DUNE Collaboration Meeting Held at CERN

In late January 2023, CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, hosted the meeting of the collaboration of the mega-science project DUNE. It was attended by scientists from the Experimental Department of Particle Physics of the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems (EDPP of DLNP). At the meeting, the project status and different scenarios of accelerator upgrade to achieve desired results at the earliest possible date were considered. Also, plans were vividly discussed for processing and analyzing the first data from the prototype of one of the DUNE near-detector complex facilities at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab, USA), and also the data from the prototype far detector at CERN accumulated over previous years.

“The Gist of His Life Was His Work”

“After graduating from a nine-year school in the provincial town of Soligalich, he worked as an electrician for two years. In 1937, he graduated from the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute in specialty Nuclear Physics. In 1937−1941, he served in the army, and in 1939, while being demobilized, he participated in the launch of the first cyclotron in Europe at the Radium Institute under the guidance of I. V. Kurchatov. In 1943, he was part of the group consisting of ten scientists headed by I. V. Kurchatov, the first staff members of a new nuclear centre Laboratory No 2 of the AS of the USSR (now the Kurchatov Institute). There were A. I. Alikhanov, G. N. Flerov and other renowned physicists in this group. In 1948, he was assigned a deputy director of the Hydrotechnical Laboratory of the AS of the USSR being established in Dubna, the future JINR Laboratory of Nuclear Problems which he headed in 1956. For over thirty years, he was its director.”

How Does Radiation Impact DNA, and What Do Molecular Geneticists Do?

Mikhail Zarubin and Kirill Tarasov from the DLNP Sector of Molecular Genetics of the Cell were invited experts of a new episode of RIA Novosti’s popular science podcast “We all will die. But not for sure”. The lethal radiation dose for a human is 3 to 5 Gy, and a tardigrade can withstand radiation of 10 000 Gy. Which genes do allow this animal to survive such tremendous radiation, and is it possible to insert them into our DNA? How cellular machinery works, whether genes can be switched on and off, and how they can be repaired. JINR scientists explained us molecular genetics.

Results of the 2023 JINR Grant Competition for Young Scientists and Specialists

The results of the 2023 JINR Grant Competition for Young Scientists and Specialists have been announced. The competition is organized by the JINR Association of Young Scientists and Specialists. There are 16 staff members of our Laboratory among the grant holders.

“Science and Life”: Extreme Bacteria from Neutrino Observatory

The January issue (No 01, 2023) of the popular science journal “Nauka i Zhizn” (“Science and Life”) published the article by Elena Vladimirovna Kravchenko, Candidate of Biology, the head of the DLNP Sector of Molecular Genetics of the Cell, about the discovery of a new species of extremophile bacteria in groundwater of one of the tunnels of the Baksan Neutrino Observatory (INR of RAS).

Happy New Year 2023!

Dear friends! A beloved joyful winter day is approaching, New Year’s Day!We heartily wish you that in 2023 all your dreams come true!May the new year indulge you with good news, pleasant conversations, surprises, changes for the good, and successfully implemented ideas!Enjoy financial stability and family well-being, and face the future with confidence!All the good and all the best for the new year!Happy New Year!

News from T2K

At present, the international experiment T2K, in which DLNP specialists participate, is upgrading the near detector ND280. In the future, the detector will become a constituent of the new Hyper-Kamiokande project.

Vadim Alexandrovich Bednyakov Was Granted the Letter of Appreciation of the Governor of the Moscow Region

The Director of the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems Vadim Alexandrovich Bednyakov was granted the Letter of Appreciation of the Governor of the Moscow Region. The award ceremony took place on December 23 at the JINR Conference Hall at the session of the JINR Science and Technology Council. We heartily congratulate Vadim Alexandrovich on this well-earned reward!

Ivan Suslov is the Laureate of the 2022 JINR Prize for Young Scientists and Specialists

We congratulate Ivan Suslov, a junior researcher of our Laboratory, on receiving the Third Prize in the category “Methodological and technological research work” within the competition for 2022 JINR Prizes for Young Scientists and Specialists. The competition was held on December 7, 2022. We wish Ivan every continued success in science, new goals and their achievements!

“Yulian Aramovich Budagov… Promised to Live 100 Years”

The book “Yulian Aramovich Budagov… promised to live 100 years” by Vadim Alexandrovich Bednyakov, the Director of the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, was issued at the JINR Publishing Department.The book was written to commemorate a gifted scientist, experimental physicist of a world’s scale, science administrator, professor Yulian Aramovich Budagov.

Installation of the Compact Precision Laser Inclinometer in Kamchatka

On December 3−10, 2022, in accordance with the Agreement on Cooperation between JINR, the Vitus Bering Kamchatka State University (KAMSU) and the Federal Research Center “Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences” (UGS of RAS) (Kamchatka Branch), the compact precision laser inclinometer (CPLI) was installed in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. It was adjusted, calibrated and mounted by the JINR group – M. V. Lyablin, A. V. Krasnoperov and A. M. Kuzkin.

“It is an Honour to Receive the Scholarship Named after the Legend of World Science”

On December 8, the results of the competition for receiving the 2023 Bruno Pontecorvo Scholarship for Young DLNP Scientists were announced. The Scholarship went to Nadezhda Rumyantseva, a researcher of Sector 2 of Weak Interactions of the DLNP Experimental Department of Nuclear Spectroscopy and Radiochemistry. The DLNP Group of Scientific Communication talked to Nadezhda Rumyantseva about her work, experiments she is involved in and plans for the year as a scholarship holder.