On 17 and 21 March, an extraordinary meeting of the Plenipotentiary Representatives of the Governments of the JINR Member States was held. At the CP JINR session, the Statement on the necessity to preserve the unity of the Institute and international scientific partnership was adopted.   More in Russian.

This page contains official information of the Directorate of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research on the current situation.   More in Russian.

The JINR Publishing Department has published a new book by Gennady Timoshenko “Radiation protection of high energy accelerators”.   More in Russian.

The session of the Committee of Plenipotentiary Representatives of the Governments of the JINR Member States was held on 25 May in Dubna. The session chaired by Professor Florin-Dorian Buzatu (Romania) had a mixed format. Director of the Joint Institute RAS Academician Grigory Trubnikov welcomed participants of the CP session, among whom there were representatives of the governments of Azerbaijan, Belarus, Cuba, Georgia, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Romania, and Russia.   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.

The Independence Day of Georgia is a national holiday of Georgia celebrated on 26 May in memory of the independence of the republic in 1918.   More in Russian.

The JINR Publishing Department has published the proceedings of the XXVIII International Seminar on Interactions of Neutrons with Nuclei (ISINN-28). The seminar took place in Dubna on 24 – 28 May 2021.   More in Russian.

Staff members of the FLNP JINR Group of Neutron Activation Analysis have started a new stage of works within the agreement with the Interregional Scientific and Restoration Art Department (MNRHU JSC). This time, the objects of their investigation are frescoes of the Trinity Cathedral of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad.
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We kindly invite you to the anniversary joint JINR seminar dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the
Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions. The seminar will take place this Thursday, 26 May, at 4:00 PM in the
BLTP Conference Hall.   More in Russian.

On 17 May 2022, the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies conducted a seminar “Big Data Analytics and Supercomputer Technologies Worldwide” for students from 15 branches of
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (PRUE). Representatives from different regions of Russia, as well as from Belarus, Armenia, Uzbekistan, and Mongolia, visited Dubna within the project-educational intensive course “PRUE Leaders”.   More in Russian.

On 6 – 8 July, the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies JINR will host the
6th international workshop DLCP-2022. The workshop will be held in a mixed format. The poster section will be held on site only.   More in Russian.

On 1 – 3 June 2022, all interested are kindly invited to participate in Days of Physics – 2022 that will be held in the Lyceum named after V. G. Kadyshevsky (3, Blokhintsev str.)   More in Russian.

On 25 May, the JINR International Conference Hall will host a regular session of the Committee of Plenipotentiaries of the Governments of the JINR Member States in a hybrid format. Representatives of Azerbaijan, Belarus, Cuba, Georgia, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Romania, and Russia will arrive in Dubna for participation.
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The event took place in a hybrid offline-online format. Representatives of Azerbaijan, Cuba, Georgia, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Mongolia, and Russia gathered in the International Conference Hall of JINR at a regular meeting. Representatives of other JINR Member States joined the meeting in a remote format.   More in Russian.

In a science project, it is important not only to get data, but also to be able to process it. The team of the
Laboratory of Information Technologies JINR has developed a data management system for the UN environmental project UNECE ICP Vegetation coordinated by the Laboratory of Neutron Physics JINR. The system was created to simplify typical data operations, but over time it has grown into a complete environmental monitoring platform. Alexander Uzhinsky, a leading programmer of the Laboratory, speaks about the LIT JINR system for the UN programme.   More in Russian.

20 May marks the 65th anniversary since the foundation of one of the oldest laboratories of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. Over the years, the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions has come a long way, its discoveries and achievements have always been the pride and glory of the Joint Institute being recognised worldwide.
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On Monday, 23 May, on the eve of the session of the Committee of Plenipotentiary Representatives of the Governments of the JINR Member States, a regular meeting of the Finance Committee will be held.   More in Russian.

JINR has received the patent for a device for resonance charge of capacitor. The authors of the work are Sergey Dolya and Victor Smirnov. A bright patent in 2020 reserved the rights to a similar device. This time, changes made to the device design allow the authors to fully reserve the invention from copying. The modified device design allows obtaining only negative but higher voltage.   More in Russian.

On 18 May 2022, Gatchina hosted a joint meeting of the boards of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus, and the State Committee on Science and Technology (SCST) of the Republic of Belarus. JINR Director RAS Academician Grigory Trubnikov took part in the meeting.   More in Russian.

The JINR University Centre announces the start of registration for Wave 7 of the INTEREST programme. Registration will be available until 30 May 2022.
The list of JINR scientific programmes of Wave 7 is available via the link.   More in Russian.

The Association of Young Scientists and Specialists of JINR launches a series of seminars that will be held in the hall of the JINR Scientists’ Club (6, Joliot-Curie street, left side) on Thursdays at 4:00 PM.   More in Russian.

Registration is open for the international scientific workshop dedicated to 20th anniversary of JINR participation in Dimuon Physics Programme within the CMS experiment at the LHC (Dimuons at the LHC), which will be held on 23 – 24 June.   More in Russian.

Registration is open for the Moscow International School of Physics-2022. The event will take place from 24 July to 2 August 2022 in the JINR International Conference Hall.   More in Russian.

The agreement on the establishment of the Information Centre of the Joint Institute at the
Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) was signed on 13 May 2022 in Dubna. At the meeting of JINR Director RAS Academician Grigory Trubnikov with FEFU Rector Boris Korobets and Director of the Information Centre at FEFU Alexandra Reguzova, participants discussed the possibilities of the Information Centre in Vladivostok and plans for its development.   More in Russian.

We offer to your attention an article “Simulation and Analysis of Fine Structure Properties in Mass Distributions of Nuclear Reaction Products by Deep Learning Methods” published in the JINR News bulletin. The authors are G.A. Ososkov, Yu.V. Pyatkov, M.O. Rudenko.   More in Russian.

On 29 April, 2022, a two-week training for 2nd and 3rd year students of the Institute of High Technologies and Advanced Materials of the Far Eastern Federal University at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research came to its end.   More in Russian.

We would like to inform you that the JINR Summer Student Programme has started its work under the new name – START: STudent Advanced Research Training at JINR. The website students.jinr.ru has been updated. The Programme facilitates the process of searching for talented young specialists for interested JINR staff members. As a result, the young people are invited to do a part-time internship at the Institute.   More in Russian.

On 5 May 2022, the Laboratory of Radiation Biology JINR hosted an online biophysical seminar. Students, postgraduates, and young specialists of the Department of Biophysics of Dubna State University presented their scientific projects at the seminar.   More in Russian.

Dear veterans, dear employees of the Institute, all your loved ones and families, citizens of Dubna! We cordially congratulate you on the Great Holiday — Victory Day! 77 years ago, the good news of the victory over fascism was announced to the world.   More in Russian.

On 4 – 6 May 2022, the Natural Science School took place on the platform of the JINR Information Centre based at Vitus Bering Kamchatka State University (KamGU). The School covered a broad range of scientific directions of the Institute.There were about 300 participants of the Natural Science School, including 15 teachers and lecturers, about 80 students, and 200 schoolchildren from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Yelizovo, and Vilyuchinsk.   More in Russian.

