Two projects of the young scientists from the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems became the winners of the JINR best innovation development competition

The results of the JINR competition for innovative research & development projects with high potential for implementation in industry, scientific instrumentation, and the social sphere were announced.

Long term remote reactor power and fuel composition monitoring using antineutrinos

In July 2025, a new paper titled "Long term remote reactor power and fuel composition monitoring using antineutrinos" was published in Physics Letters B. It presents the results of seven years of antineutrino flux measurements from a nuclear reactor at the Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant in the DANSS experiment. DLNP staff members play a key role in the experiment, ranging from the development of the first detector prototypes to ensuring the described long-term measurements at the Kalinin NPP.

Comparative analysis of enriched mesenchymal stem cells conditioned medium fractions obtained by ultrafiltration

The July-September 2025 open-access issue of the Natural Science Review journal featured an article by researchers from JINR, Lomonosov Moscow State University, and the National Medical Research Center for Rehabilitation and Balneology. The article presents a comparative analysis of various components produced by mesenchymal stem cells into the conditioned medium, obtained using serum-based and serum-free culture methods and isolated via ultrafiltration techniques.

“It is a great honour for me to receive the V. P. Dzhelepov Scholarship”

This year Elena Sergeevna Kurakina has been awarded the V. P. Dzhelepov Scholarship. The Group of Scientific Communication asked Elena Kurakina about her work, experiments and plans for the upcoming scholarship year.

“Dzhelepov for me is an example of the scientist who not only pursued science but also created conditions for it to develop over decades”

This year Vladislav Andreevich Rozhkov became the laureate of the V. P. Dzhelepov Scholarship. The Group of Scientific Communications asked Vladislav about his work at the laboratory, scientific achievements, and plans for the future.

Congratulations to Alena Sergeevna Yakhnenko on the successful defence of the candidate dissertation!

Today, on 27 February 2025, Alena Sergeevna Yakhnenko has successfully defended her dissertation at Vavilov Institute of General Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The topic of her work was “Comparative analysis of intraspecific and interspecific genetic differentiation of Baikal sponges (Porifera: Spongillida)”.

“Bruno Pontecorvo is a man who is worth being a role model in what concerns not only work and love of physics but also the great variety of interests”

During the ceremony devoted to the 75th anniversary of the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, the Bruno Pontecorvo scholarship and V. P. Dzhelepov scholarship were awarded. Andrei Olegovich Gridin, researcher of the Department of Colliding Beams, became a laureate of the Bruno Pontecorvo scholarship.

Laureates of the 2024 JINR Prize announced

At the 137th session of the JINR Scientific Council, held in the House of International Meetings on 13–14 February 2025, it was decided to award the annual JINR prizes for theoretical research works, experimental research works, methodological and technical research works, and applied technical research works. The staff members of our laboratory were awarded two second prizes and one third prize.

Commissioning of LINAC-200, the first stage of the electron linear accelerator LINAC-800, started

Today, on 13 February 2025, a ceremonial launch of the LINAC-200 linear accelerator, a new basic facility of the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, has taken place.

Test run at the LINAC-200 electron linear accelerator successfully done

Today, on 12 February 2025, a test run of the electron beam with the energy of 25 MeV has been successfully done at the LINAC-200 linear accelerator. Tomorrow, the opening ceremony of the new basic facility of the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems will be held by the members of the Scientific Council and JINR Directorate.

“The most incredible thing that Bruno Pontecorvo taught his students is self-belief”

In December 2024, Jeanne Laberrigue-Frolow, the oldest physicist, one of the founders of the Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and High Energy (LPNHE) in Paris, passed away. In 1958, she came to Dubna where she spent 8 months working in the group of Bruno Pontecorvo at the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems. Today, on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, let us look back at history and recall this wonderful woman.

11 February: International Day of Women and Girls in Science

The International Day of Women and Girls in Science is celebrated on 11 February. This day is aimed at encouraging women to join the scientific community, creating a comfortable environment for them to receive education, and helping women in their scientific career.