russian.

From 11 to 29 November 2024, the branch of the Science and Technology Library at the
Laboratory of High Energy Physics JINR (building 3, 2nd floor) invites everyone interested to the book exhibition entitled “Particle detectors in high energy physics”.   More in Russian.

From 28 October to 1 November, the Laboratory of Information Technologies hosted AYSS-2024, the
28th International Scientific Conference of Young Scientists and Specialists, organized by AYSS JINR. The event took place in person and gathered a record number of participants: more than 260 young people under 36 from 17 countries. During the five days, they listened to lectures from leading researchers of the Joint Institute and discussed their scientific presentations at sections.   More in Russian.

From 4 to 8 November 2024, the 12th workshop on physics of strongly interacting systems took place at Huzhou University (China), organized by the Institute of Theoretical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ITP CAS) and the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. The event gathered more than 100 scientists representing JINR (BLTP, FLNR, and MLIT) and scientific centres in China, Germany, Japan, Kazakhstan, Poland, and South Africa.   More in Russian.

The Association of Young Scientists and Specialists (AYSS) of JINR announces the 2025 Grant Competition for Young JINR Scientists and Specialists. Young scientists, specialists, and highly qualified workers from the JINR laboratories, offices, and departments under 36 are invited to take part in the competition.
You can find competition terms and conditions in the grant regulations.
The deadline for submission of the grant application is set at 1 December 2024, 11:59 PM (MSK).   More in Russian.

On 6 November, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation hosted a meeting of the Supervisory Board of the NICA Project dedicated to discussing the status of the megascience project of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. Following the meeting, the board members approved an updated work plan for the construction and launch of the basic configuration of the VBLHEP JINR accelerator complex, confirming the Institute’s intentions to complete the project on time.   More in Russian.

On 5–8 November, the 8th Collaboration Meeting of the SPD (Spin Physics Detector) Experiment at the NICA Accelerator Complex is taking place at VBLHEP at JINR in a hybrid format. During the event, participants will discuss the progress of preparations for the experimental facility construction, and exchange experience and ideas on the collaboration development.   More in Russian.

On 31 October, the JINR Mir Cultural Centre hosted the opening of the Keep Your Balance photo exhibition and the presentation of the eponymous JINR corporate calendar for 2025. The exposition is organized by the
Press Office of the Joint Institute and features its employees who actively cycle while getting to work, exploring the city , and training in recognisable locations of Dubna, the city JINR is situated in. The exhibition will be open at the Mir Cultural Centre until 24 November.   More in Russian.

Scientists at the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions at JINR, in collaboration with colleagues from scientific centres in Russia, China, and Kazakhstan, studied the properties of the radioactive decay of the new ²²⁷Pu (plutonium-227) nucleus and its daughter products. For the first time, the obtained data of the plutonium nuclei half-lives are in good agreement with theoretical predictions and existing taxonomists.   More in Russian.

On 1 November 2024, the College of Dubna State University held a meeting between students and the Scientific Leader of the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Academician of the
Russian Academy of Sciences Yuri T. Oganessian. The event, initiated by the College Acting Director Yulia Kochneva and Professor Andrey Samsonov, provided students with a unique opportunity to not only get acquainted with the outstanding world-renowned scientist, but also ask questions concerning both education and scientific career prospects.
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On 30–31 October, the Laboratory of High Energy Physics at JINR hosted a workshop on polarised sources, polarimetry, and high-energy spin physics. During the event, the participants discussed the development of the polarisation research programme at the NICA Accelerator Complex, including the preparation of the necessary experimental equipment and key facilities, and promising cooperation areas between JINR and the leading scientific centres of the Russian Federation.   More in Russian.

On 29 October, the winners of the annual Moscow Region Governor’s Prize were announced. Young scientists and specialist were awarded for their endeavours in science, technology, engineering, and innovation. Among the fifteen prizewinners are two representatives of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research: Candidate of Technical Sciences, Head of the VBLHEP Scientific and Experimental Department of Superconducting Magnets and Technologies Dmitry Nikiforov and Candidate of Physics and Mathematics, a researcher at the BLTP Sector of Nuclear Reactions and Core Structure Evgeny Mardyban.   More in Russian.

On 28 October, the 28th International Conference of Young Scientists and Specialists (AYSS-2024) began at the Laboratory of Information Technologies of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, gathering more than 260 youth representatives from around the world. During the week, the event attendees will give talks and participate in discussions on important issues of modern science.   More in Russian.

Founded in 1970, the review journal Physics of Elementary Particles and Atomic Nuclei, brief name Particles & Nuclei, is published by the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna. This is the most influential physical review journal in Russia.   More in Russian.

From 21 October to 8 November 2024, the JINR Science and Technology Library invites visitors to the New Book Acquisitions exhibition.   More in Russian.

From 7 to 11 October 2024, JINR hosted the first “Introduction for the Plenipotentiaries’ Offices and Officials Responsible for Liaison with JINR” programme, which gathered representatives of the JINR Member States and Associate Members responsible for cooperation with the Institute.   More in Russian.

DLNP and FLNP scientists at JINR, in collaboration with colleagues from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (Russia) and the University of South Florida (USF, USA), pioneered in studying the structural properties of the tardigrade radioprotective protein Dsup (Damage suppressor) and its complex with DNA. The study reveals new details of the highly effective DNA protection mechanism and extreme durability of one of the most radioresistant animals known to science, the tardigrade Ramazzottius varieornatus.   More in Russian.

On 16 October 2024, Professor Fernando Guzmán Martínez, a great friend of JINR and a member of Institute’s Scientific Council in 2007–2012, passed away.   More in Russian.

From 21 to 25 October, the conference entitled “Mathematical Modelling and Computational Physics, 2024” (MMCP 2024) is taking place in Armenia. The event is organized by the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory, Yerevan State University (YSU), and the Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (IIAP NAS RA).   More in Russian.

On 15 October, two new cooperation agreements were signed at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research with the National Nuclear Energy Commission of Brazil (CNEN) and the Federal University of Southern Bahia (UFSB). During their visit to JINR, representatives of the higher educational institutions of the Federative Republic of Brazil got acquainted with the scientific infrastructure of the Institute and discussed cooperation prospects, including joint research and experience exchange.   More in Russian.

From 14 October 2024, the JINR Science and Technology Library invites visitors to an exhibition dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the birth of Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, JINR Director in 2006-2010 Alexei N. Sissakian.  More in Russian.

On 11 October, the 5th International Scientific Forum entitled “Nuclear Science and Technology”, organized with the participation of the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, and research and educational institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan (RK) and supported by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), finished at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazNU). During the five days, employees of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research actively participated in the forum.   More in Russian.

The JINR Innovation and Intellectual Property Department announces that on 6 September 2024, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research received a certificate of state registration of the software for predicting radiation damage to nerve cells taking into account a detailed description of the subneuronal target, track structure, and radiolysis mechanism. The authors are Munkhbaatar Batmunkh and Lkhagvaa Bayarchimeg (JINR Laboratory of Radiation Biology). Congratulations to the authors on receiving the state registration certificate!   More in Russian.

9 October 2024 marks the centenary of the birth of a talented scientist in nuclear and particle physics, one of the founders of the JINR Laboratory of High Energy, LHE Director in 1966–1968, Professor Ivan V. Chuvilo (09/10/1924-16/03/2001).   More in Russian.

JINR theoretical physicists, together with their colleagues from Moscow State University and universities of Tomsk, presented a new particle model that generalises an infinite (continuous) spin particle in flat space for constant curvature space. The model is described by commuting Weyl spinor additional coordinates.   More in Russian.

On 9–27 September, the second stage of the International Practice for students and postgraduates from universities of the JINR Member States took place at the University Centre of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. During the three weeks, 37 young participants from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Serbia, South Africa, and Vietnam worked on educational and research projects under the guidance of the Institute’s leading researchers.  More in Russian.

A leading researcher at the Standard Model Sector of the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at JINR Oleg Selyugin studied new properties of elastic scattering of hadrons at small angles based on all existing experimental data for dσ/dt of pp and pp scattering at √s ≥540 GeV. As a result of the study, the main characteristics of the corresponding non-trivial terms of the elastic scattering amplitude were obtained. This opens up new opportunities for making predictions for hadron interactions at essentially larger energies at future colliders and at ultra-high energies of cosmic rays.
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From 5 November to 14 December 2024, the JINR University Centre will hold the Wave 11 of the INTEREST (International Remote Student Training) online programme. As part of the training, participants work on selected projects under the JINR researchers’ supervision. Interest is a prospective platform for the development of international cooperation in education allowing students and postgraduates to get acquainted with the activities of the Institute and carry out projects remotely.   More in Russian.

Scientists from the Laboratory of High Energy Physics at JINR and their colleagues from China presented the engineering design of a forced-flow cooling high temperature superconducting (HTS) cable for a SMES system with high current capacity. This system is used to ensure stable operation of superconducting magnets in accelerators, including the one at the NICA Complex.   More in Russian.

3 October marks the Day of German Unity, a national holiday of the Federal Republic of Germany, an Associate Member of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.
The Directorate of the Institute congratulates German colleagues on the Day of German Unity and wishes them good health and well-being, successful work, scientific achievements, and discoveries for the benefit of science and progress!   More in Russian.

From 30 September to 18 October 2024, the JINR Science and Technology Library invites visitors to the New Book Acquisitions exhibition.   More in Russian.

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity published an article on the specifics of the cryogenic cooling concept for superconducting magnets of the NICA Accelerator Complex, their design features, and test results by a research team from the Laboratory of High Energy Physics at JINR. In addition, the paper includes a brief report on the status of the NICA Megascience Project.   More in Russian.

From 24 to 27 September, the final part of the International Youth Acceleration Programme “Business Incubator of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)” took place in Moscow and the Moscow Region. The last two days of the event, held in the Dubna Special Economic Zone (SEZ), were devoted to introducing the participants to the scientific and industrial enterprises of the city.   More in Russian.

Theoretical physicists from the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at JINR, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Institute for High Energy Physics of Kurchatov Institute, the University of Tours (France), and Stockholm University (Sweden) conducted a study on the negativity of the moment of inertia of (quark-)gluon plasma in a window of “supervortical” range of temperatures above the deconfining phase transition, T≃(1…1.5)T_c, found recently in numerical Monte Carlo simulations by two independent methods.   More in Russian.

Physical Review D published a paper about leptonic and semileptonic decays of mesons in the domain model of the quantum chromodynamics (QCD) vacuum by senior researcher of the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at JINR Vladimir Voronin.   More in Russian.

