Francis Halzen wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2026 to Francis Halzen (University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA) “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.”

Upgrades to the fifth telescope of the TAIGA Gamma Observatory

In the summer of 2026, ten mirrors were installed on the fifth Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope of the TAIGA gamma-ray observatory. At this stage, the upgraded fifth telescope is being prepared for commissioning and subsequent data collection, which involves testing the mechanical components and identifying potential defects.

Winners of 2025 Dzhelepov Prize announced

By the decision of the JINR Scientific Council, the 2025 Dzhelepov Prize was awarded to Boris Nikolaevich Gikal, JINR chief engineer, and Maksim Vladimirovich Zdorovets, director of the Science and Innovation Department of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Atomic Energy, Academician of the Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences.

Congratulations to the staff members of the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems on obtaining a patent!

The JINR Department of Innovation and Intellectual Property reports that the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research got the patent for the invention “Multichannel source of ultrashort pulsed laser radiation” on 22 September 2026.

Scientists from the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems took part in the anniversary Saratov Fall Meeting

Scientists from the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems have participated in the anniversary Saratov Fall Meeting that has been taking place in Saratov on 21–25 September. The 30th anniversary conference is devoted to the latest advances in the field of optics, laser physics and biophotonics.

Multivariate amplitude analysis of the cascade particle decays based on the Nearest Neighbors fitting

The eighth issue of the international online scientific journal Natural Science Review (2026) features an article by I. V. Eletskikh and A. O. Vasyukov, staff members of the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, titled "Multivariate amplitude analysis of the cascade particle decays based on the Nearest Neighbors fitting".

The 16th international seminar on charged particle accelerators in memory of Professor Vladislav Sarantsev is held in the International Conference Centre

The 16th international seminar on charged particle accelerators in memory of Professor Vladislav Sarantsev is being held in the International Conference Centre on 13–19 September 2026.

Baikal Neutrino Telescope: conclusion of the summer season and preparations for winter

The summer expedition at the shore station of the Baikal Neutrino Detector is coming to an end. The work was primarily aimed at preparing the mechanisms and ice equipment for the upcoming winter expedition to deploy new clusters of the Baikal-GVD Neutrino Telescope.

Establishment of tardigrade laboratory lines at JINR as a basis for studying the molecular principles of radioresistance and cryptobiosis

This summer, staff members of the DLNP Sector of Molecular Genetics of the Cell selected tardigrades (Tardigrada type) from the environment of the DLNP site and now they are cultivated in laboratory conditions. These organisms have already become model ones for studying cryptobiosis, conducting research in the field of radiation biophysics, cosmic biology, and studying effects of physico-chemical stress factors.

Birthday of Bruno Pontecorvo and a new phase in archiving his documents

On 22 August, we will celebrate the birthday of Bruno Pontecorvo, an outstanding physicist, who worked in the JINR Laboratory of Nuclear Problems for more than 40 years. The laboratory carefully preserves the museum-study that was recognized as a historical site of the European physical society. The participants of the JINR-HSE University school "Archival Impulse – 2026" compiled an initial inventory of documents that can be attributed to the B. Pontecorvo collection of the JINR Historical Archive.

Lecture recordings from the XXVI Baikal International Summer School on Physics of Elementary Particles and Astrophysics have been published

The lecture recordings from the XXVI Baikal International Summer School on Physics of Elementary Particles and Astrophysics have been published on the website of the Autonomous Non-Profit Organization "Scientific and Methodological Center 'Teach-in'". The school was held in the village of Bolshie Koty, Irkutsk Region, at the Baikal Biological Station of Irkutsk State University (ISU) from 11 to 18 July 2026.

BESIII collaboration reports dominant glueball contribution to X(2370) resonance structure

At the International Conference on High-Energy Physics 2026, the BESIII collaboration presented compelling evidence for the existence of a glueball, sought by the scientific community for more than 50 years. After fifteen years of sustained research, the BESIII Collaboration identified that the dominant constituent of the X(2370) is a pseudoscalar glueball with spin-parity quantum numbers of 0⁻⁺. The JINR group in the BESIII is actively involved in studying hadron spectroscopy and searching for exotic state