Subsequent to the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 251 as of 04.05.2022
“On presenting state awards of the Russian Federation”, Director of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Grigory Trubnikov was awarded the Order of Friendship for his great contribution to the development of science and many years of conscientious work.
The JINR multinational team congratulates Grigory Vladimirovich on receiving the high state award!
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We offer to your attention a preprint “Estimation of the Yield and Angular Distribution of Neutrons for Calculating the Biological Protection of Reconstructed Heavy Ion Accelerators with Energies from 1 to 6 MeV/nucleon” Р9-2022-10 published by the JINR Publishing Department. The authors are Teterev Yu. G. et al.   More in Russian.

We offer to your attention a preprint “Enhancement of Experiment Control in the Sonix+ Software Package” P10-2022-4 published by the JINR Publishing Department. The authors are Kirilov A. S., Truntova L. A.   More in Russian.

On 4 May 2022, the JINR Information Centre was opened on the basis of Vitus Bering Kamchatka State University in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The working programme started with a meeting of the JINR delegation headed by Chief Scientific Secretary Sergey Nedelko with the Deputy Chair of the Government of the Kamchatka region Alexandra Lebedeva, KamGU Acting Rector Evgeny Merkulov, as well as heads of the Institute of Cosmophysical Research and Radio Wave Propagation FEB RAS, the Kamchatka branch of the Geophysical Service of the FEB RAS, and the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology FEB RAS.   More in Russian.

Interim Spokesperson of the MPD Collaboration Victor Riabov talks about milestones of the
three-day Collaboration Meeting of the MPD Experiment at the NICA Facility. The meeting took place at the
Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics on 25-27 April 2022.   More in Russian.

On 29 April 2022, a JINR delegation headed by Grigory Trubnikov and represented by Sergey Dmitriev, Boris Gikal, Grigory Shirkov, and Sergey Yakovenko visited NIIEFA, St. Petersburg. The goal of the visit was to sign an agreement on the development and production of an accelerator complex based on the MSC-230 superconducting cyclotron for proton radiation therapy of oncological diseases.   More in Russian.

Today, the Republic of Poland, a JINR Member State, celebrates Constitution Day. In the national calendar, this date commemorates 3 May 1791, the declaration day of the first constitution in modern Europe adopted in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.   More in Russian.

On 28 April 2022, the Workshop “Computational biology and physics” was held, at which issues of scientific cooperation between the Laboratory of Radiation Biology JINR, the Laboratory of Information Technologies JINR, and scientific organisations of Serbia were discussed.   More in Russian.

On 26 April, the opening of the palliative care unit took place in the Dubna Medical Unit No.9 of the FMBA of Russia. The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research took an active part in the creation of that unit helping with repairs and room equipment. JINR Scientific Leader Academician Victor Matveev, as well as a number of representatives of the Institute’s management, took part in the opening ceremony.   More in Russian.

Registration for the Workshop “Element 105” has opened that will be held from 16 to 26 July 2022 in the frames of the Summer School (earlier the School “Russian Journalist”) in the “Volga” recreation centre not far from Dubna. Students, postgraduates, and graduates of courses in natural sciences and engineering aged 18 – 25: physicists, biologists, radiobiologists, programmers, electronics engineers, and engineers are invited to take part in the event.
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Radiation geneticists of the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems JINR have compared two different approaches to the evaluation of genetic consequences in the offspring of irradiated parents. It has revealed that results of classical analysis of inherited radiation induced mutations in individual genes can be obtained much faster and more fully using next-generation genome-wide sequencing. The results of this comparative analysis were presented at the seminar “From genetic research to next-generation genome-wide sequencing in radiation genetics” on 20 April.
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This week, the Republic of Kazakhstan is hosting the International Workshop on Nuclear and Particle Physics. It was organised by the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and the Institute of Nuclear Physics (INP) of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan.   More in Russian.

27 April marks the Freedom Day of the Republic of South Africa (RSA), an Associate Member of the Joint Institute. The JINR-RSA cooperation, which started from exchanging the first scientific visits in 1993, has expanded into the associate membership of South Africa in the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in 2005. Joint work with the RSA is currently being conducted on 17 topics of the JINR Topical Plan dealing with each of the research main areas at the Institute.   More in Russian.

On Thursday, 28 April, the Workshop “Computational biology and physics” will be held. The event will take place offline in room 310 of the Laboratory of Information Technologies JINR and online on the Webex platform. Th Workshop will start at 9:50 AM.   More in Russian.

From 25 to 27 April, the Laboratory of High Energy Physics JINR is hosting the ninth Collaboration Meeting of the MPD Experiment at the NICA Facility. Participants are discussing the progress in the fulfillment of the NICA project and the MPD detector.   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.

Today, the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics JINR has launched the 5th International Conference “Condensed Matter Research at the IBR-2” (CMR@IBR-2). Participants are discussing the IBR-2 pulsed reactor, plans for its upgrade, as well as a range of research conducted at the facility.   More in Russian.

Scientists from the Sector of Molecular Genetics of the Cell of the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems JINR investigate the impact of the special protein of tardigrades, which protects these unique creatures from radiation, on model organisms, a fruit fly and human cultured cells. Further, investigations of this kind may facilitate the development of effective methods to protect living beings, including humans, from ionizing radiation.   More in Russian.

On 21 April 2022, the JINR Scientists’ Club hosted a meeting of national experts in scientific diplomacy with the participation of JINR Director G. V. Trubnikov. The Sofia Declaration of the Committee of Plenipotentiaries of the Governments of the JINR Member States has recorded the strengthening role of JINR as a unique integration platform for the development of modern tools in the fields of scientific diplomacy, scientific enlightenment, and cross-cultural exchange.   More in Russian.

On Monday, 25 April, a three-day Collaboration Meeting of the MPD Experiment at the NICA Facility will start. The ninth event of the series will be held in the hybrid format: online and offline in the Laboratory of High Energy Physics JINR.   More in Russian.

Regular Baikal expedition to construct the Baikal-GVD, a cubic-kilometre deep underwater neutrino telescope, completed.   More in Russian.

From 25 to 29 April 2022, the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna will hold the International Conference “Condensed Matter Research at the IBR-2”.   More in Russian.

On 19 April, a meeting of the Council for Social and Infrastructure Projects for the Development of JINR was held. Tatyana Balueva, an employee of the Department of Sociology and Humanities of the State University “Dubna”, presented to the Council members the main results of a sociological survey on social satisfaction of JINR employees. The sociologist based her conclusions on the results of the survey among the JINR staff, in which slightly more than 500 employees agreed to participate at the end of December 2021 mainly through an online form.   More in Russian.

20 April 2022 marks the 80th anniversary of RAS Corresponding Member Evgeny Aleksandrovich Krasavin, an outstanding radiobiologist, Chairman of the RAS Scientific Council on Radiobiology, Scientific Leader of the Laboratory of Radiation Biology JINR.   More in Russian.