On 19 September, a session “Women in science – leaders in the scientific and educational sphere” was held as part of the fourth Eurasian Women’s Forum, which took place on 18-20 September in Saint Petersburg. Among the attendees were representatives of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research: Head of the JINR International Cooperation Department Otilia-Ana Culicov, Head of an FLNP JINR sector Inga Zinicovscaia, and a DLNP JINR senior researcher Katherin Shtejer Diaz.   More in Russian.

Specialists from the Laboratory of Neutron Physics at JINR and research centres in Romania studied the multi-element composition of soils in the vicinity of siderurgical industry and assessed toxic risk. Using sensitive analysis techniques, the scientists quantified 45 major, minor, and trace elements in soils around large siderurgical plants (Galati, SE Romania).   More in Russian.

On 21 September, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research received a visit from representatives of the leadership of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan (AS RUz): AS RUz Acting President Sirojiddin Mirzaev and Vice President of the Academy Gayrat Bahadirov.   More in Russian.

The journal Physics of Elementary Particles and Atomic Nuclei, Letters, brief name Particles and Nuclei, Letters, publishes the articles with results of the original theoretical, experimental, scientific-technical, methodical and applied research.   More in Russian.

On 10–20 September, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research hosted a workshop on accelerator technology with the participation of specialists from Vietnam and South Africa. During the two weeks, they got introduced to the JINR research infrastructure and the intricacies of the structure and principles of operation of modern accelerator facilities. The central topic of the meeting was the project of the Vietnam Accelerator Complex, which JINR is taking part in.   More in Russian.

From 9 to 13 December 2024, the iThemba LABS Accelerator Centre (South Africa) and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research will organize the Second International African Symposium on Exotic Nuclei (IASEN-2024), which will take place in Cape Town (South Africa). The Symposium will focus on the study of nuclei in extreme states, particularly the limits of nuclear stability (from very light neutron and proton-rich to superheavy nuclei).   More in Russian.

A delegation of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, led by Vice-Director Latchesar Kostov, took part in the 68th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as observers. JINR delegates included Special Representative of the JINR Director for Cooperation with International and Russian Scientific Organizations Boris Sharkov, Deputy Director of the Laboratory of Neutron Physics Sergey Kulikov, and International Cooperation Advisor to the Director of the Institute Irek Suleymanov.   More in Russian.

21 September marks the Independence Day of the Republic of Armenia, a JINR Member State.
Scientists from Armenia contribute to 19 topics of the Topical Plan for JINR Research and International Cooperation. The collaboration covers joint research on high energy physics, theoretical and neutron physics, materials science, radiobiology, and other fields. Armenian employees are also interested in IT and Institute’s educational programmes.   More in Russian.

Scientists of the Laboratory of Neutron Physics at JINR in collaboration with colleagues from the Technical University of Moldova и Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering (Romania) evaluated the accumulation of holmium(III), erbium(III), and gadolinium(III) accumulation by cyanobacteria Arthrospira platensis using neutron activation analysis and elements’ effects on biomass quantity and biochemical composition. The studied elements had different effects on the primary biomolecule content, suggesting that holmium(III) and erbium(III) were more toxic than gadolinium(III) for Arthrospira platensis.   More in Russian.

JINR and Gomel State Technical University (Belarus) theoretical physicists performed analytical calculations of the tenth order QED radiative corrections to lepton anomalies within the Mellin-Barnes representation. This allows one to obtain, for the first time, exact analytical expressions for the radiative corrections of the tenth order w.r.t. the electromagnetic coupling constant e.   More in Russian.

From 15 to 20 September, the Dubna Resort House (Alushta, Russia) is hosting the 15th International Seminar on Problems of Charged Particle Accelerators dedicated to the outstanding JINR scientist, Professor Vladislav P. Sarantsev. The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (BINP SB RAS), and the RAS Scientific Council on the Problem of Charged Particle Accelerators organized the event. The working languages are Russian and English.   More in Russian.

Scientists from the JINR Laboratory of Neutron Physics and research centres in Romania and Serbia conducted comparative biomonitoring of airborne potentially toxic elements (PTEs) using mosses (Hypnum cupressiforme, Brachythecium spp.) and lichens (Evernia prunastri) over remote areas.   More in Russian.

JINR employees are invited to participate in the 4th All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference titled “Tasks and Methods of Neutron Research of Condensed Matter”, which will take place from 11 to 15 November 2024 in the hybrid format in the Dubna State University.The university and the Joint Institute are holding the conference as part of the implementation of the research grant programme of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia.
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The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research invites applications for the international JINR Fellowship Programme. The JINR Fellowship Programme provides an opportunity for young talented scientists and experienced researchers to participate in scientific projects of the Joint Institute. The fellows will gain an experience of working in an international team with advanced research equipment.   More in Russian.

Scientists from the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at JINR and research centres in Romania and the Czech Republic conducted an in-depth study of the electrical and magnetic properties of a polypyrrole nanotubes/magnetite nanoparticles (PPyM) material embedded in a silicone oil matrix. The distinct electrical, magnetic, and rheological modulation capabilities demonstrated by this composite render it as a promising candidate for advanced applications, such as sensory technology, actuation systems, and energy storage solutions.   More in Russian.

On 10-14 September 2024, JINR hosted the 4th Science School for Students of the Children’s University of the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology. Throughout the week, the schoolchildren enjoyed getting introduced to the laboratories of the Institute and participating in hands-on physics workshops at the JINR University Centre.   More in Russian.

On 13 September, the winners of the OGANESSON Prize were announced at the 136th session of the Scientific Council of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. The Prize was created at the suggestion and expense of Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Yuri T. Oganessian and established at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in 2023. The Prize founders are Yuri Oganessian and JINR. This year is the second time the Prize is awarded.   More in Russian.

On 16 September, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Russian Federation Alexander Rogozhnik visited the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. At the meeting with the leadership of the Institute, the parties discussed prospects for the development of comprehensive cooperation between JINR and Belarus
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Scientists from the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at JINR in collaboration with Babes-Bolyai University (Romania) and Tomsk Polytechnic University studied excitation-energy dependence of fission-fragment neutron multiplicity in the improved scission-point model. The results are published in Physical Review C, an international journal.
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Scientists from the Laboratory of Neutron Physics at JINR in collaboration with their colleagues from scientific and educational centres of Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, and Romania determined the level of air pollution in the Burabay National Park located in the north of Republic of Kazakhstan with the use of moss as biomonitors.   More in Russian.

On 12–13 September, the 136th session of the Scientific Council of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research took place in Dubna under the chairmanship of Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Professor Sergey Kilin.   More in Russian.

On 12–13 September, the 136th session of the Scientific Council of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research took place in Dubna under the chairmanship of Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Professor Sergey Kilin.   More in Russian.

Scientists of the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions at JINR, LPI RAS, Skoltech,
Center of Crystallography and Photonics of RAS, and MSPU offered an innovative method for fabricating a thin-film polymer heating element with a continuous silver nanowires network embedded inside. The resulting flexible heating element can be utilized in medical devices for heating purposes or as a thermal barrier coating.   More in Russian.

Scientists from the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions at JINR analysed the shape of multiplicity distributions of prompt neutrons emitted in spontaneous fission. The study was carried out in collaboration with researchers from the University of Strasbourg, Paris-Saclay University (France), Eurasian National University, Institute of Nuclear Physics (Kazakhstan), Kazan Federal University и Dubna State University (Russia).   More in Russian.

Researchers from the Laboratory of High Energy Physics at JINR, Tomsk Polytechnic University, and three medical centres from Russia and Germany developed a Geant4 model of the electron beam mode in a clinical linear accelerator. The methodology employed in the development of the numerical model of the medical linear accelerator is vendor-independent, readily implementable, and allows for rapid calculations. Furthermore, the model can be applied for a variety of purposes, including the selection of parameters for the fabrication of heterogeneous dosimetry phantoms.   More in Russian.

In 2019, at the initiative of the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN), 7 September was declared the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies. Over the past five years, on this day, the world community has been calling on countries and peoples to raise awareness and promote measures to improve air quality and prevent environmental pollution.   More in Russian.

In 2024, the Springer publishing company published in electronic form the monograph entitled
“High-order finite difference and finite element methods for solving some partial differential equations” by scientists of the Laboratory of Information Technologies and Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at JINR, Mongolian University of Science and Technology, and Institute of Mathematics and Digital Technology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences. The monograph was released in the book series “Synthesis Lectures on Engineering, Science, and Technology” and based on the research results obtained by their authors in collaboration with the co-authors.   More in Russian.

On 12-13 September, the 136th session of the JINR Scientific Council will take place at the JINR International Conference Centre in a hybrid format. At the meeting, the members of the Scientific Council will hear a report by the Director of the Institute Grigory Trubnikov, consider recommendations of the JINR Programme Advisory Committees held in June 2024, and discuss the JINR Topical Plan for 2025.   More in Russian.

Employees of the Methodical Research Sector of the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems at JINR Nikolay Anfimov and Arseny Rybnikov together with their Chinese colleagues conducted comprehensive tests of SiPM tiles for the JUNO-TAO Experiment. An article about the tests was published in the Journal of Instrumentation in July 2024.
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The JINR News bulletin is issued four times a year, providing information on new scientific results obtained at JINR Laboratories, updates on large-scale experiments, construction of new facilities, discoveries, inventions, etc. JINR social life is presented extensively.   More in Russian.

By decree of the President of Russia dated 9 September 2024, JINR Vice-Director, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics Latchesar Kostov was honoured with a state award, the Order of Friendship, for his great contribution to strengthening the Russian-Bulgarian partnership in nuclear energy and the development of intergovernmental cooperation in fundamental and applied research.   More in Russian.

The XIX International Conference on Symmetry Methods in Physics (SYMPHYS-XIX), organized jointly by JINR and the International Centre for Advanced Studies of Yerevan State University, began in Yerevan on 8 September. SYMPHYS-XIX is dedicated to the memory of the outstanding scientist, Academician of the
Russian Academy of Sciences    Alexei N. Sissakian. The event, set to last until 13 September, gathered more than 60 scientists from around the world.   More in Russian.

