Series of Educational Lectures by Igor Ivanov “Time Scales: Travelling Deep into the Second with Historical Sketches”

An overwhelming world of rapidly-evolving phenomena is squeezed into one second. Objects, matter, atoms, nuclei—specific processes unfold at every special scale in various time ranges. With this series of compact educational lectures, we will walk down the stairs of time ranges—milliseconds, microseconds, nanoseconds, picoseconds and even deeper. We will focus on the interplay of phenomena, and historical sketches about the first attempts of novice researchers in different areas will complement the narration.  23.09 15:00 Lecture 1. Milliseconds and microseconds. Phenomena of the world around and photo experiments with things at hand. Vibration of microscopic drops. How to catch a 1-kHz flickering with an unaided eye.

The "TAIGA" Project is the Winner of the 2018-2020 Open Russian-German Competition "Russia and Germany: Scientific and Educational Bridges"

On 15 September 2020, at the closing ceremony of the Russian-German Year of Scientific and Educational Partnerships in 2018-2020, the winners of the Open Russian-German Competition "Russia and Germany: Scientific and Educational Bridges" received their awards. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and the Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany summed up the results of the Year and named the winning projects during a live broadcast. The project "The TAIGA Observatory - Russia and Germany open a new window to the Universe" was recognized as the winner of the Competition in the category "Advanced Research" for successful long-term scientific cooperation.

Ivan Gorodnov and Anton Dolzhikov are Laureates of the 2020 Moscow Region Governor’s Prize in Science and Innovations for Young Scientists and Specialists!

The research team from the Section of Low Temperatures (DLNP), Ivan Gorodnov and Anton Dolzhikov, became a laureate of the annual Moscow Region Governor’s Prize in Science and Innovations for Young Scientists and Specialists! "Every year, scientists and research teams from the Moscow region introduce the most promising scientific projects and studies in various fields to competitive selection and become laureates of the Moscow Region Governor’s Prize in Science. This year, for example, studies in medicine, nuclear technologies, material science, physics, chemistry and other scientific directions were awarded the Prize. The Prize is accompanied by a monetary award of 700 000 rubles," said the Minister of Investments, Industry and Science of the Moscow Region Ekaterina Zinovieva. The Governor of the Moscow Region Andrey Vorobyov established 15 awards in science and innovations for young scientists and specialists. In 2020, 13 scientists and two research groups became the winners— representatives from Chernogolovka, Pushchin, Fryazin, Dubna, Korolev, Mytishchi, Odintsovo, Shatura, Podolsk and also an employee of the Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute (MONIKI, Moscow). Dear Anton and Ivan, congratulations on your victory! We are proud of you! We wish you to achieve even greater heights and every kind of success!

Lubomirskia Baicalensis is a New Research Object of the DLNP Geneticists

The first batch of a Baikal endemic has arrived at the DLNP Molecular Genetics Group: Lubomirskia baicalensis sponges. Since 2011, a large-scale phytocenosis disturbance in the coastal region of Lake Baikal and the occurrence of some anomalous-coloured (pink) sponges Lubomirskia baicalensis were detected. To date, diseases and death of different sponge types are swiftly progressing in many lake regions. Changes in water temperature, light intensity, salinity and also infections, contaminants etc. are claimed to be the reasons.

Congratulations to Georgy Alexandrovich Chelkov, Piotr Smolyansky and Danila Kozhevnikov on the Patent!

The JINR Department of Licences and Intellectual Property announces that the patent for the invention “Hybrid pixel detector of ionizing radiation" was granted to the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research on 14 August 2020. The authors are Danila Aleksandrovich Kozhevnikov, Georgy Alexandrovich Chelkov, Piotr Igorevich Smolyansky.

ROC-Dubna Celebrated its Fifth Anniversary!

On 15 September 2015, fully-fledged shifts were launched at the Remote Operation Centre of the NOvA experiment at JINR (ROC-Dubna). The experiment participants have been working in shifts from Dubna for five years controlling detectors and monitoring the neutrino beam in Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in the USA. A young, positive and already skilled team involves 12 shifters. There are expert software and hardware groups. Alexander Antoshkin is in charge of the team and ROC-Dubna liaison. We sincerely congratulate the ROC-Dubna team on this great occasion! We wish them productive time at work and stable internet connection!  