On 18 April, a delegation of the South Ural State University (SUSU) headed by Rector Alexander Shestakov got acquainted with the infrastructure of MLIT and LRB. The delegation also included SUSU Vice-Rector Leonid Sokolinsky, General Director of PAPILON Systems LLC Pavel Zaitsev, and Technical Director of LLC TRIDIVI Andrey Valik. At the meeting of the delegation and JINR Director RAS Academician Grigory Trubnikov, the parties discussed the application of machine learning in interdisciplinary studies, as well as the creation of applied parallel applications and software programs.   More in Russian.

On 18 April, 2022, a two-week training at JINR started for 2- and 3-year physics students of the Institute of High Technologies and Advanced Materials of the Far Eastern Federal University.   More in Russian.

On 18 April, a one-day International Symposium on Problems of Simulation of Biomolecular Complexes and Interaction with Materials Nanoparticles was held at the Yerevan State University in connection with the
recent opening of the JINR Information Centre in Yerevan. Among other things, the Centre aims to activate scientific contacts.   More in Russian.

On 20 April (Wednesday) 2022, the meeting of the JINR Science and Technology Council will be held in the International Conference Hall. The beginning of the meeting is set at 4:00 PM.   More in Russian.

On 15 April, during their visit to Yerevan, JINR Director RAS Academician Grigory Trubnikov and Scientific Leader of the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions RAS Academician Yuri Oganessian were welcomed by Prime Minister of the JINR Member State Armenia Nikol Pashinyan.   More in Russian.

On 15 April, the Laboratory of High Energy Physics JINR celebrated the 65th anniversary of the Synchrophasotron’s launch. Leading scientists of the Laboratory presented a number of reports at the seminar. Speakers talked about the construction history of this breakthrough for its time machine from the construction phase to the present days when the torch of time was passed to the Nuclotron. It was based on the Synchrophasotron and became the basis for the creation of the NICA complex.   More in Russian.

The Central Bank of Armenia has introduced a commemorative coin dedicated to the chemical element oganesson (Og) since 14 April 2022. The coin is made of silver and its nominal value is 1,000 drams. The issue of 500 coins has been minted by the Polish Mint.The coin weighs 33.6 grams and has a diameter of 40 mm. The obverse portrays the chemical element oganesson (Og) and the JINR emblem. The reverse displays a sculptural portrait of Academician Yuri Tsolakovich Oganessian (sculptor – Gh. Chubaryan, 1979). The author of the design is Vardan Vardanyan.
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A JINR Information Centre was opened on the platform of the Yerevan State University (YSU) and the
A. Alikhanyan National Laboratory. On 15 April, representatives of JINR, YSU, and the A. Alikhanyan National Laboratory signed an agreement on the Centre’s opening during the visit of the delegation of the Joint Institute headed by JINR Director Grigory Trubnikov to Yerevan.   More in Russian.

In April of the current year, two remarkable anniversaries were celebrated at JINR at once:
65 years since the launch of the Synchrophasotron and 110 years since the birth of Leonid Petrovich Zinoviev, one of the developers of the Synchrophasotron, a colleague of the outstanding physicists A. I. Leipunsky and V. I. Veksler.   More in Russian.

In early April, the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies hosted students of the
Economic Lyceum of Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (PRUE), and on 12 April, the Laboratory held a seminar “Distributed Computing and Big Data Analytics” for students of the “Data Science” interfaculty group of PRUE.   More in Russian.

From 14 to 16 April, a delegation of the Joint Institute headed by JINR Director RAS Academician Grigory Trubnikov visits the Republic of Armenia by invitation of the National Academy of Sciences of the country (NAS RA). Institute’s representatives took part in the extended meeting of the Presidium of NAS RA on the issues of cooperation between scientific centres of the Republic of Armenia and JINR. A number of working meetings took place within the framework of the visit’s programme.   More in Russian.

Today is a special day for the Joint Institute. On 14 April, we congratulate Yuri Tsolakovich Oganessian on his birthday. He is our pride, living legend, discoverer of heavy elements of the Periodic Table, one of which – element 118 – was named after the scientist. Last year, Yuri Tsolakovich became one of the two laureates of the UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev International Prize for his significant contribution to the development of basic sciences.
The team of the Joint Institute congratulates Yuri Tsolakovich on his birthday and wishes him good health, new scientific discoveries and achievements!   More in Russian.

On 12 April, the historical and scientific seminar dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the legendary Dubna Synchrophasotron was held in the Museum of History of Science and Technology of JINR.   More in Russian.

On Friday, 15 April, the Laboratory of High Energy Physics invites to a seminar dedicated to the
65th anniversary of the launch of the Synchrophasotron.   More in Russian.

A regular expedition on the construction of the Baikal-GVD deep-underwater neutrino telescope is close to completion. Acoustic modems have been delivered to the lake.   More in Russian.

On 12 April, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research pays tribute to Venedikt Petrovich Dzhelepov who is one of its founders, an outstanding physicist, science organiser, and the first director of the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems JINR.
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Scientists of the Laboratory of Neutron Physics in cooperation with the Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology in Moldova, a JINR Member State, have studied how silver nanoparticles behave in organisms of animals and the way they effect the state of animal organisms.   More in Russian.

On 16 April, a senior researcher of DLNP JINR Mark Shirchenko and a researcher of LRB JINR Yuri Severyukhin will perform within a lecture series dedicated to space in Zaryadye Park. The event will be held on 12 – 16 April as part of the week dedicated to Cosmonautics Day.   More in Russian.

The University “Dubna” and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research have announced a competition for the participation in the next session of the VI Summer School “Physics. Mathematics. IT”. The Summer School will be held from 29 June to 9 July 2022 in the State University “Dubna”.   More in Russian.

The Museum of History of Science and Technology of JINR invites to a historical and scientific seminar “Synchrophasotron turns 65”. The event will take place on 12 April at 5:00 PM.   More in Russian.

On 5 – 6 April, representatives of the Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov (Arkhangelsk) visited the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. The main purpose of the delegation’s visit was to search for new directions for expanding cooperation with JINR in connection with the recent opening of the JINR Information Centre at NArFU. A number of discussions on existing joint projects took place in JINR laboratories as well as a meeting with the JINR Directorate.   More in Russian.

On 24 March, a Practice for students and young scientists from the Arab Republic of Egypt at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, the first International Student Practice organised by the JINR University Centre after a break caused by pandemic restrictions, was concluded.   More in Russian.

Attention to science increased during the pandemic and supported by the Year of Science and Technology in Russia resulted in many new solutions, events, and cooperation forms. The International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development takes up this baton. Two months ago, a new format of scientific news discussion appeared at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. It is the BLTP Journal Club. Six meetings were held online.
On 21 March, there was the first in-person meeting.   More in Russian.

On the first day of April, the third commissioning cycle at the NICA injection complex was completed. The run has become the longest in the history of the complex. Scientists have managed to fulfil a wide range of technological tasks.
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The Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics JINR and the University “Dubna” closely cooperate in the fields of training young engineering staff for one of the basic facilities of JINR – the IBR-2M pulsed reactor of periodic operation.
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Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions invites to a seminar scheduled for today, 6 April, at 11:00 AM, at which FIAN doctoral candidate, Candidate of Physics and Mathematics Tan Naing Soe will make a report “Methods for search and investigation of heavy and superheavy nucleus tracks of galactic cosmic rays based on results of olivine measurements from meteorites”.   More in Russian.