Together with researchers from the scientific centres of Kazakhstan and South Africa employees of the
Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions at JINR studied the effect of point defects created by irradiation with swift heavy ions (SHI) on nanoscale thermal transport in ZnO. The results of the research were published in Materials Research Bulletin.
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Founded in 1970, the review journal Physics of Elementary Particles and Atomic Nuclei, brief name Particles & Nuclei, is published by the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna. This is the most influential physical review journal in Russia. Published by leading physicists from Member States of JINR, as well as scientists from all over the world, review articles in this eminent journal examine elementary particle physics, problems of vacuum in quantum field theory, condensed matter problems, symmetries in physics, string theories and gravity, nuclear physics, automatic processing of experimental data, accelerators and related instrumentation, accelerator-based transmutation studies, ecological implications of present nuclear and conventional energy sources, energy amplifiers based on accelerators. The journal provides review articles in Russian and in English. Note: all volumes are translated into English and published by the Nauka/Interperiodika International Academic Publishing House. The translation journal appears under the name Physics of Particles and Nuclei. Annualy 6 issues are published joined in one volume. In 2000-2004, the journal had a supplementary issue in addition to the six regular issues. The Editors invite you to contribute review articles and guarantee rapid publication of your papers.   More in Russian.

As part of the Mathematical Engineering Book Series, Springer published the monograph entitled “New developments of Newton-type iterations for solving nonlinear problems” by Ochbadrakh Chuluunbaatar, Deputy Director of the Laboratory of Information Technologies at JINR, Academician of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences (MAS), and Tugal Zhanlav, JINR Honorary Doctor, MAS Academician. The authors analyse the intricacies of Newton-type methods for nonlinear equations, discussing their convergence, accelerations, and extensions.   More in Russian.

Head of the Centre of Applied Physics of the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions at JINR Pavel Apel, in collaboration with scientists from the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the
National University of Science and Technology, conducted a research on the specifics of chemical etching of quartz glass under the influence of accelerated heavy xenon ions.   More in Russian.

Head of the Centre of Applied Physics of the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions at JINR Pavel Apel, in collaboration with scientists from the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the National University of Science and Technology, conducted a research on the specifics of chemical etching of quartz glass under the influence of accelerated heavy xenon ions.   More in Russian.

Scientists from the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions at JINR, Vyacheslav Saiko and Alexander Karpov, studied the synthesis of neutron-enriched isotopes along magic number N = 126 by multinucleon transfer reactions with radioactive-ion beams. Physical Review C published the results of the study in June 2024.   More in Russian.

Scientists from the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions and Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at JINR restored and presented an unusually symmetrical shape of the prompt neutron multiplicity distribution in ²⁵⁰Nо for the first time. Research was conducted in cooperation with colleagues from scientific centres in France, Kazakhstan, and Russia.   More in Russian.

From 2 to 20 September 2024, the JINR Science and Technology Library invites visitors to the New Book Acquisitions exhibition.   More in Russian.

On 4 September, the three-day ARIADNA Collaboration Meeting on applied research on accelerated ion beams at the NICA Complex began at the JINR International Conference Centre. The participants are scientists and specialists of 33 organizations from 15 countries, including Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cuba, Egypt, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam. Following the results of the event, an integrated programme for the collaboration for several years will be developed.   More in Russian.

Scientists from the Laboratory of High Energy Physics at JINR, in cooperation with colleagues from Russian scientific centres, studied the possibilities of using ordered three-dimensional arrays of photonic crystals to generate gigahertz, optical, and neutron radiation in the interaction with the high-energy electron beam at the LINAC-200 Linear Accelerator. Nuclear Physics and Engineering published the results of the study in the third issue of the journal for 2024.   More in Russian.

Employees of the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems at JINR, together with Chinese scientists from
Zhengzhou University, the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and
CAS University developed a unique setup and methods for testing silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) arrays as part of the TAO Experiment.   More in Russian.

An article entitled “Observation of a positive-parity wave in the low-energy spectrum of ⁷Не” by a group of scientists from the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions at JINR was published in Physical Review C.   More in Russian.

The START (STudent Advanced Research Training) Programme invites students and postgraduates to join research conducted at JINR supervised by leading scientists and engineers. Applications for the 2025 Winter Session are accepted at start.jinr.ru until 31 October.   More in Russian.

On 2 September, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, a JINR Member State, celebrates the Independence Day.
The Institute’s Directorate congratulates Vietnamese colleagues on the Independence Day and wishes them and their families good health and well-being, successful work, scientific achievements and discoveries for the benefit of science and progress!   More in Russian.

1 September marks a national holiday, the Independence Day, or Mustaqillik, of the Republic of Uzbekistan, a Member State of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.
The Directorate of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research congratulates colleagues and partners from Uzbekistan, as well as their relatives, on the Independence Day and wishes them good health, well-being, happiness, and new professional successes for the benefits of science and progress!   More in Russian.

We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Academician Bekhzod S. Yuldashev, an outstanding physicist, a talented scientific leader, and a public figure.   More in Russian.

Journal of Instrumentation published an article by Deputy Head of the VBLHEP Accelerator Department for Scientific Work Valery Lebedev on methods of heavy particle cooling for high energy colliders in the energy range of the RHIC-based ep-collider.   More in Russian.

Researchers from the Laboratory of High Energy Physics at JINR, Tomsk Polytechnic University, and Tomsk National Research Medical Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences conducted X-ray study of the density distribution of samples printed by fused filament fabrication with different fill patterns.   More in Russian.

On 27 August, Moldova, a Member State of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, celebrates its national holiday, the Independence Day.
The Directorate of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research congratulates Moldavian colleagues and partners, as well as their relatives, on the Independence Day and wishes them good health, happiness, well-being, luck, and new professional successes for the benefit of science and progress.   More in Russian.

A team of scientists from VBLHEP at JINR and three Mexican higher education institutions, including National Autonomous University of Mexico, Autonomous University of Sinaloa , and University of Colima, studied collision energy dependence of source sizes for primary and secondary pions at energies available at the JINR Nuclotron-Based Ion Collider Facility from Lévy fits.   More in Russian.

26 August marked the start of the International School of Accelerator Physics: Cyclotrons, organized by the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and National Research Nuclear University Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (NRNU MEPhI). The event brought together more than 50 participants from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Uzbekistan.   More in Russian.

The BM@N (Baryonic Matter at Nuclotron) Collaboration of the NICA Megascience Project prepared a technical description of the BM@N Spectrometer including all its subsystems in an article published in the Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research – section A. The authors of the work are affiliated with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and scientific and educational centres in Bulgaria, China, Israel, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Uzbekistan.   More in Russian.

On 21 August 2024, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and the Ministry of Science and Technology of People’s Republic of China (PRC) signed an agreement at the House of the Government of the Russian Federation. The document was signed alongside the 29th Regular Meeting between Chinese and Russian Heads of Governments. The aim of the new agreement is developing cooperation between JINR and China in fundamental research, facilitating personnel exchange, and expanding research opportunities.   More in Russian.

21 August marks the 115th anniversary of the birth of Nikolay N. Bogoliubov, an outstanding scientist, one of the founding fathers of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, and its director for 24 years. His exceptional personality and the large number of widely recognised scientific papers he wrote throughout his life amazed his contemporaries and are an inspiration for many to this day. Nadezhda S. Isaeva, who worked as Nikolay Bogoliubov’s secretary for many years and is now an employee of the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at JINR, shared her memories, adding strokes to the portrait of the researcher.   More in Russian.

Scientists from the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems at JINR, Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), University of CAS, and East China Normal University conducted a study of silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) external cross-talk, in particular, including SiPMs for use in the nEXO and JUNO-TAO neutrino experiments. The results reveal a significant presence of external cross-talk in all tested SiPMs.   More in Russian.

On 20 August, Hungary, an Associate Member of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, celebrates Saint Istvan Day, the main state holiday. Hungary is one of the 11 founding states of JINR.   More in Russian.

In May 2024, Physical Review D published an article by a group of scientists from the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at JINR and the University of Zurich (Switzerland), which focuses on the study of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) equation of state in external magnetic field and nonzero baryon density. This research was conducted using lattice simulations with 2 + 1 dynamical staggered quarks at the physical masses.   More in Russian.

A team of scientists from the Laboratory of Neutron Physics at JINR, Faculty of Physics of Moscow State University, Kurchatov Institute, and Chemistry Department of the Karaganda Buketov University (Kazakhstan) conducted research of the role of component interactions in dual semi-interpenetrating networks of water-soluble macromolecules and supramolecular polymer-like chains. The findings of the study pave the way for the development of dual semi-interpenetrating polymer-micellar networks, which are in demand in the petroleum industry.   More in Russian.

An article entitled “Hydrodynamical dual of the gravitational axial anomaly and the cosmological constant” by scientists from the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at JINR and the Kurchatov Institute was published in Physical Review D.   More in Russian.

The Association of Young Scientists and Specialists at JINR has announced the opening of registration for the 28th International Scientific Conference of Young Scientists and Specialists (AYSS-2024). The event will be held on 28 October – 1 November 2024 at the Laboratory of Information Technologies at JINR. Please note that remote participation will not be available. Participants are required to attend the conference in person.   More in Russian.

Leading scientists from the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics and the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems at JINR conducted research on coherent interactions of a fast proton with the short-range NN correlations in the nucleus, using data from the BM@N Experiment at the NICA Collider. An article presenting the results of the study was published in Physical Review C in June 2024. The authors are Alexey Larionov and Yuri Uzikov.   More in Russian.

A research team from the Laboratory of Neutron Physics and Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions at JINR, Centre for Cooperative Research on Alternative Energies CIC energiGUNE (Spain), and Scientific-Practical Materials Research Centre of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus conducted a study of charge-discharge processes in Prussian white (PW) electrodes with different level of dehydration. Results of the research pointed the way to improve the material performance for PW-based sodium-ion batteries.   More in Russian.

From 12 to 30 August 2024, the JINR Science and Technology Library invites visitors to the New Book Acquisitions exhibition.   More in Russian.

On 8 August, the International Seminar entitled “Experimental Methods in Particle Physics” took place at the International Conference Centre of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in memory of Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor Igor Golutvin.   More in Russian.

From 7 to 12 October, Yerevan will host the conference entitled “Evolving Universe: Theory and Observations” in memory of the world-renowned scientist Alexei A. Starobinsky (1948-2023). Registration is available
via the event’s website until 1 September.   More in Russian.

From 22 to 25 October 2024, the 7th International Conference on Particle Physics and Astrophysics (ICPPA-2024), organized by the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, will take place in Moscow. JINR Scientific Leader, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Victor Matveev heads the ICPPA-2024 International Programme Committee.   More in Russian.

An article “Nonlinear (3, 4, 1) multiplet of N=4, d=1 supersymmetry as a semidynamical spin multiplet” by scientists from the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at JINR and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology was published in Physical Review D. The authors of the research are Evgeny Ivanov and Stepan Sidorov.   More in Russian.

On 3 August, a delegation from the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) visited the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. During the visit, a meeting took place at the JINR Directorate to discuss the issues of creating a modern comfortable urban environment in Dubna and other science cities of Russia.   More in Russian.

