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The main materials of the issue (No 39 of 10.10.24):

Minister of Science and Technology of Vietnam visits JINR
At the end of September, a delegation from Vietnam headed by Minister of Science and Technology of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Huynh Thanh Dat visited JINR. The key topics of discussion were the training of personnel for the scheduled research reactor in Vietnam, the involvement of Vietnamese employees in basic JINR projects and the Institute's support for the project to develop an accelerator complex in Hanoi.

Converging point of the scientific community
In summer, the Bogolyubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics hosted the International Conference "Supersymmetries and Quantum Symmetries" (SQS'24).

Project of new Vietnam Accelerator Complex discussed at JINR
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.

Quantum Biology. What is it?
As far as I remember, the question "what is it?" was asked when the effect of low doses of radiation after the Chernobyl accident was discovered. They joked about it for a long time until they figured out the mechanism of action that is different from direct damage to the cell genome...