In 2022, JINR and Kamchatka State University named after Vitus Bering have started active joint work through the JINR Information Centre established and opened at the University in October 2021.   More in Russian.

On 1 April, an exhibition of works by a Slovak artist Maria Bali “Symbiosis” opened in the
JINR Cultural Centre “Mir”. It exhibits Russian north watercolour landscapes: views of the White Sea coast, landscapes of Murmansk, Arkhangelsk regions and Karelia.   More in Russian.

The 16th International Conference “Parallel Computational Technologies” (PCT’2022) took place in the the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies JINR. Moscow, Chelyabinsk, Volgograd, Perm, Nizhny Novgorod, Arkhangelsk, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Ufa, Taganrog, Kaliningrad, Kazan – this is not a complete list of cities where participants of the conference came from or took part online.   More in Russian.

On 23 and 25 March, JINR staff members Semen Gurskiy and Elena Badawy took part in the English Language Week in the Physics and Mathematics Lyceum named after Academician V. G. Kadyshevsky. The lectures in English on the history of the Joint Institute and the development of nuclear research in our country, as well as on the treatment of oncological diseases by proton therapy were presented to 7-10 grade students.   More in Russian.

The Association of Young Scientists and Specialists (AYSS) of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research is holding the annual scientific conference of young scientists and specialists “Alushta-XI” on 5-12 June 2022.   More in Russian.

On 29 March 2022, the elections of the Chairman of the AYSS Council were held in room 310 of the Laboratory of Information Technologies. According to the agenda, prior to the elections Chairman of the Association Nikolay Voytishin made a report on the AYSS activities in 2021 – 2022.   More in Russian.

On 25 – 27 March 2022, visits to the interactive exhibition “JINR Basic Facilities” located in the Culture Centre “Mir” were organised for Dubna citizens. The events were dedicated to the 66th anniversary of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. This way the Institute invited everyone to get to know its history and celebrate its holiday with the city. Within three days, about 300 visitors attended the exhibition.   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. Issue #2 2022   More in Russian.

We offer to your attention a preprint “Extrapolation of the Energy of the Lowest States in the Superheavy Even-Even Nuclei” P6-2021-53 published by the JINR Publishing Department. The authors are A. D. Efimov, I. N. Izosimov.   More in Russian.

On 29 – 31 March, the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies is hosting the
16th international scientific conference "Parallel Computational Technologies (PCT) 2022" aimed to develop and employ parallel computing technologies and machine learning in various areas of science and technology.  
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Scientific Leader of the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions JINR RAS Academician Yuri Oganessian made a report “On the way to the synthesis of element 120” on 24 March at the joint laboratory seminar.   More in Russian.

Since February 2022, the Club of Future Scientists at the Museum of History of Science and Technology of JINR has been implementing a new project “Classroom lessons in the museum” or rather in the Classroom Laboratory.  
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On 25 March, a festive meeting was held in the JINR Scientists’ Club dedicated to the Foundation Day of the Joint Institute. Participants summed up the results of the previous, jubilee year of JINR. Governmental and industrial awards were presented to Institute’s employees, and grants for Dubna teachers were awarded.   More in Russian.

On 24 March, a musical evening “Happy Birthday, our beloved Institute!” dedicated to the JINR Foundation Day for JINR employees and their family members was held in the JINR Universal Public Library. One more event of the JINR Women’s Committee turned out to be bright, life affirming, full of much more people than organisers expected.  
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We are glad to invite you to a meeting of the Association of Young Scientists and Specialists of JINR, which will be held on 29 March 2022 in room 310 of the Laboratory of Information Technologies and online. The event will start at 11:00 AM. Link to join online
Link to vote via online form* *Please note that online voting will be open after the nomination of the candidate for the chairman of AYSS and will be available for 24 hours.   More in Russian.

On 24 March 2022, the Laboratory of Radiation Biology JINR hosted the ceremonial commissioning of the SARRP (Small Animal Radiation Research Platform) X-ray irradiation facility manufactured by Xstrahl (Great Britain) and designed for radiobiological studies on small laboratory animals.   More in Russian.

On 29 – 31 March, the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies will host the 16th international scientific conference "Parallel Computational Technologies (PCT) 2022", which is aimed to develop and employ parallel computing technologies and machine learning in versatile areas of science and technology.   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. Download PDF №1 2022   More in Russian.

On 26 March 1956, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, an international intergovernmental scientific centre, was established in Dubna. Painstaking labour of scientists and laboratories from all over the world has resulted in decades of successful work. On yet another birthday of the Institute, I would like to thank the multinational strong team of the Institute, JINR veterans, as well as hundreds of our partners worldwide for the contribution they make to the development of JINR, our bright centre, our common International Home on the Volga!   More in Russian.

On 22 March 2022, a delegation of Platov South-Russian State Polytechnic University (SRSPU, Rostov region, Novocherkassk) headed by Rector Yuri Razorenov visited the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. The parties discussed possibilities for cooperation in the fields of scientific and technical developments, education, as well as agreed to draft a basic cooperation agreement.   More in Russian.

On 24 March 2022, the scientific seminar “On the way to the synthesis of Element 120” by Yuri Oganessian will be held in the Conference Hall of the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions. The event will start at 3:30 PM.
The seminar will be also broadcast online via the link.   More in Russian.

The literature exhibition on the occasion of the 66th JINR anniversary at the JINR Science and Technology Library is called “Science brings nations together”. The exhibition will be available from 23 March to 10 April 2022. The history of the Institute’s creation, main areas of activity, international cooperation, scientific achievements, and prospects for development are written on the pages of collections and journal articles.   More in Russian.

We offer to your attention the sixth issue of the regular NICA Bulletin reviewing the progress of the implementation of the JINR flagship international project “NICA Complex”. Download “NICA Bulletin” №6, 2022 г. (PDF, 3.75 Mb)   More in Russian.

Assembly of the collider ring is in full swing at the NICA accelerator complex in the
Laboratory of High Energy Physics JINR.   More in Russian.

On 18 March 2022, a festive opening ceremony of the Information Centre of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research at the Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M. V. Lomonosov (NArFU) took place. Representatives of the JINR Directorate headed by JINR Director RAS Academician Grigory Trubnikov and leading scientists of the Joint Institute arrived in Arkhangelsk to take part in the opening ceremony of the JINR Information Centre.  
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In March, students of the Physics and Mathematics Faculty of Kamchatka State University named after Vitus Bering were sent for internship to the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. The academic exchange has happened thanks to the JINR Information Centre established in October 2021 on the basis of the University. Two students of the institution are not only learning to work in a new for them field of nuclear physics but are also solving practical tasks of the BM@N facility, one of the experiments of the NICA megascience project.   More in Russian.

We offer to your attention a preprint “Numerical Solution of the Cauchy Problem Based on the Basic Element Method” P5-2021-50 published by the JINR Publishing Department. The author is N. D. Dikusar.   More in Russian.

The expedition on the construction of the Baikal-GVD deep-underwater neutrino telescope 2022 is underway. The expedition started in February.   More in Russian.