From 5 July to 5 August 2024, the 21st Summer School, one of the largest public educational projects in Russia, took place in the Volga Tourist Resort of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. JINR employees participated in organizing four of the school’s more than 30 workshops: the Element 105 Physics Workshop, the Science Art Workshop, which combined art and science, and two workshops dedicated to organizing social and cultural events and projects: PROteens and (NON)library.   More in Russian.

For a quarter of a century, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research has been holding a tennis tournament commemorating outstanding Russian physicists, Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Venedikt and Boris Dzhelepov.   More in Russian.

On 23-24 July, specialists from the Central China Normal University (CCNU, Wuhan) and the University of Science and Technologies of China (USTC, Hefei) led by Prof. Xiangming Sun (CCNU) met with JINR colleagues at VBLHEP for the Seminar on the Chinese-Russian Cooperation within the NICA MPD-ITS Project. This was the second in-person meeting between the members of the international team engaged in the construction of the MPD-ITS Vertex Detector. At the event, the participants discussed the status and future steps of the project.   More in Russian.

An international team of materials scientists developed Ni60A/WC in-situ reinforced composite coatings for Inconel 718 alloy. Researchers investigated the reinforcements/matrix micro-interface evolution, microhardness, and corrosion resistance. The work was conducted in cooperation with researchers from the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions at JINR, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology (Zhenjiang, China), and Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Wuhan, China).   More in Russian.

An article by researchers from the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at JINR Sergey Fedoruk and Evgeny Ivanov was published in Physical Review C. The authors presented a new model of N=8 mechanics with semidynamic supermultiplets.   More in Russian.

Scientists of the Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics at JINR and the Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Armenia) measured cross sections of proton-induced neutron emission reactions on thorium and uranium at energies below 18 MeV.   More in Russian.

Scientists of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research developed a neutron/gamma detector based on a micropixel avalanche photodiode (MAPD) and a plastic scintillator that monitors the status of the accelerator-driven Intense Resonance Neutron Source (IREN) Facility by measuring the neutron/gamma intensity in the target hall. The detector was engineered by specialists from the Laboratory of Neutron Physics and the Laboratory of High Energy Physics at JINR in cooperation with colleagues from research centres of Azerbaijan, the Czech Republic, and Kazakhstan.
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From 19 to 21 July, the 28th Summer Scientific School of Young Scientists and Specialists titled “Lipnya-2024” is taking place at the Lipnya Tourist Resort named after the island in the Ivankovo Reservoir where the event is held. It brought together the youth of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Tensor Plant, and the Sarov Branch of Lomonosov Moscow State University. The Association of Young Scientists and Specialists (AYSS) of JINR organized the scientific event.   More in Russian.

Scientists of the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at JINR, Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, and National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek studied the effect of the charge asymmetry and orbital angular momentum in the entrance channel on the hindrance to complete nuclear fusion of atomic nuclei.   More in Russian.

Scientists of the Laboratory of Neutron Physics at JINR, in collaboration with colleagues from three institutes and two universities of Romania, as well as from a research and development station for meadows and a firm producing medicines and cosmetics, studied the influence of organic and mineral fertilisers on different forage plants in the northeastern Romanian grassland.   More in Russian.

On 29 July, Chief of Staff to the Governor of Primorsky Krai and the Government of Primorsky Krai Dilyara Malikova visited the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. A meeting took place at the Institute’s Directorate to discuss issues of developing cooperation in training highly qualified personnel.   More in Russian.

On 29 July, the Supersymmetries and Quantum Symmetries International Workshop (SQS’24) started at the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at JINR. This year, the event brought together more than 80 specialists in theoretical and mathematical physics participating both online and in person.   More in Russian.

Scientists from the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions at JINR presented the results of their research on the effect of swift heavy ion irradiation on the superparamagnetic state of maghemite nanoparticles. The work was conducted in collaboration with researchers from Eotvos Lorand University (Hungary), National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Russia), Palacky University (Czech Republic), and Tokyo Metropolitan University (Japan).   More in Russian.

An article about the synthesis of the darmstadtium isotopes with mass numbers 273 and 275 and the investigation of their decay properties was published in the Physical Review C journal. The authors are scientists of the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions and Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at JINR, Institute of Modern Physics (China), Gumilyov Eurasian National University (Kazakhstan), and Palacky University Olomouc (Czech Republic).   More in Russian.

As part of their participation in the NA61/SHINE International Experiment at CERN, scientists from the Laboratory of High Energy Physics at JINR conducted complex study on methods of analysing waveforms produced by the Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers.   More in Russian.

Founded in 1970, the review journal Physics of Elementary Particles and Atomic Nuclei, brief name Particles & Nuclei, is published by the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna.   More in Russian.

The journal Physics of Elementary Particles and Atomic Nuclei, Letters, brief name Particles and Nuclei, Letters, publishes the articles with results of the original theoretical, experimental, scientific-technical, methodical and applied research.   More in Russian.

Employees of the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems at JINR and scientists of the Lomonosov Moscow State University developed an algorithm for qualitative and quantitative material analysis by the K-edges for energy-sensitive computed tomography.   More in Russian.

By decree of the President of Mongolia dated 6 June 2024, Scientific Leader of the Laboratory of Information Technologies at JINR Vladimir Korenkov was presented with a state award, the Friendship Medal, for his contribution to the creation of a high-performance computing centre and the training of engineering and technical personnel at the Institute of Mathematics and Digital Technology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences.
The team of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research congratulates Vladimir Korenkov on receiving the prestigious award!   More in Russian.

On 21 July, an international school titled “Advanced methods of modern theoretical physics: integrable and stochastic systems” started at the Blokhintsev Lecture Hall at the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at JINR. During the week-long event, 66 undergraduate and graduate students from universities of Bulgaria, Italy, Russia, and Slovakia and employees of research centres will hear lectures by eminent theoretical scientists on methods of quantum field theory, nonequilibrium quantum and classical systems and stochastic methods, integrable systems, and gravitational waves.   More in Russian.

Using the example of the computing infrastructure of the BM@N Experiment, employees of the
Laboratory of Information Technologies and the Laboratory of High Energy Physics at JINR verified results of the simulation program, which is part of the software complex for creating digital twins of distributed data acquisition, storage, and processing centres. This software can be used in the design, development, and operational control of computing systems for modern megascience projects. The paper was issued in
International Journal of Open Information Technologies.   More in Russian.

From 22 July to 2 August 2024, the JINR Science and Technology Library invites visitors to the New Book Acquisitions exhibition.   More in Russian.

Scientists of the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at JINR, scientific centres, and universities of Chile, Germany, and Russia presented the results of the experiment to search for dark sector particles in decays of neutral mesons in the NA64 experiment at the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) at CERN.   More in Russian.

19 July 2024 marked the start of the 28th Summer Scientific School, organized by the JINR Association of Young Scientists and Specialists (AYSS JINR) at the JINR Lipnya Tourist Resort. The three-day programme of the event includes lectures, round tables, sports and cultural events, and a masterclass.   More in Russian.

From 10 to 17 July, the 24th International Scientific Baikal Summer School on Physics of Elementary Particles and Astrophysics took place in Bolshiye Koty village, Irkutsk Region, at the Baikal Biological Station of the Irkutsk State University (ISU). The organizers were the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and ISU.   More in Russian.

Scientists from the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, in cooperation with Mexican colleagues from the
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the University of Colima, and the Autonomous University of Sinaloa, determined the relaxation time for the alignment between quark spin and angular velocity in a rotating quantum chromodynamics (QCD) medium. The paper was issued in Physical Review D.   More in Russian.

Specialists from the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and the Tver State University studied the fractal properties of the emerging particle tracks in the BM@N Experiment. The article was published in the third issue of the
“Physics of Elementary Particles and Atomic Nuclei” journal in 2024.   More in Russian.

Theoretical physicists investigated the mechanism for generating neutrino mass in the effective field theory. The paper by the Doctors of Physics and Mathematics Anatoly Borisov (Moscow State University) and Alexey Isaev (BLTP JINR) was issued in the Physics of Elementary Particles and Atomic Nuclei journal in 2024.   More in Russian.

On 11 July, the Big Hall of the Scientists’ Club hosted a round table with scientific secretaries of the JINR Dissertation Councils dedicated to organizational issues of independent awarding of scientific degrees. As part of the event’s programme, seven researchers received diplomas on conferring academic degrees.   More in Russian.

Scientists of the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies at JINR investigated the methods based on the Hopfield neural network for tracking simulated events of the SPD experiment by proposing optimization of the energy function parameters of the neural network. The optimization will improve the tracking results taking into account the specifics of the experiment. In addiction, the researchers also examined the applicability of quantum annealing to the SPD tracking problem.   More in Russian.

From 15 to 19 July 2024, the second international conference entitled “Modern Problems of Condensed Matter Theory” is taking place at the Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics. The scientific programme includes discussions of a wide range of important fundamental and applied issues of condensed matter theory. The participants will present reports at the conference; plenary and poster sessions and talks by invited speakers are scheduled.   More in Russian.

From 1 to 5 July 2024, Irkutsk State University (ISU) hosted the 2nd Coordination Workshop on Swift and Multi-Charged Heavy Ions in Radiation Material Science. JINR employees and representatives of Kazakhstan, Russia, Serbia, and South Africa took part in the event. The meeting aimed at discussing the status and prospects for the development of joint research.   More in Russian.

On 11 July, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Israel to the Russian Federation Simona Halperin visited the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. During the meeting with the JINR Directorate, the parties discussed prospects for strengthening cooperation between the Institute and Israel.   More in Russian.

A review of selected scientific results obtained at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research as part of the
Seven-year plan for the development of the Institute (2017–2023) was published.   More in Russian.

On 11-13 July, Mongolia, a Member State of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, celebrates its most important national holiday, Naadam.
The Directorate of the Institute congratulates Mongolian colleagues on the national holiday of Naadam and wishes them and their loved ones health, happiness, and fruitful work at the multinational Institute for the benefit of science and progress!   More in Russian.

On 10 July 2024, the 24th International Baikal Summer School on Physics of Elementary Particles and Astrophysics started. The school will take place in the Bolshye Koty Village (Russia, Irkutsk Region) near the Baikal Biological Station of Irkutsk State University until 17 July.   More in Russian.

From 5 to 17 July, the 36th International Computer School (ICS), organized by the JINR University Centre, is taking place at the Ratmino JINR Resort Hotel. A special feature of this year’s ICS was the educational and methodological seminar on project learning titled “Modelling and education”, which preceded the School and took place on 1-4 July. The event consists of masterclasses for students who plan to become teachers. The mentors are students of the previous International Computer Schools. UC JINR Leading Methodologist, ICS Scientific Leader Petr Shirkov spoke about the event.   More in Russian.

