Mark Shirchenko about the Science and Technology Festival Homo Science in Nizhny Novgorod

From 18 to 20 August, the Science Festival initiated by the project Homo Science of the ROSATOM Corporation took place in Nizhny Novgorod, a marathon of interactive talk shows, intellectual games, ecology workshops and concerts. The senior researcher of the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems Mark Shirchenko participated in the festival. He talked in the format of the “What? Where? When?” game about science in the popular sitcom “The Big Bang Theory”.  

“Mythbusters”

On 1 September 2021, an article about the unique study conducted by our biologists from the Sector of Molecular Genetics of the Cell, along with colleagues from the Baksan Neutrino Observatory of INR of RAS, was published in the newspaper “Podmoskovye segodnya” (No 163 (5071)). We quote the article author Ilya Batsaev, “Scientists across the world go on arguing about how a subnormal level of radiation changes activity of human genes and what is the lower threshold of its harmful impact. Researchers of the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research from Dubna, together with colleagues from the Baksan Neutrino Observatory, performed the Russia’s first experiment on the impact of the low radiation level on living organisms. The result invalidates all previous theories of foreign colleagues.”  

Interview with Anton Dolzhikov and Ivan Gorodnov

Intriguing scientific tasks, exceptional devices and participation in international projects – young researchers from the DLNP Sector of Low Temperatures, Anton Dolzhikov and Ivan Gorodnov, are talking about their work at the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems and life in Dubna.  

Anastasiya Rusakovich at the Popular Science Festival GEEK PICNIC

On 21 August, the next edition of GEEK PICNIC, a popular science festival, took place in Moscow. One of the lecturers of the festival was the researcher from the Sector of Molecular Genetics of the Cell of the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems Anastasiya Rusakovich. She lectured together with Polina Krivykh, Vitaly Egorov, Vladimir Surdin and other notable science educators.

About the Baikal Neutrino Telescope on Board a Plane

The article about the Baikal Neutrino Telescope “Where do neutrinos come from?” by the researcher of the DLNP Experimental Department of Nuclear Spectroscopy and Radiochemistry Rastislav Dvornicki was published in the Science section of the August issue of the S7 airline inflight magazine. Rastislav describes clearly and interestingly in the short article the neutrinos’ nature and functioning of the complex physics facility. The photographs from Lake Baikal by his colleague Bair Shaybonov illustrate the subject matter. Neutrinos and neutrino physics are one of the “hottest” topics in explaining fundamental science to the general audience. And this is mainly owing to such articles by our researchers.

Congratulations to Konstantin Shipulin on Receiving a Certificate of State Registration of the Software Program “VerifyTreat Program of Automatic Verification of Patient’s Position during beam therapy”!

The JINR Department of Licenses and Intellectual Property announces that on 5 July 2021, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research got a Certificate of State Registration of the software program “VerifyTreat program of automatic verification of patient’s position during beam therapy” authored by Konstantin Nikolaevich Shipulin.

Congratulations to K. N. Shipulin and G. V. Mitsyn on Receiving a Certificate of State Registration of the Software Program “RayTreat Program for Modelling of Proton Irradiation in Heterogeneous Tissues”!

The JINR Department of Licenses and Intellectual Property announces that on 5 July 2021, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research got a Certificate of State Registration of the software program “RayTreat program for modelling of proton irradiation in heterogeneous tissues” authored by Konstantin Nikolaevich Shipulin and Gennady Valentinovich Mitsyn.

Congratulations to Konstantin Shipulin on Receiving a Certificate of State Registration of a Software Program “Bolus Verification Control Program”!

The JINR Department of Licenses and Intellectual Property announces that on 5 July 2021, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research got a Certificate of State Registration of the software program “Bolus Verification Control Program” authored by Konstantin Nikolaevich Shipulin.

Novel Structural Material for Dark Matter Particle Detectors

An article was published in the journal Materials about development and manufacture of a pilot batch of the ultra-low background structural material for production of new-generation detectors to search for weakly interacting dark matter particles. The material obtained on the basis of polymethylmethacrylate and rare-earth metal gadolinium almost does not produce radiation background and can slow down and efficiently absorb neutrons. The team of scientists from the Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology (MUCT), Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics of Moscow State University (SINP of MSU), Belgorod State University (BSU) and Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems (DLNP) has dealt with the task for several years. The research was performed within the international DarkSide-20k experiment, one of the largest projects on the dark matter particle search. The detector is due to start its operation in the underground low-background laboratory Gran Sasso in Italy in 2025−2026.

JINR Order of 26 August 1991 on Departization and Depoliticization

Exactly 30 years ago, on 26 August 1991, an Order on departization and depoliticization was issued at JINR according to which any activities of party or political organizations at our Institute were prohibited. Georgy Alexandrovich Chelkov reminded us of it.

The 108th birthday of Bruno Pontecorvo

Today, on 22 August, it is the 108th birthday of Bruno Maximovich Pontecorvo, a renowned Italian and Soviet scientist whose ideas and visions anticipated discoveries later recognized by Nobel Prizes. For instance, Pontecorvo’s idea, proposed as far back as 1957, that neutrinos change their type with time according to a periodical law was confirmed. At present, this phenomenon is known as neutrino oscillations. And the Nobel Prize for experimental discovery of neutrino oscillations was awarded only in 2015.  

DLNP Employees Got Certificates on Vocational Education and Training

Twelve employees of the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems received certificates on development of vocational competence and on the programme of the vocational training “Numerical Control Machine Tool Programmer” at the Dubna State University. We wish our colleagues new professional achievements!