In February, a researcher of the Laboratory of Neutron Physics JINR Yulia Aleksiayenаk successfully defended her candidate’s dissertation dedicated to the ecological studies of air in the Republic of Belarus, a JINR Member State. The investigation conducted in one of the leading applied research fields of JINR was about bryoindication, that is the method of complex ecological diagnostics with the use of moss as biomonitors.   More in Russian.

On 11 March, Director of the National Research Centre of Nanotechnologies (NRC) of the University of Britain in Egypt Professor Medhat Ibrahim accompanied by Advisor to the Directorate of the Laboratory of Neutron Physics JINR M. V. Frontasyeva visited the Faculty of Chemistry of Moscow State University. Professor Ibrahim is an active participant of the cooperation with the Joint Institute and is currently supervising the Student Practice for young scientists from Egypt, a JINR Member State, from its side.   More in Russian.

On 15 March 1957, the Laboratory of High Energies JINR (now the Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics JINR) launched the legendary Synchrophasotron of JINR, a proton 10 gigaelectronvolts accelerator.  
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On 23 February, the 90th anniversary of the birth of Yuri Alexandrovich Tumanov was celebrated in Dubna.
The JINR Cultural Centre “Mir” exhibited unique photos by the outstanding Russian photo journalist, photo artist, master of scientific photography, JINR photo historian, who was famous far beyond the science city.   More in Russian.

On Sunday, 13 March, Institute’s staff members and members of their families presented handmade items at the
Fair of JINR Craftsmen “Meeting spring together” in the Blokhinstev Public Library. Ceramics, watercolour drawings, wooden tableware, felt miniatures, and original books – this is not the full list of items presented at the Fair. This was the second event organised by the JINR Women’s Committee.   More in Russian.

We offer to your attention a preprint “Adaptation of the Sonix+ Software Package to Work with DAQ Controllers DeLiDAQ-2 and Digitizer N6730 by CAEN” P10-2022-5 published by the JINR Publishing Department. The authors are Kirilov A.S., Murashkevich S.M.   More in Russian.

On 11 March, a joint meeting of JINR Working Group on interaction with MSU, the branch management, and Dubna departments of the Faculty of Physics of MSU was held in Dubna. Director of JINR Grigory Trubnikov headed the JINR party at the meeting. Participants discussed in detail the branch preparation for the first students’ admission, the development of educational programmes, as well as measures of additional financial support for students.  
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Scientists from the Laboratory of Neutron Physics JINR have found that ordinary brewer’s yeast can act as an effective sorbent for treatment of wastewater contaminated with heavy metals. The study has shown that this technique is also cost-effective and environmentally friendly. More in Russian.

The general contractor of the NICA complex STRABAG JSC and the JINR Directorate discussed the status of the construction and installation works at a meeting on 5 March.   More in Russian.

Specialists of the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics JINR within an international scientific group have conducted detailed structural studies of unique optical materials – silicate glasses doped with Cu₂Se and europium nanoparticles. As a result, they found out that a special region is formed around the copper selenide nanoparticles, which provides the basis for influencing the optical properties of such glass materials.   More in Russian.

At the end of February, the JINR Scientific Council session was held. Director of JINR Grigory Trubnikov and Vice-Director of JINR Latchesar Kostov commented on the concept of the new Seven-Year Plan for the Development of JINR that was presented at the session. They also spoke about the research in the fields of life science and condensed matter physics planned within its framework, the development of the existing and planned for creation new experimental facilities.   More in Russian.

Within the third commissioning cycle of the NICA injection complex, specialists of the Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics JINR have reached stable beam acceleration modes at all elements of the accelerator cascade at the injection complex. This important achievement in the current commissioning cycle is nearing completion of its main task.   More in Russian.

The first in-person meeting of the JINR Women’s Committee with the participation of Director of the Institute Grigory Trubnikov was held on the eve of 8 March. At the meeting, participants discussed the tasks and plans of the committee for immediate and long-term perspective. They made suggestions on the directions of its activities. Moreover, the first events under the auspices of the Committee were scheduled. The first event will take place on 10 March.  
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Dear fair female employees of JINR,
I cordially congratulate you on International Women’s Day!
The global progress in science, technologies, economics, and the social sector is now impossible without the contribution of women. Your sharp mind, perseverance, and non-standard, creative approach to solving complicated tasks both in research and social life allow finding bright and effective solutions to the global challenges of modern society.
I deeply appreciate that you always manage to preserve your amazing charm and infectious optimism despite anything.
I sincerely wish you all good health, happiness, love, and peace.   More in Russian.

12 schoolteachers of Dubna became winners of the annual competition for scholarships (grants) of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.
The jury of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research decided to award 12 scholarships (grants) to schoolteachers and teachers of additional education of Dubna. In 2022, the total number of reviewed candidates was 23.   More in Russian.

Dear colleagues,
I address you, members of our common multinational scientific family. These days, we are all closely following the dramatic development of the situation in the world. It worries each of us. The Directorate of the Institute understands and shares your concerns about the news and the uncertainty of further development of events.   More in Russian.

The 131st session of the JINR Scientific Council was held in a mixed format on 24 – 25 February 2022 co-chaired by JINR Director RAS Academician Grigory Trubnikov and Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Sergei Kilin.   More in Russian.

On 4 March, the 115th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Iosifovich Veksler (1907–1966) is celebrated. He was a prominent experimental physicist, one of the JINR founding fathers, the first Director of JINR Laboratory of High Energies, and academician. He was also one of the founders of accelerator technology in the USSR and creator of the legendary JINR Synchrophasotron (10 GeV).   More in Russian.

The Centre for Collective Use “Siberian Circular Photon Source” of the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis of the Siberian Branch of RAS (CCU “SKIF”) and the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies JINR started their cooperation on the creation of the IT infrastructure of the CCU “SKIF” and professional training of specialists to ensure its operation.   More in Russian.

The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research celebrated its 65th anniversary in 2021. The jubilee year was full of scientific events.
2021 at JINR: the large solenoidal magnet was successfully installed at the MPD multi-purpose detector, the technical launch of the Booster-Nuclotron channel was done, the first superconducting magnet was installed in the tunnel of the NICA collider ring, the first experiments were conducted at the Superheavy Element Factory, a ceremonial launch of the largest in the Northern hemisphere deep underwater neutrino telescope Baikal-GVD was held.   More in Russian.

On 24 February 2022, the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies 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. Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Department Ruslan Smelyansky accompanied them.   More in Russian.

All the basic facilities of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research are operating in a regular, planned mode. They include the following elements of the JINR scientific infrastructure: the IBR-2 fast pulsed reactor of periodic operation and the entire spectrometer complex, the Nuclotron accelerator, the U400 and U400M cyclotrons, the DC-280 cyclotron, which is the basic facility at the Superheavy Element Factory of the DRIBs complex, the IREN resonance neutron source, the Phasotron cyclic accelerator of heavy charged particles, as well as the Multifunctional Information and Computing Complex.   More in Russian.

3 March marks the Day of Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman yoke of the Republic of Bulgaria, a JINR Member State.   More in Russian.