On 8 July, the Hadron Structure and Fundamental Interactions International Conference (HSFI—2024), organized with the participation of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, began in Gatchina, at the Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute of the Kurchatov Institute National Research Centre.   More in Russian.

From 8 to 19 July 2024, the JINR Science and Technology Library invites visitors to the New Book Acquisitions exhibition.   More in Russian.

Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) hosted a meeting to sum up interim results of partnership with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. The event discussed the results of implementation of the quadripartite agreement signed in 2022 by representatives of JINR, FEFU, the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FEB RAS), and the Government of Primorsky Krai. JINR Scientific Leader, RAS Academician Victor Matveev represented the Joint Institute at the meeting. On the same day, Victor Matveev received the title of Honorary Doctor of Far Eastern University.   More in Russian.

As part of the 2024 Russia‘s BRICS chairmanship, the 6th meeting of the BRICS Working Group on Research Infrastructures and Megascience Projects was held. The meeting opened on 1 July in Moscow at the
Kurchatov Institute and continued in Dubna, at the International Conference Centre of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.   More in Russian.

Radiation Physics and Chemistry published an article “Gamma radiation-induced alterations in nanocrystalline titanium nitride (TiN) particles: A structural perspective” by a team of authors from JINR, including Afsun Abiyev from the Laboratory of Neutron Physics, and representatives of Institute of Radiation Problems of Ministry of Science and Education of Azerbaijan, Nuclear Research Department of the Innovation and Digital Development Agency, Composite Materials Scientific Research Centre of Azerbaijan State University of Economics, Institute of Physics of the Ministry of Science and Education of Azerbaijan Republic, and Western Caspian University.   More in Russian.

On 3 July, the second meeting of the JINR-China Joint Coordination Committee on Cooperation was held in Shanghai, co-chaired by Director of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Grigory Trubnikov and Vice Minister of Science and Technology of China Long Teng. The cooperation is carried out under the quadripartite protocol between the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia, the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, and the
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on strengthening cooperation in the field of basic scientific research, signed in March 2023.   More in Russian.

3 July marks the Independence Day of the Republic of Belarus (Republic Day), a Member State of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.   More in Russian.

The Ministry of Investments and Innovations of the Moscow Region annually holds a competition as part of the Social Mortgage programme to provide the most sought-after young scientists and specialists with state support in purchase or construction of housing.   More in Russian.

The JINR Publishing Department has released a book “Garry V. Efimov: celebrating 90th anniversary” by Chief Researcher of the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at JINR Mikhail Ivanov and JINR Chief Scientific Secretary Sergey Nedelko.   More in Russian.

On 1-2 July 2024, Director of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research academician Trubnikov undertook a visit to the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy Of Sciences (ASIPP) in Hefei. During the visit, Grigory Trubnikov met with ASIPP Director General, Professor Song Yuntao to discuss the prospects for enhancing scientific cooperation between the two research centres.   More in Russian.

On 1 July, the conference hall of the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at JINR hosted the opening of the
74th International Conference on Nuclear Physics, “Nucleus-2024: Fundamental problems and applications”. This is the largest annual conference in Russia covering all energy ranges and aspects of modern nuclear physics. Different scientific centres take turns hosting the event each year, with JINR consistently being one of the organizers. This year, the programme committee includes representatives of JINR, Moscow State University, and
Saint Petersburg State University.   More in Russian.

Chinese Physics C published an article “Monte Carlo programs for small-angle Bhabha scattering” by a team of authors from the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics and the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems at JINR and
Dubna State University.   More in Russian.

From 24 to 26 June 2024, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research hosted a three-day intensive, which was attended by high school students from Tomsk. Ten students and three teachers of the Zaozernaya Secondary School № 16 got acquainted with JINR, visited experimental laboratories, listened to lectures given by scientists, actively participated in workshops on nuclear physics, and in discussions of physical phenomena during the experiments demonstration. The visit was organised with the support of JINR Information Center at Tomsk Polytechnic University and the
JINR University Centre.   More in Russian.

The documents were signed on 26 June alongside the 2nd Obninsk NEW International Nuclear Forum. This year’s event is part of the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the launch of the world’s first nuclear power plant.
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On 6–8 June 2024, Euroinvent-2024, the 16th European Exhibition of Creativity and Innovation, took place in Iaşi (Romania). Among winners were researchers of the Laboratory of Neutron Physics at JINR: Inga Zinicovscaia, Dmitrii Grozdov, Nikita Yushin, and Alexandra Peshkova.   More in Russian.

The deadline for submitting applications for the Cyclotrons International School of Accelerator Physics has been extended until 1 July. The event will take place in-person from 25 to 30 August, 2024 in Verbilki Village, Taldom District, Moscow Region. The working language of the school is Russian.   More in Russian.

On 24 June, a literature exhibition will open at the JINR Science and Technology Library to commemorate the 130th birthday of Pyotr L. Kapitsa (1894 – 1984), an outstanding Soviet physicist and a Nobel Prize laureate for his fundamental research in low-temperature physics.   More in Russian.

The journal Physics of Elementary Particles and Atomic Nuclei, Letters, brief name Particles and Nuclei, Letters, publishes the articles with results of the original theoretical, experimental, scientific-technical, methodical and applied research.   More in Russian.

On 24-25 June, the 59th meeting of the Programme Advisory Committee for Condensed Matter Physics will take place at the JINR International Conference Centre. During the meeting, the committee members will discuss the status of JINR research facilities, prospects for the development of current and new projects, and the Institute’s scientific results. As part of the poster session, young scientists will make presentations on research in the field of condensed matter physics.   More in Russian.

On 17 June, the closing ceremony of the Internship for Young Scientists from the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) took place at the JINR International Conference Centre. The internship was organized by the International Innovation Centre for Nanotechnology of the CIS (CIS ICNT) with the support of the Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation of the CIS Member States (IFGS CIS) and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. At the event, the internship participants defended their projects prepared in international scientific groups, and received completion certificates.   More in Russian.

On June 13–14, the 59th meeting of the Programme Advisory Commitee for Nuclear Physics took place in the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. On the first day of the meeting, the PAC members heard the reports on the status and results of research projects currently implemented in JINR’s FLNR, DLNP, LRB, and MLIT. As part of the PAC programme, young scientists participated in the nuclear physics report competition.   More in Russian.

On 14 June, the International Conference Centre of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research hosted the conference “Science cities of Russia: current objectives”, dedicated to the Day of Science Cities of the Moscow region. Representatives of 13 Russian science cities participated in the event. JINR Director Grigory Trubnikov presented the project of the International Innovation Park of Science and Technology, which is planned to be built in Dubna.
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On 13 June, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the
Council for Science and Education at the JINR International Conference Centre. The main issue on the agenda was the formation and implementation of national projects supporting technological sovereignty. Following the meeting of the Council, a decree approving the priority directions for the scientific development of Russia will be signed.
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On 13 June, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the
Council for Science and Education at the JINR International Conference Centre. The main issue on the agenda was the formation and implementation of national projects supporting technological sovereignty. Following the meeting of the Council, a decree approving the priority directions for the scientific development of Russia will be signed.
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We offer to your attention a preprint “Computer Modelling of a New Type Galactic Cosmic Rays Simulator” E7-2023-61 issued by the JINR Publishing Department.
The authors are Ivan Gordeev and Alexander Bugay.   More in Russian.

On 13 June 2024, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin initiated the technological launch of a Megascience Facility in Dubna, Moscow Region, – the superconducting collider of the NICA Accelerator Complex (Nuclotron based Ion Collider fAcility). This crucial stage in the implementation of the NICA Megascience Project marks the beginning of preparations for the physics run of the complex, scheduled for late 2024 – early 2025. Testing is now underway of the power supplies of the collider’s superconducting magnets and the superconducting magnet of the first experimental facility of the complex – MPD (Multi-Purpose Detector). The start of the technological run of the superconducting solenoid, the main unit of the MPD Facility, and the collider brings preparations for the launch of the entire NICA Complex to the finish line.   More in Russian.

The “Mathematical Modelling and Computational Physics—2024” (MMCP 2024) conference will take place in Yerevan, Armenia, on 21–25 October 2024. The event will be organized by the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, the Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory, Yerevan State University, and the
Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia.
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On 12 June, the Russian Federation, a Member State and the location country of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, celebrates the national holiday of the Russian Federation – Day of Russia. Russia is the largest scientific partner of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. JINR cooperates with 190 research centres, universities, industrial companies of Russia from more than 50 Russian cities.
The Directorate of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research congratulates Russian colleagues and partners, as well as their relatives, on the national holiday and wishes them good health, happiness, well-being, luck, and new professional successes for the benefits of science and progress.   More in Russian.

The JINR News bulletin is issued 4 times a year and provides information on new scientific results, obtained at JINR Laboratories, on progress in performance of large-scale experiments, on construction of new installations, about discoveries, inventions, etc. JINR social life is presented extensively.   More in Russian.

We offer to your attention a preprint “Manifestations of the Intermediate Structure in the gamma Decay of Non-Analog Resonances” JINR Publishing Department. The author is Igor Izosimov, the leading researcher of the
Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions at JINR.   More in Russian.

We offer to your attention a preprint “Results of JINR–UNISA Collaboration on Theoretical Study of Josephson Nanostructures” D17-2024-16 issued by the JINR Publishing Department. The authors are Yuri Shukrinov, André Botha.   More in Russian.

On 13–14 June, the 59th Meeting of the Programme Advisory Committee for Nuclear Physics will take place at the JINR Scientists’ Club. During the meeting, the committee members will hear reports on the topics of JINR research activities and the results of experimental work carried out by the Institute’s staff. Young scientists from the
Laboratory of Nuclear Problems at JINR will present their nuclear physics projects and the results achieved.
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From 10 to 28 June 2024, the JINR Science and Technology Library invites visitors to the New Book Acquisitions exhibition.   More in Russian.

In the second half of May 2024, work continued on strengthening JINR–Brazil cooperation. The JINR delegation made an official visit to Brazil to participate in the Autumn Meeting of the Brazilian Physical Society (SBF) on 19-23 May in Florianópolis and in a seminar of the Faculty of Physics of the Federal University of Santa Catarina. On 27-29 May, the delegation visited the institutes of the National Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN). During the visit, the parties outlined many areas of scientific cooperation and laid out plans to sign a memorandum of cooperation.
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On 31 May, the Conference Hall of the Laboratory of High Energy Physics at JINR hosted the
ARIADNA Collaboration Workshop, which focused on the scientific programmes of the organizations supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation to carry out applied research utilising the infrastructure of the NICA Complex.   More in Russian.