Approaching the Basic Code of the Universe

Igor Ivanov at the 2019 Kamchatka School on Elementary Particle Physics and Related Topics. Photo by D. Dolzhikov (JINR) On 8 September 2020, the interview with Igor Ivanov, a theoretical physicist, researcher of DLNP (JINR), was published on the website "Troitsky Variant - Nauka" (trv-science.ru). The interview was conducted by Jan Machonin. Igor Ivanov talked about his outreach activity and summer schools on elementary particle physics and related topics at Baikal and in Kamchatka.

The RAS Medal Competition with Rewards for Young Russian Scientists and Students for the Best Scientific Works

The Russian Academy of Sciences has announced the RAS Medal Competition with rewards for young Russian scientists and Russian students for the best scientific works. For the purpose of identifying and supporting talented young researchers, promoting professional development of young people in science, encouraging creativity of young Russian scientists and students in scientific research activity, the Russian Academy of Sciences annually awards 21 medals with a reward of 50,000 rubles each to young Russian scientists and 21 medals with a reward of 25,000 rubles each to Russian students.  

International Team of Physicists Joined Forces in Hunt for Sterile Neutrinos

The MINOS+ and Daya Bay neutrino experiments combined results to produce the most stringent test yet for the existence of sterile neutrinos. An international group of more than 260 scientists have produced one of the most stringent tests for the existence of sterile neutrinos to date. The scientists from two major international experimental groups, Daya Bay in China and the MINOS+ at the Department of Energy's Fermilab, are reporting results in Physical Review Letters (Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 071801 (2020)) ruling out oscillations into one sterile neutrino as the primary explanation for unexpected observations in the recent LSND and MiniBooNE experiments.

Thirteen Laboratory Employees Received the “CNC Machine Operator” Certificates

Today, thirteen employees of our laboratory have received the “CNC Machine Operator” certificates after completing the 144-hour training course at Dubna State University. We congratulate all of them for reaching a new stage in their professional development! Good luck and new accomplishments!  

Results of the 2019 DLNP Research Award Competition

The winners of the 2019 DLNP Research Award Competition have been announced: • In the category “Physics”, the winner is the research group, including A. V. Vishneva, M. B. Gromov, O. Yu. Smirnov, for the “Neutrino geophysics” paper series. • In the category “Methodological and Applied Research”, the winner is the research group, including D. V. Ponomarev, S. V. Rozov, D. V. Filosofov, V. V. Timkin, E. A. Yakushev, for the “Novel method of the neutron low flux measurement using iodine-containing scintillators” paper series. According to the additional voting, the Incentive Prize was awarded for the research “Beam energy measurement on the LINAK-200 accelerator and energy calibration of scintillator detectors by electrons in the energy range from 1 MeV to 25 MeV”. The authors are El-Sayed Abdel-Shakur, M. A. Demichev, M. I. Gostkin, V. V. Kobets, V. G. Kruchonok, A. A. Nozdrin, S. Yu. Porokhovoi. We heartily congratulate the winners and wish them further scientific attainments and new heights of success! The DLNP Research Award Competition was initiated to stimulate the scientific activity of DLNP employees, to improve the quality of papers and to support the implementation of the DLNP Topical Plan.  

Neutrino Low Mass Mystery

Samoil Bilenky. Photo by I. Lapenko On 28 July 2020, the interview with Professor Samoil Mihelevich Bilenky was published on the website "Troitsky Variant - Nauka" (trv-science.ru). The interview was conducted by the journalist Jan Machonin. How neutrino studies will help physicists reach beyond the Standard Model? Why did scientists not believe at first that neutrinos have mass? How did Bruno Pontecorvo get the idea of neutrino oscillations? How was the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research established and how did it develop? Professor Samoil Mihelevich Bilenky, an adviser to the Directorate of the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at JINR, talks about these topics. He celebrated his 92nd birthday this year and is still full of energy and remarkable intelligence.