On Tuesday, 1 March, an extended meeting of the Council of Heads of national groups was held in the International Conference Hall with the participation of the JINR Directorate. Participants noted that the issue of the link between the staff of the Institute with the Directorate has been of special importance since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. It remains relevant now, given the dramatic situation in the world in recent days, especially in a number of the JINR Member States. For the first time, a representative of Egypt, which joined the Institute as a Member State in November 2021, took part in such a meeting as the appointed Head of the national group.   More in Russian.

After a long break due to the unfavourable epidemiological situation in the world, a full-time Student Practice for 24 students from the Arab Republic of Egypt, organised by the JINR University Centre, began on 1 March. The initiator of the current Practice was Egypt that had attained the full membership in the Joint Institute in November 2021. The Egyptian side made a serious preliminary selection among candidates for the participation in the Practice.   More in Russian.

On 2 March, a prominent scientist Georgy Nikolaevich Flerov (1913-1990) was born. He was Academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences, an author of several scientific discoveries, a founder and the first Director of the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions JINR.   More in Russian.

The following JINR annual prizes for best papers in the fields of scientific research, methodology, research and technology, and applied research were awarded by the decision of the 131st session of the JINR Scientific Council that was held in the mixed format on 24 – 25 February 2022.   More in Russian.

President of the Mexican Physical Society Dr Ana Maria Cetto took part in the 131st session of the JINR Scientific Council as a special guest. On the sidelines of the event, Ana Maria Cetto learned about the Institute’s scientific infrastructure visiting VBLHEP, FLNR, FLNP, and LRB.   More in Russian.

On 26 February, the 96th anniversary of the birth of an outstanding physicist Alexander Mikhailovich Baldin (1926-2001) is celebrated. He was the Director of JINR Laboratory of High Energies for almost 30 years.   More in Russian.

On 24 February, the 131st regular session of the Scientific Council of the Joint Institute started in a mixed format.   More in Russian.

Scientists of the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics JINR have developed and studied bio-hybrid drug nano-complexes based on natural components with antibacterial and anticancer efficacy. The results of these structural and morphological studies may become the basis for obtaining a new generation of drugs in the future that will fight antibiotic-resistant microbes.   More in Russian.

The application deadline has been extended of the competition for JINR Grants for school teachers and teachers of additional education of Dubna. The new deadline is set on 1 March 2022.   More in Russian.

On 26 February, 25 years ago, it was decided to establish the Association of Young Scientists and Specialists of JINR (AYSS) at the organisational meeting in 1997. The JINR Director approved the AYSS Regulation on 14 October 1998. In honour of this date, the JINR University Centre jointly with AYSS have launched a special project.  
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On 21 February, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Uzbekistan to the Russian Federation Botirjon Asadov got acquainted with the objects of the scientific infrastructure and met with the JINR Directorate during his visit to the Institute.   More in Russian.

On 24 – 25 February, the 131st session of the Scientific Council of the Joint Institute will take place in a mixed format. Director of the Institute RAS Academician Grigory Trubnikov will open the event with a report.   More in Russian.

The 32nd Meeting of the Joint Committee on the Collaboration IN2P3-JINR took place on 18 February in the video conference format. The parties presented progress in the implementation of scientific projects, prospects for cooperation. The organisations are going to celebrate the half-century jubilee of cooperation this year, so participants have discussed a number of joint events scheduled for 2022.   More in Russian.

We invite you to get acquainted with the Brief review of topmost scientific results obtained in 2021 at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.   More in Russian.

The Workshop will be dedicated to Elementary Particles and Nuclear Physics. The event will take place from 24 to 30 April at the Institute of Nuclear Physics (INP) of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty.  
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From 23 February to 28 March, the anniversary photo exhibition dedicated to the memory of Yu. A. Tumanov will be held in the JINR Cultural Centre “Mir”. Yu. A. Tumanov was an outstanding Russian press photographer, a master of scientific photography. According to the figurative expression of Academician Alexei Sissakian (the JINR Director in 2006-2010), the world had seen Dubna through the lens of his camera for many decades.   More in Russian.

On 17 February 2022, the next expedition to construct Baikal-GVD, the deep underwater neutrino telescope of a cubic-kilometre scale, has been launched. During about two months, the Baikal-GVD collaboration intends to deploy two new clusters, repair and upgrade those already installed, and proceed with developing the optical data transmission system within the facility.   More in Russian.

The 55th meeting of the Programme Advisory Committee for Nuclear Physics took place on 27 January online chaired by Professor M. Lewitowicz. The PAC Chairman presented information on the implementation of the recommendations of the previous PAC meeting. JINR Vice-Director S. N. Dmitriev informed participants of the event about the Resolution of the 130th session of the JINR Scientific Council (September 2021) and on the decisions of the JINR Committee of Plenipotentiaries (November 2021).   More in Russian.

Winners of the project “Lessons of real nuclear physics”, the January cycle of the project “Lessons of the present”, have been announced. It is the first joint project of the Educational Centre “Sirius” and JINR.  
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Registration for the 9th Collaboration Meeting of the BM@N Experiment at the NICA Facility is now open. The event wil ltake place on 12 – 13 April in-person in the Laboratory of High Energy Physics JINR and online.  
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On 17 February (Thursday) 2022, the meeting of the JINR Science and Technology Council will be held remotely. The beginning of the meeting is set at 3:00 PM. Agenda: The concept of the JINR Seven-Year Plan 2024-2030 Speaker: G. V. Trubnikov. Programme of meeting on Indico.   More in Russian.

The Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems JINR has launched a media project “Charming Science”. The project is devoted to the International Day of Women and Girls in Science celebrated on 11 February.   More in Russian.

On 24 – 26 February, the 11th robotic tournament CyberDubna-2022 of the Open Verkhne-Volgian Cyber Net will be held online.Teams will remotely control the equipment prepared by the organisers following the proposed requirements (technical specifications) in real time. To do this, participants will need to write the control code and debug it remotely within a limited time. The competitions will use the Arduino platform. The registration will be available via the link until 20 February 2022, at 00:00 AM.   More in Russian.

On 15 February, the Republic of Serbia, an Associate Member of the Joint Institute, celebrates the Statehood Day, its main national holiday.
The Institute’s Directorate congratulates Serbian colleagues on the Statehood 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.

On 14 February, a regular international training programme “JINR Expertise for Member States and Partner Countries” started. Despite the difficult epidemiological situation, there were four JEMS cycles last year. And yesterday, the training programme started for the 20th time. Participants of JEMS-20 are heads and specialists from research and educational institutions of Armenia, Slovakia, Serbia. A representative from North Macedonia takes part in the JEMS programme for the first time.   More in Russian.

11 February marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. To celebrate the holiday and support the advancement of women in science, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in cooperation with the Physics and Mathematics Lyceum named after V. G. Kadyshevsky has issued a video in which girls studying at the Lyceum ask their questions to female researchers of JINR.   More in Russian.

From 26 February to 26 March, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research will hold the XXIII Sports Games dedicated to its anniversary.Competitions will be held in basketball, volleyball, football, darts, air rifle shooting, archery, chess, table tennis, and weight lifting. To take part in the Games, please contact chief referee Amira Travina (+7-916-651-72-32, bemira@yandex.ru).     Расписание XXIII Спортивных игр ОИЯИ   More in Russian.