On 8–12 July, the International Conference on Hadron Structure and Fundamental Interactions (HSFI-2024), organized with the participation of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, will be held in Gatchina, at the
Konstantinov St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI) of Kurchatov Institute. Registration is available until 15 June 2024.   More in Russian.

On 4–7 June 2024, the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems at JINR will host a working meeting of the Baikal Collaboration in a hybrid format. More than 70 participants of the collaboration, representatives of nine scientific and educational centres from four countries, will discuss the results of the last winter expedition on the construction of the Baikal-GVD Deep Underwater Cubic-Kilometre Neutrino Telescope, the current status of analysis of new and previously accumulated data, modeling software development issues, and immediate plans for the development of the Baikal Neutrino Observatory.   More in Russian.

On 27 May, at the General Meeting of the Division of Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, RAS Academician Grigory Trubnikov, Deputy Head of the Accelerator Department of the Laboratory of High Energy Physics at JINR Anatoly Sidorin, and VBLHEP JINR Acting Director Andrey Butenko received the Academician Veksler Prize, a RAS award given triennially for outstanding work in accelerator physics. The prize was presented to the team for the series of papers titled “Multifunctional complex of heavy ion accelerators”.   More in Russian.

The 28th Summer School for Young Scientists and Specialists (Lipnya-2024), organized by theAssociation of Young Scientists and Specialists of JINR (AYSS JINR), is accepting applications. The event will take place on 19–21 July at the JINR Tourist Resort on Lipnya Island. Young scientists and specialists of JINR and Dubna enterprises under 35 are invited.   More in Russian.

The JINR Annual Report on activities of the Institute in 2023 was published. As of 1 January 2023, the total number of the staff members at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research was 5,070 (without temporary staff members). Joint research was conducted with scientific centres in the Member States, as well as with international and national organizations in other countries, on 42 topics of first priority and one topic of second priority. 49 international scientific conferences and schools were organized and held. More details about activities and results of work of JINR offices and services in 2023 are available in the JINR Annual Report.   More in Russian.

Today, on 2 June, the Italian Republic, an Associate Member of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, celebrates National Day and Republic Day. JINR has kept in touch with Italian physicists since its foundation.
The Directorate of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research congratulates Italian colleagues and partners, as well as their relatives, on Republic Day and wishes them good health, happiness, well-being, luck, and new professional successes for the benefits of science and progress.   More in Russian.

On 8–12 July, the International Conference on Hadron Structure and Fundamental Interactions (HSFI-2024), organized with the participation of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, will be held in Gatchina, at the
Konstantinov St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI) of Kurchatov Institute. Registration is available until 15 June 2024.   More in Russian.

The Innovations and Intellectual Property Department of JINR announces that on 21 May 2024, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research received a certificate of state registration for GCRs Spectra, the program for calculating the spectra of primary particles of galactic cosmic radiation at various levels of solar activity. Author: Ivan Gordeev
(Laboratory of Radiation Biology at JINR).
Congratulations to the author on receiving the state registration certificate!   More in Russian.

The Innovations and Intellectual Property Department of JINR announces that on 17 May 2024, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research received two certificates of state registration for software for the operation of the REGATA Unit of the IBR-2 Research Reactor, designed to conduct research in the field of ecology, materials science, biotechnology, etc.
Congratulations to the authors on receiving state registration!   More in Russian.

A team of authors with JINR participation received the prestigious Galileo Galilei Award 2023 of Physica Medica (European Journal of Medical Physics) for their work “Prediction of DNA rejoining kinetics and cell survival after proton irradiation for V79 cells using Geant4-DNA” as part of the Geant4-DNA International Collaboration.
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On 29 May, the Laboratory of Radiation Biology at JINR invites everyone interested to a seminar “Basic concepts in radiopharmaceuticals application” under the scientific leadership of Evgeny Krasavin, RAS Corresponding Member, chairman of the RAS Scientific Council on Radiobiology. The speaker is Ignacio Hernández González. The event will take place at the LRB Conference Hall at 11:00 AM.   More in Russian.

The results of the competition for the Joint Institute Scholarships for the students and postgraduates of the
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (NRNU MEPhI) in the 2023/2024 academic year were announced.   More in Russian.

On 25-30 August 2024, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research will organize the International School of Accelerator Physics: Cyclotrons for young researchers under 35. Registration is open from 27 May to 24 June via the link. Employees of scientific organizations, students, and graduates of universities are invited to participate.
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Independence Day of the Republic of Azerbaijan has been celebrated in the JINR Member State since the 1990s in honour of the proclamation of independence of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic by the National Council in 1918.
The Directorate of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research congratulates Azerbaijan colleagues and partners, as well as their relatives, on the Independence Day and wishes them good health, happiness, prosperity, luck, and new professional successes for the benefit of science and progress.   More in Russian.

Independence Day of Georgia is a national holiday of the JINR Member State celebrated on 26 May to commemorate the independence achieved by the Republic in 1918.
The Directorate of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research congratulates Georgian colleagues and partners, as well as their relatives, on the national holiday and wishes them good health, happiness, well-being, and new professional successes for the benefit of science and progress.   More in Russian.

Founded in 1970, the review journal Physics of Elementary Particles and Atomic Nuclei, brief name Particles & Nuclei, is published by the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna. This is the most influential physical review journal in Russia.   More in Russian.

The Research.com leading scientific platform has published a list of the best Russian scientists of 2024 in the field of environmental sciences. A researcher of the Sector of Neutron Activation Analysis and Applied Research of the Laboratory of Neutron Physics at JINR Marina Frontasyeva got the fifth place.   More in Russian.

On 20 May, the 17th annual International Internship for Young Scientists and Specialists from the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) started at the JINR International Conference Centre. As part of the internship, which will last until 18 June, participants will get acquainted with the JINR research infrastructure and topics of scientific research at the Institute’s laboratories as well as visit enterprises of the special economic zone and Dubna State University.   More in Russian.

In late April, the second working meeting between JINR and the Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (AANL, YerPhI) took place in Armenia. The event followed the meeting held in Dubna a month ago.   More in Russian.

From 20 May to 7 June 2024, the JINR Science and Technology Library invites visitors to the New Book Acquisitions exhibition.   More in Russian.

From 20 to 24 May, the 22nd International Quarks Seminar on High Energy Physics is taking place in person in Ivanisovo Village (Yaroslavl Region). The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and the
Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences (INR RAS) are organizers of the event. More than 150 researchers from leading scientific centres of the Russian Federation are taking part in the Quarks-2024 Seminar.   More in Russian.

On 17 May, Satbayev Kazakh National Research Technical University (Almaty) hosted the NICA Days 2024 International Workshop in a hybrid format. The event was organized by the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and Satbayev University. Participants reviewed the status of the NICA Megascience Project and discussed the physics programme of the experimental facilities of the accelerator complex: BM@N, MPD, SPD, and ARIADNA. One of the workshop’s objectives was to introduce students, graduates, and young scientists to NICA and encourage their interest in the project.   More in Russian.

The results of the annual survey on social satisfaction of the employees of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research have been analysed. The index of the satisfaction level of JINR employees increased by several per cent compared to the results of last year and amounted to 65.35%.   More in Russian.

Registration for the XXIV Baikal Summer School on Physics of Elementary Particles and Astrophysics, organized by the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and Irkutsk State University, is open. The school will take place from 10 to 17 July 2024 in Bolshie Koty village (Irkutsk Region) on the shore of Lake Baikal.
Applications are submitted until 31 May 2024.   More in Russian.

27 April marks the national Freedom Day of the Republic of South Africa (RSA), an Associate Member of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. The JINR-RSA cooperation, dating back to 1993, has expanded into the associate membership of South Africa in the Joint Institute in 2005 and continues to develop successfully.
The Directorate of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research congratulates South African colleagues and partners, as well as their relatives, on the Freedom Day of the Republic of South Africa and wishes them good health, happiness, well-being, luck, and new professional successes for the benefit of science and progress!
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On 26 April 2024 (Friday), a meeting of the JINR Science and Technology Council will take place at the
JINR International Conference Centre.   More in Russian.

We offer to your attention a preprint “Preliminary Computations for the Pulsed Reactor IBR-4. Basic Composition” P13-2024-7, issued by the JINR Publishing Department. The authors are Yuri Pepelyshev, Alexander Vinogradov, Anatoly Rogov (FLNP JINR), Davaasuren Sumkhuu (FLNP JINR, the Institute of Physics and Technology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar). It is expected that new source will be more stable than the previous one, and will provide the higher density of the thermal neutron flux.   More in Russian.

The Innovations and Intellectual Property Department of JINR announces that on 15 April 2024, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research received a state registration certificate for the data visualisation program for a computer model of an irradiation facility simulating a mixed radiation field at charged particle accelerators.
“Data visualisation program for a computer model of an irradiation facility simulating a mixed radiation field at charged particle accelerators” Author: Ivan Gordeev (LRB JINR)
Congratulations to the author for receiving state registration!   More in Russian.

From 17 to 19 April 2024, employees of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research visited Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University (KFU) and the Federal Research Centre “Kazan Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences” (FRC KazSC RAS). As part of the visit, both organizations confirmed their intentions to develop cooperation with JINR. JINR scientists organized a seminar at the KFU Institute of Physics (IP) for junior and senior students studying physics, radiophysics, nanotechnology, and astronomy.   More in Russian.

From 22 April to 17 May 2024, the JINR Science and Technology Library invites visitors to the New Book Acquisitions exhibition.   More in Russian.

On 22 April, at the Engineering Physics Institute of the Dubna State University, the opening of the
Third All-Russian Conference “Fundamental Physics and Applied Technologies” took place. The event is organized by the Dubna University, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, and enterprises of the innovative territorial cluster of nuclear physics and nanotechnology and the Dubna Special Economic Zone.   More in Russian.

On 19 April, the Cuban Isotope Centre (CENTIS) Deputy Directors Mr. Rolando Agustin Serra Aguila and Mr. Jorge Caridad Cruz Arencibia visited the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. The Isotope Centre is a leading Cuban enterprise for the production and development of radiopharmaceuticals. During the meeting with JINR Deputy Chief Scientific Secretary Alexey Zhemchugov, the delegation discussed issues of developing cooperation in nuclear medicine, medical engineering, radiochemistry, and personnel training. As part of the working programme, the delegation members visited the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, where they learned about the projects of JINR scientists’ in proton therapy and microtomography. In addition, CENTIS representatives got acquainted with the research and experimental equipment of the Laboratory of Radiation Biology.   More in Russian.