On 8 February, on the Day of Russian Science, the Joint Institute joined the Science 360° project of the
Russian Science Foundation. It provides video excursions on the website 360.rscf.ru presenting research conducted by JINR with the support of RSF grants, as well as allows meeting scientists engaged in them.   More in Russian.

Dear colleagues, I cordially congratulate you on the Day of Russian Science!
The multinational scientific team of the international intergovernmental organisation the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research traditionally has special relations with the Russian Federation, the country of JINR location. It’s impossible to overestimate the contribution made by Russian researchers and the scientific and technological sector to the dynamic development of JINR, as well as to its leading positions in the world scientific arena. And in our turn, we are proud of the successes of Russian science and happy to contribute to its promotion around the world.   More in Russian.

On the occasion of the Day of Russian Science, the JINR Science and Technology Library invites to the book exhibition “Physics. Philosophy. Methodology”. The exhibition is available from 8 to 22 February 2022.  
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Yesterday, on 6 February 2022, a stable circulation of the carbon ion beam was obtained in the ring of the synchrotron Nuclotron after injection from the Booster. A team of accelerator scientists of the NICA project has been working hard for this result for more than two weeks of intense round-the-clock shifts. The event took place in the framework of the third commissioning cycle that started in January.   More in Russian.

From 24 January to 4 February, the RSA-JINR Summer School was held on the iThemba Labs platform for students and postgraduates from various universities in South Africa. This year, the School had a video conference format for the first time.   More in Russian.

We offer you to get acquainted with the report on the work of the Trade Union of JINR in 2017-2021.
Collective Agreement of JINR for 2017-2021. The Trade Union of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research is a public non-profit organization that monitors compliance with the existing labour laws.   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 Laboratory of Theoretical Physics JINR announces the opening of the BLTP Journal Club. The BLTP Weekly “Journal Club” will be a regular meeting of scientists for informal discussion of recent publications in peer-reviewed journals and arXiv / preprints in their own or related discipline.   More in Russian.

Researchers from the Group of Neutron Activation Analysis at the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics JINR, along with colleagues from the National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute” and archaeologists from the
Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, are studying the head of an antique sculpture, the work of authorship. The head was found in underwater sediments during the construction of the Crimean bridge. Scientists have grounds to believe that the clay comes from the region of modern Italy.   More in Russian.

On 29 January 2022, Valery Vasilievich Burov, an outstanding Russian theoretical physicist, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor, Chief Researcher of the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics of JINR, passed away.   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 January 26, 2022, a scientific and methodological seminar on applied research at the NICA complex was held at VBLHEP by Department of Scientific and Methodological Research and Innovation. The event was held both online and in person, and brought together more than 50 participants.   More in Russian.

On 31 January, the XVII DIAS-TH Winter School “Supersymmetry and Integrability” will start. The event is organised by the Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics JINR and in the framework of the programme DIAS-TH. More than 80 PhD, master, and postgraduate students will take part in the conference.The School will be concluded on 4 February.   More in Russian.

A new wave resonator has been developed at JINR. It was created to measure the probability of absorption and scattering of neutrons in the storage ring of cold neutrons at the new research reactor NEPTUNE (IBR-3) being developed at the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics JINR. The device, with a three-layer planar structure, increases the sensitivity of measurements up to 1,000 times. This allows designing a storage device on a qualitatively new level.   More in Russian.

On Friday, 28 January 2022, a meeting on the prospects for scientific cooperation in the fields of molecular biophysics will be held in the Conference Hall of the Laboratory of Information Technologies JINR. The start of the event is set at 11:00 AM.   More in Russian.

The RSA-JINR Summer School, hosted by iThemba LABS, is held online and kicked off on Monday, 24 January 2022. It will run over a two-week period, until 4 February.   More in Russian.

In January 2022, the first test run of the unified supercomputer infrastructure based on the National Research Computer Network of Russia (NIKS) was completed. The unified supercomputer network includes the “Govorun” supercomputer, an object of the scientific infrastructure of the JINR Member States –. As its first assignment, an experiment on mathematical modelling was carried out using the unified supercomputer infrastructure for the tasks of the NICA megascience project.   More in Russian.

Due to the worsening epidemiological situation with the incidence of the coronavirus infection COVID-19, according to the Order by JINR Director Grigory Trubnikov No.67 of 24.01.2022, additional measures are introduced at JINR to prevent the spread of COVID-19.Thus, from 25 January to 25 February 2022, the in-person presence at workplaces of employees should be minimised.Admission to the DLNP and VBLHEP sites will not be permitted for employees included in the list of those performing their jobs remotely.   More in Russian.

The book about an outstanding physicist, student of E. Fermi, who worked in Dubna since 1950 Bruno (Maximovich) Pontecorvo was published by the “EKSMO” publishing house in 2021. Stepan Shimanskiy, senior researcher of the Laboratory of High Energy Physics JINR tells about the book and its author.   More in Russian.

The current third commissioning cycle, which has started at the very beginning of 2022, is being carried out at the injection complex of the NICA collider that includes two linear and two cyclic superconducting accelerators, namely the Nuclotron and the Booster, as well as the extraction system of accelerated ions from the Nuclotron. On 23 January, one of the most significant stages of the commissioning cycle was completed. For the first time, two cyclic accelerators were jointly cooled down to operating temperatures.   More in Russian.

On 27 January, a regular 55th meeting of the Programme Advisory Committee for Nuclear Physics of JINR chaired by Marek Lewitowicz will take place online.The chairman will present information on the implementation of the recommendations of the previous PAC meeting.  Programme of PAC NP meeting.   More in Russian.

New experimental methods for studies of exotic nuclear systems were developed by scientists at the
Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions JINR at ACCULINNA-2 facility – new fragment separator with great potential at U-400M heavy-ion accelerator.   More in Russian.

The event organised jointly with JINR is taking place from 24 to 28 January online. Conferences of the MCE series are interdisciplinary and are aimed at consolidation of efforts of scientists and professors, preservation of traditions of Russian science and education, scientific and teaching staff training in the fields of math modelling and IT, attracting the youth to science and education.   More in Russian.

Upon the decision of the editorial board of the “Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Physics” (orig. “Izvestia Russkoy Academii Nauk: Seria fizicheskaya”), the editor’s choice in issue No. 10, Volume 85 (2021) is the article “Investigation of binary processes in reactions ³⁶Ar + ^{144, 154}Sm and ⁶⁸Zn + ¹¹²Sn leading to the formation of neutron-deficient ^{180, 190}Hg composite systems” by an international team with extensive participation of scientists of the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions JINR.   More in Russian.

The State University “Dubna” invites 9-11 grade students and their parents for the Doors Open Day of JINR-based Departments. The event will take place online from 31 January to 4 February 2022.
Registration is open via the link.
31 January – Department of Nanotechnology and New Materials
1 February – Department of Biophysics
2 February – Department of Fundamental Problems of Microworld Physics, Department of Nuclear Physics
3 February – Department of Physics and Technology, Department of Electronics for Mega-Science Projects
4 February – Department of Distributed Informational Computing Systems   More in Russian.