Registration for the 13th Conference of Young Scientists and Specialists “Alushta-2024”, organized by AYSS JINR, ends on 21 April. The event will take place from 9 to 16 June 2024 at the Dubna JINR Resort Hotel in Alushta, the Republic of Crimea. The working languages of the conference are English and Russian.   More in Russian.

The JINR Museum of History of Science and Technology has become the organizer of the scientific and practical Conference for schoolchildren “Mendeleev Readings” for the ninth time. Being an annual educational event for curious children, the current readings were held in the anniversary year of the 155th anniversary of D. I. Mendeleev’s Periodic Law.   More in Russian.

On 14 April, an agreement between JINR and the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA) on cooperation in the fields of fundamental science, information technology, innovation, and education was signed in the Directorate of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. According to the document, the JINR—NAS RA Scientific and Technological Centre (JINR—NAS RA STC) will be established in the Academy of Sciences of Armenia.It will aim to maintain contact between scientists and specialists of the republic’s research institutes with JINR, deepening partnerships in the scientific and technical field, in personnel training, and in popularisation of life sciences. The document was signed by JINR Director, RAS Academician Grigory Trubnikov and President of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia Ashot Saghyan.   More in Russian.

Applications for the 13th youth Alushta conference, organized by the Association of Young Scientists and Specialists of JINR (AYSS JINR), are invited. The event will take place from 9 to 16 June 2024 at the Dubna JINR Resort Hotel in Alushta, the Republic of Crimea. This year, the conference is dedicated to modern achievements in medical physics.   More in Russian.

On 4 April, the JINR Information Centre at the headquarters of the Arab Atomic Energy Agency (AAEA) in Tunis hosted a meeting of the Tunisian society of women working in nuclear science, Women in Nuclear Tunisia. This was IC’s first joint scientific event with JINR. In compliance with the agreement with the AAEA leadership, the agenda included a brief presentation of the JINR personnel training programme and a scientific lecture in life sciences. The participants spoke of women in science at JINR, their scientific careers, and plans to participate in special programmes, particularly in the IAEA Lise Meitner Programme.   More in Russian.

From March 25 to 29, 2024, a scientific school for physics teachers was held at JINR. The participants were 23 teachers from Irkutsk, Saratov and Voronezh regions. The teachers’ visit was supported by JINR information centres in Irkutsk and Tomsk. For physics teachers, such events at JINR give an opportunity to get acquainted with modern scientific achievements, research infrastructure, ask scientists questions, and see the life of the science city from inside. The School provides methodological materials, replenishes the pool of useful online resources in daily work, and gives ideas for research projects.   More in Russian.

On 27-28 May, 2024, the Workshop on Mathematical Problems in Quantum Information Technologies (MPQIT) will take place at the Laboratory of Information Technologies at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in a hybrid format. The workshop aims to bring together researchers from the JINR Member States and around the world working on mathematical problems of quantum information science to exchange their experience and research results. The programme committee of the event includes representatives of the leading scientific centres of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Georgia, Egypt, and Russia.   More in Russian.

From 1 to 19 April 2024, the JINR Science and Technology Library invites visitors to the New Book Acquisitions exhibition.   More in Russian.

On 2 April, the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies at JINR hosted a scientific section organized by the Moscow State University Branch in Dubna. The section is part of and titled after the International Conference “Mathematics in Constellation of Sciences” honouring the 85th anniversary of Academician Victor Sadovnichiy.
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The Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters issued an article by researchers from the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at JINR “Temperature dependence of the band gap of completely fluorinated/hydrogenated carbon nanotubes: the role of one-dimensional chains”. The authors are Head of the BLTP Sector of Physics of Nanostructures Vsevolod Katkov and Head of the BLTP Department of Condensed Matter Physics Vladimir Osipov.   More in Russian.

From 22 to 25 April, 2024, the third All-Russian School Conference “Fundamental Physics and Applied Technologies” will take place at the Engineering Physics Institute of the Dubna State University in a hybrid format. The event aims to demonstrate the results of scientific work of students and postgraduates, promote the popularisation of science among youth, and engage talented students in scientific activities.   More in Russian.

On 1 April, a scientific session of Nuclear Physics section of Physics Division of RAS, dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences, began at JINR. The programme of the event covers the main theoretical and experimental aspects of particle physics and related problems of nuclear physics and cosmology. The organizers are the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and the Nuclear Physics Section of the Physical Sciences Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences.   More in Russian.

On 28-29 March 2024, the elections of the Chairman of the Council of the Association of Young Scientists and Specialists took place during an AYSS General Meeting. The meeting was held in a hybrid format in the
Laboratory of Information Technologies and online on Webinar   More in Russian.

On 28 March, representatives of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) and the
Institute of Plasma Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the People’s Republic of China (ASIPP) visited the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.The delegation discussed issues of scientific cooperation and joint participation in international projects with the JINR Directorate. As part of the visit programme, Chinese representatives got acquainted with the progress of work on the construction of the NICA Accelerator Complex.   More in Russian.

We offer to your attention the eleventh issue of the regular NICA Bulletin reviewing the progress of the implementation of the NICA Complex, the JINR international flagship project.   More in Russian.

On 3 April, the Laboratory of Radiation Biology at JINR invites everyone interested to a seminar “Molecular basis of intelligence”. The speaker is Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Chemistry, professor Sergey Varfolomeev. The event will take place at the LRB Conference Hall at 11:30 AM.   More in Russian.

To the employees of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and our partners in the Member States of the Institute and around the world.
Dear colleagues, friends, our honoured veterans!
On behalf of the Institute’s Directorate, I congratulate you on the 68th anniversary of the foundation of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research! On this day, we always pay tribute to the founding fathers of the Institute. They created the scientific schools that are actively developing today, laid the cornerstone for the scientific programme and experimental basis of the Institute, and supported active international cooperation. But their most important heritage is the spirit of selfless devotion to science...   More in Russian.

Scientists from the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies, Arsen Khvedelidze and Astghik Torosyan, published a paper “On the hierarchy of classicality and symmetry of quantum states” in the
“Notes of Scientific Seminars of the St.Petersburg Department of the Steklov Mathematical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences” journal.The work was performed in cooperation with A. Razmadze Mathematical Institute of
Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Institute of Quantum Physics and Engineering Technologies of
Georgian Technical University, and A. I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory.   More in Russian.

In connection with the appalling tragedy, the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall in the Moscow Region, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research is grieving. Our hearts are now with the families of the victims, with all of Russia.
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In connection with the tragic events in Moscow, all celebrations marking the 68th anniversary of the foundation of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in the JINR “Mir” Cultural Centre today are CANCELLED.   More in Russian.

From 22 March to 5 April 2024, the JINR Science and Technology Library and the S&T branch at the
Laboratory of High Energy Physics (building 3, 2nd floor) invite everyone interested to an exhibition celebrating the JINR Foundation Day.   More in Russian.

The journal Physics of Elementary Particles and Atomic Nuclei, Letters, brief name Particles and Nuclei, Letters, publishes the articles with results of the original theoretical, experimental, scientific-technical, methodical and applied research.   More in Russian.

Founded in 1970, the review journal Physics of Elementary Particles and Atomic Nuclei, brief name Particles & Nuclei, is published by the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna. This is the most influential physical review journal in Russia.   More in Russian.

From 18 to 29 March 2024, the JINR Science and Technology Library invites visitors to the New Book Acquisitions exhibition.   More in Russian.

The JINR News bulletin is issued 4 times a year and provides information on new scientific results, obtained at JINR Laboratories, on progress in performance of large-scale experiments, on construction of new installations, about discoveries, inventions, etc. JINR social life is presented extensively.   More in Russian.

We offer you to get acquainted with the report on the work of the Trade Union of JINR in 2023.
 Collective Agreement of JINR for 2023-2026   More in Russian.

The Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research have started accepting applications for the QUARKS-2024 International Seminar. The event will take place on 20-24 May 2024 in Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia.
Applications can be submitted until 12 April 2024 via the link.   More in Russian.

On 11 March, a regular international training programme for administrative and scientific personnel (JEMS-24) began at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. The JEMS programme is designed to provide participants with a broad overview of the various fields of activity of the Joint Institute in the shortest period of time possible – 5 days.
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A researcher at the Laboratory of Information Technologies at JINR Igor Barashenkov and a lecturer at the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics of the University of Cape Town Nora Alexeeva presented the variational method employing the amplitude and width as collective coordinates of the Klein-Gordon oscillon. The method leads to a dynamical system with unstable periodic orbits that blow up when perturbed. The authors propose a multiscale variational approach free from the blowup singularities. An essential feature of the proposed trial function is the inclusion of the third collective variable: a correction for the nonuniform phase growth. In addition to determining the parameters of the oscillon, the authors’ approach detects the onset of its instability. The work was published in 2023 in the Physical Review D journal.   More in Russian.

Happy International Women’s holiday, our beloved, wonderful, smart, and talented employees and colleagues!
I cordially congratulate all female employees of the Institute, all Dubna citizens, as well as the colleagues and partners of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research around the world on 8 March, International Women’s Day!
The sun is what lights up the day, the stars are why the night sky is charming, and women are what makes the Earth beautiful. Let your warm smile shine brighter than all the stars in the sky!
I wish you great inspiration, good health, success, joy, and great achievements and discoveries. May your life be filled with joy, creativity and love!   More in Russian.

On 23 February, applications for participation in the International Conference “Modern Problems of Condensed Matter Theory” are invited. The Сonference will take place at the Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at JINR from 15 to 19 July 2024.   More in Russian.

The event was held on 1 March in Havana under the chairmanship of the Plenipotentiary Representative of Cuba in JINR Dr. Gonzalo Walwyn Salas. The meeting was attended by the heads of several research institutes: Cuban Centre for Advanced Studies (CEA), Institute of Technologies and Applied Sciences (InSTEC),
Centre for Radiation Protection and Hygiene (CPHR), Centre for Technological Applications and Nuclear Development (CEADEN), as well as young scientists.   More in Russian.

The meeting between JINR representatives and a Brazilian delegation confirmed the parties’ interest in cooperation in almost every area of basic and applied research according to the Seven-Year Plan for the Development of JINR in 2024 – 2030. The Brazilian delegation was headed by professor Marcia Barbosa, State Secretary for Policy and Strategic Programmes at the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI). It was noted that the BRICS countries have a potential to collaborate multilaterally at the Institute to enhance national science and technology and train highly skilled human resources. During the visit, guests toured the NICA Accelerator Complex and the IBR-2 Research Reactor.   More in Russian.

3 March marks the Day of Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman yoke of the Republic of Bulgaria, a JINR Member State.
The Institute’s Directorate congratulates Bulgarian colleagues on the Day of Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman yoke and wishes them and their families good health and well-being, successful work, scientific achievements, and discoveries for the benefit of science and progress!   More in Russian.