A regular, 56th meeting of the Programme Advisory Committee for Particle Physics of JINR chaired by Itzhak Tserruya will take place on 24 January 2022 online.  Programme of PAC meeting.   More in Russian.

The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research received the patent. “The device for forming a sawtooth voltage on capacitor” allows many times increase the performance of the facility it is used for. Thus, the device is expected to be applied at the new MSC-230 proton accelerator designed for the treatment of oncological diseases. In addition to accelerator facilities, the invention may be used for a faster charging of mobile phones and electric vehicles.   More in Russian.

Within the programme of the visit, which took place on 18 January, President of the
National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of the Republic of Armenia Ashot Sagyan met with leaders of the Institute headed by Director Grigory Trubnikov. At the meeting, Ashot Sagyan proposed drafting a roadmap on the development of cooperation between NAS institutes and JINR, as well as expressed interest in holding internships for young scientists from Armenia at JINR and the creation of a network model of student training.   More in Russian.

The JINR University Centre announces the call for applications for the JINR Student Programme held all year round in the offline format. The Programme is intended for Bachelor students starting from their 3rd year of study, Master students, as well as postgraduate students of the 1st year mastering science, engineering, and IT specialties.
Application periods in 2022 are as follows: 17 January – 31 March and 11 May – 31 July.The Programme lasts for 6-8 weeks. The duration of participants’ stay in Dubna is to be agreed upon with the supervisor individually.
The Programme website       More in Russian.

The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research is now preparing to commission a new separator of the
Superheavy Element Factory (SHE Factory) in the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions. It is planned that the second Dubna Gas-Filled Recoil Separator, or DGFRS-III, will be put into operation in the first half of 2022.  
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A team of authors represented by O. Gavrishchuk, D. Kirillov, J. Mušinskŷ, C. Perdrisat, N. Piskunov, V. Punjabi, P. Rukoyatkin, I. Sitnik, E. Tomasi-Gustafsson, R. Shindin has won the First JINR’s Prize for 2020 in the nomination “Physics Instruments and Methods” for their scientific paper “Measurement of analyzing powers for nucleon-nucleus scattering in momentum range from 1.75 to 5.4 GeV/c”. On behalf of the ALPOM-2 collaboration, N. M. Piskunov (Laboratory of High Energy Physics JINR) and E. Tomasi-Gustafsson (France) comment on the work.
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On 18 January, Director of the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics JINR Valery Shvetsov performed at the panel discussion “Nuclear Technologies for the Future” at Expo 2020, where he gave a talk about the use of extracted neutron beams for fundamental and applied research at the IBR-2 reactor, the potential of the facility for the world scientific community, and the development of cooperation within the MBIR project.   More in Russian.

On 17 January, the seminar “Structure of the atomic nucleus: yesterday, today…” of Rostislav Vladimirovich Jolos was held at the Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics.These days, a world-famous theoretical physicist, a chief researcher at the Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor Rostislav Vladimirovich is celebrating his 80th anniversary.   More in Russian.

A regular, 55th meeting of the Programme Advisory Committee for Condensed Matter Physics of JINR will take place on 20 – 21 January 2022 in a mixed format chaired by D. L. Nagy. He will open the event by presenting information about the implementation of the recommendations of the previous PAC CMP meeting.
Programme of PAC CMP meeting.   More in Russian.

The JINR University Centre announces the start of registration for Wave 6 of the INTEREST programme. Registration has opened today and will be available until 28 January 2022.The list of JINR scientific programmes of Wave 6 is available via the link.   More in Russian.

The International Conference “Condensed Matter Research At the IBR-2” (CMR@IBR2) will be held online from 25 to 29 April 2022 and will be dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics JINR. The organising committee of the Conference invites users of the User Programme of the IBR-2 and everyone interested to take part in the event.
Online registration and abstract submission are available until 1 March 2022.  More in Russian.

On 14 January 2022, JINR Director Grigory Trubnikov took part in the festive opening ceremony of the Russian-Cuban Observatory (RCO) located in the park of the Cuban Institute of Geophysics and Astronomy (IGA, Havana). The event was timed with the Day of Cuban Science and the IGA jubilee.   More in Russian.

On 15 January, Dezső Kiss was born (15.01.1929 – 24.06.2001). He was the third JINR Director, a citizen of the Republic of Hungary, an outstanding physicist and an organiser of science, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Academician of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.   More in Russian.

Today, on 13 January, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan in JINR, President of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan Bekhzod Yuldashev visited JINR. The aim of the visit was to discuss the state-of-the-art and prospects for the development of the JINR-Uzbekistan cooperation.
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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.

Within the implementation of the presidential programme of research projects conducted by leading scientists, including by young scientists, the Russian Science Foundation calls for applications for the grant competitions “Research carried out by scientific teams under the supervision of young scientists” (deadline for applications is 10.02.22) and “Initiative research carried out by young scientists” (deadline for applications is 10.03.22).More details are available via the link (Information on RSF grants) or on the RSF website.   More in Russian.

At the end of December 2021, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research received a patent for the device used for modelling mixed radiation fields at high-energy heavy-ion beams for the purposes of experimental radiobiology.Employees of the Laboratory of Radiation Biology JINR Gennady Nikolaevich Timoshenko and Ivan Sergeevich Gordeev proposed the invention.   More in Russian.

Today, on 11 January 2022, a world-famous theoretical physicist, chief researcher of the
Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor Rostislav Jolos turns 80.The Directorate of the Institute and the JINR multinational staff congratulate Rostislav Vladimirovich on his 80th jubilee and wish him good health, personal happiness, new bright achievements for the benefit of Russian and world science.   More in Russian.

11 January marks the birth of an outstanding Soviet physicist Dmitry Ivanovich Blokhintsev, one of the initiators of the establishment of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and its first Director.   More in Russian.

On 8 January, the JINR Directorate presented 250 invitations for the Swan Lake performance on the stage of the Cultural Centre “Mir” to doctors of Dubna as a New Year gift. This festive initiative aims to support the JINR’s role as one of the leading city-forming enterprises the key priority of which is social responsibility.   More in Russian.

On 8 January, the Joint Institute pays tribute to the memory of an outstanding Bulgarian physicist Georgi Stefanov Nadjakov (8.01.1897 – 24.02.1981) who made a significant contribution to the development of JINR during the first decades of the Institute’s existence.   More in Russian.

Yulian Aramovich Budagov, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, professor, one of the JINR veteran researchers, a brilliant and talented world-class experimenter physicist, advisor to the Directorate of the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, passed away on 30 December 2021.   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.
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.

This is the way the JINR Directorate has decided to support employees who are getting vaccinated. Vaccination and revaccination against COVID-19 are available daily, 24 hours a day in the emergency room of Medical Unit No.9. Vaccination in the medical points at both sites of the Institute will be available again after the new year holidays.  
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Dear colleagues, friends! Happy New Year and Merry Christmas!
It is a tradition to conclude the outgoing year by looking at the results and to welcome the new one with plans and expectations.The 65th anniversary of the Institute and our bright scientific achievements today are a marvellous occasion to thank on behalf of the many-thousand international team of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research the Member States, as well as Associate Members and partners of the Institute for their extensive support.  

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