On 28 February 2024, the Laboratory of Information Technologies at JINR hosted 3-5-year students and teachers of the Department of Automated Systems for Computing Complexes of the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics of Lomonosov Moscow State University accompanied by Senior Researcher of the Laboratory of Computing Complexes Vasily Balashov and Head of the Department Ruslan Smelyansky.   More in Russian.

The Republic of South Africa hosted a three-week RSA-JINR Summer School from 15 January to 2 February 2024. Ten Joint Institute for Nuclear Research delegates visited Cape Town to deliver valuable presentations in different scientific fields.  

On 31 January 2024, only two days after the signing of an agreement to open a new JINR Information Centre in Cape Town, a momentous meeting convened representatives from the Western Cape Educational Department (WCED) and delegates from the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), and the University of the Western Cape at
iThemba LABS. The focal point of discussions was the amplification of educational opportunities available through the Virtual Laboratories project of JINR to be made available to educational institutes of the Western Cape.  

On 29 January 2024, an agreement was signed on the organization of a JINR Information Centre at iThemba LABS, the National Accelerator Centre of the Republic of South Africa. JINR Director Grigory Trubnikov and iThemba LABS Director Makondelele Victor Tshivhase signed the document.  

From 25 to 28 February 2024, the International School on Nuclear Methods and Applied Research in Environmental, Material and Life Sciences (NUMAR-2024), organized by the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and the Agency for Nuclear Energy and Advanced Technologies (AENTA), is taking place in Varadero, the Republic of Cuba. As a part of the school programme, young Latin American scientists along with their professors and supervisors will attend lectures given by leading scientists from JINR and scientific organizations of Cuba and Mexico.   More in Russian.

On 19 February 2024, JINR Director, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Grigory Trubnikov received the diploma and mantle of the Honorary Doctor of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU). The ceremony dedicated to the 125th anniversary of St. Petersburg Polytechnic University took place as part of a grand meeting of the SPbPU Scientific Council.   More in Russian.

The following JINR annual prizes for the best papers in the fields of scientific research, methodology, research and technology, and applied research were awarded by the decision of the 135th session of the JINR Scientific Council that was held in the hybrid format on 15–16 February 2024...   More in Russian.

From 1 to 5 July 2024, the 74th International Conference "Nucleus-2024: Fundamental Problems and Applications" will take place at the Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at JINR. In-person participation is required. Working languages are Russian and English.   More in Russian.

On 13 February, a delegation of the Embassy of the Republic of Sri Lanka in the Russian Federation visited the NICA Accelerator Complex at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Sri Lanka to Russia, Professor Janitha Liyanage, headed the delegation.   More in Russian.

On 15–16 February, the 135th session of the JINR Scientific Council will take place at the JINR International Conference Centre in a hybrid format. Members of SC will hear and discuss a report by JINR Director Grigory Trubnikov, consider recommendations of the JINR Programme Advisory Committees held in January, and elect Deputy Directors of the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems and the Laboratory of Neutron Physics. The decision on awarding JINR annual prizes for the best research works will be made.   More in Russian.

The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna Special economic zone (SEZ “Dubna”), and SEZ “Dubna” Fund invite schoolchildren of Moscow Region to participate in the “Ideas of the Future” project competition.
The competition includes two age groups: schoolchildren from 5th to 7th grade and from 8th to 11th grade.
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From 12 to 16 February, the Joint Institute is hosting the Nuclear Theory and Astrophysical Applications (NTAA 24) school, organized by the Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics. As part of the event programme, participants – students from leading universities in 16 cities of the Russian Federation – will listen to lectures, make presentations, and visit the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions at JINR with an excursion.   More in Russian.

On 11 February 2024, for the ninth time, the world celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science adopted by the United Nations. The Joint Institute supports this initiative. We believe that greater inclusion of women will give a new impetus to the development of science, technology, and innovation.   More in Russian.

The JINR Scientific Information Department published the review of topmost scientific results obtained in 2023 at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.   More in Russian.

Dear friends, employees of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, veterans and youth, our colleagues in the Member States and partners in the leading scientific centres of the world!
Today we are celebrating the Russian Science Day. This holiday is special, and it is twice as important to Dubna. After all, science is the very reason our city exists!
From the bottom of my heart, I congratulate all my fellow scientists and all residents of our city on the wonderful holiday, the Science Day! I wish you health, good luck, and a lot of creative endeavors!
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From 8 to 22 February, the JINR Science and Technology Library invites visitors to an exhibition marking the Russian Science Day. This year, the exhibition is dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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During celebrations to mark the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Russian Academy of Sciences, several leading JINR scientists, Academicians and Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences have been awarded high State Prizes of the Russian Federation for their scientific contributions.
We congratulate the awardees, wish them good health, success in all their endeavors, and new achievements for the benefit of science and the development of scientific and technological cooperation!   More in Russian.

The START (STudent Advanced Research Training) programme invites students and postgraduates to join the research conducted at JINR and supervised by the leading scientists and engineers. Applications for the Summer Session 2024 are accepted at start.jinr.ru until 28 March 2024.   More in Russian.

Founded in 1970, the review journal Physics of Elementary Particles and Atomic Nuclei, brief name Particles & Nuclei, is published by the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna. This is the most influential physical review journal in Russia.   More in Russian.

Yesterday, on 29 January, JINR Director Grigory Trubnikov and iThemba LABS Director Makondelele Victor Tshivhase signed an agreement on the establishment of a JINR Information Centre at iThemba LABS, the national accelerator centre of the South African Republic.   More in Russian.

The JINR University Centre announces the start of registration for Wave 10 of the INTEREST programme, which will take place on 26 February – 14 April 2024.
Registration is available from 29 January to 16 February 2024.   More in Russian.

The Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics JINR, the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT, Egypt), and the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA) invite to take part in the 30th International Seminar on Interaction of Neutrons with Nuclei: Fundamental Interactions & Neutrons, Nuclear Structure, Ultracold Neutrons, Related Topics (ISINN-30).   More in Russian.

From January 22 to 27, the XXXI International Conference "Mathematics. Computer. Education" is being held at the State University "Dubna". The United Institute is traditionally one of its organizers. Speakers at the event are employees of three laboratories of the Institute.
The main objective of the Conference is to provide a platform for constructive dialogue between professionals in various fields of knowledge – from pure mathematical theory to application of mathematical models and information technology in scientific research and education.
The conference participants were greeted by the JINR scientific director, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Viktor Matveev, the MLIT JINR scientific director Vladimir Korenkov, the chairman of the organizing committee of the conference MCE, prof. of Moscow State M.V. Lomonosov University Galina Riznichenko, head of the Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Andrey Rubin and the аcting Rector of the University "Dubna" Andrey Denikin.  More in Russian

We offer to your attention a preprint “The search for spontaneous fission from the ²⁵⁰No isomeric state via prompt neutron multiplicity distribution analysis” E7-2023-61 issued by the JINR Publishing Department. The authors are Roman Mukhin et al.   More in Russian.

The journal Physics of Elementary Particles and Atomic Nuclei, Letters, brief name Particles and Nuclei, Letters, publishes the articles with results of the original theoretical, experimental, scientific-technical, methodical and applied research.   More in Russian.

On Monday, 22 January 2024, the 59th regular meeting of the JINR Programme Advisory Committee for Particle Physics will take place at the JINR International Conference Centre. During the workday, members of the Committee will consider reports on the progress of ongoing projects, as well as proposals for launching new ones and extending completed ones. The Committee members will consider reports on the scientific results of some (mainly external) JINR projects in the field of particle physics.   More in Russian.

The JINR News bulletin is issued 4 times a year and provides information on new scientific results, obtained at JINR Laboratories, on progress in performance of large-scale experiments, on construction of new installations, about discoveries, inventions, etc. JINR social life is presented extensively.   More in Russian.

On 17 January 2024, Sergey Nikolaevich Dmitriev, professor, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Vice-Director of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, is celebrating his 70th birthday.
The Directorate of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research congratulates Sergey N. on his 70th birthday and wishes him good health, success in his work, happiness, and prosperity!   More in Russian.

We offer to your attention a paper “Dynamic polaron model for studying process of electron hydration” published in the Physics of Elementary Particles and Atomic Nuclei journal. The authors are Viktor Lakhno (IMPB RAS), Ilkizar Amirkhanov (MLIT JINR), Alina Volokhova, Elena Zemlyanaya (MLIT JINR, Dubna State University), Igor Puzynin, Taisiya Puzynina, Viktor Rikhvitsky (MLIT JINR), Maxim Bashashin (MLIT JINR, Dubna State University). A review of studies of the process of electron hydration based on the approach developed by the authors in the framework of the dynamic polaron model is presented in this paper.   More in Russian.

We offer to your attention a study “On scattering of massive neutral lepton on nucleus” published in the Physics of Elementary Particles and Atomic Nuclei journal. The author is Vadim Bednyakov (DLNP JINR). A theoretical approach to the description of the relativistic scattering of a massive (neutral) lepton on a nucleus, in which the latter retains its integrity, is presented in this paper.   More in Russian.

On 9 January, applications for participation in the International Summer School for Physics Teachers, organized by the JINR University Centre.   More in Russian.

On 15 January, Dezsõ Kiss was born (15.01.1929 – 24.06.2001). He was the third JINR Director, Academician of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, one of the pioneers of Hungarian experimental nuclear physics and elementary particle physics.   More in Russian.

The JINR Publishing Department has released a book “Physics of solid-state photomultiplier tubes” written on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the author’s scientific work in the field of development of semiconductor avalanche photodetectors.   More in Russian.

1 January marks the Day of the Establishment of the Slovak Republic, a Member State of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. Slovakia (earlier as part of CSSR, and since 1993 as an independent state) has participated in JINR activities since its foundation.
The Institute’s Directorate congratulates Slovak colleagues on the Day of the Establishment of the Slovak Republic and wishes them and their families good health and well-being, successful work, scientific achievements, and discoveries for the benefit of science and progress!   More in Russian.

On 1 January, the Republic of Cuba, a JINR Member State, celebrates the main national holiday – Liberation Day.
The Institute’s Directorate congratulates Cuban colleagues and partners on Liberation Day and wishes them and their families good health, happiness, well-being, luck, and new professional successes for the benefit of science and progress!   More in Russian.

Dear colleagues, friends! The year 2022 will definitely go down in history books. Our life has become anxious, turbulent, but we have overcome all the challenges and adversities with dignity...
Dear friends, may you have this happiness! And may the year bring us happy amazing discoveries!
Happy New Year 2024! More in Russian.