JINR Director, RAS Academician Grigory Trubnikov and Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev signed the document on 26 June alongside the 2nd Obninsk NEW International Youth Nuclear Forum. The new agreement outlines plans for bilateral collaboration on a number of key scientific projects of the Joint Institute.

As part of the visit on 1–2 July, Grigory Trubnikov met with the Director General of the Institute of Plasma Physics, Professor Song Yuntao, to discuss the prospects for enhancing cooperation between the two scientific centres. Joint work is planned in education, materials science, medical and environmental research.

On 1 July, the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at JINR hosted the opening of Nucleus-2024: Fundamental Problems and Applications, the biggest annual Russian nuclear physics conference. This year, the event is organized by JINR, Moscow State University, and Saint Petersburg State University.

On 21 June, the last day of the internship by the JINR University Centre, the participants presented the projects they worked on during their three-week visit to Dubna. Several students, along with their supervisors and the Deputy Director of iThemba LABS, coordinator of the internship, shared their thoughts on this experience.

On 24–26 June, high school students of Zaozernaya Secondary School № 16 visited JINR as part of an intensive course. They toured the Institute’s laboratories, heard lectures, and participated in masterclasses.

On 23 June, the results of the first All-Russian Olympiad for Physics Teachers, League of the Best, were announced at the site of the Russian Knowledge Society at VDNH. The Olympiad was organized by JINR, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Rosatom, Kurchatov Institute, and the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The discovery was made by researchers from the Laboratory of Neutron Physics at JINR and Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Their findings could help in developing nature-like materials. The article was published in the Minerals journal.

The article by a team of authors from BLTP and DLNP at JINR and Dubna State University was published in Chinese Physics C. You can find out more information about the study on JINR’s website.

A Bauman University student Tatyana Mitrofanova won a quiz on the main achievements in science, technology, and higher education, which took place during the Science and Universities Day of the International Russia Forum. This granted her the opportunity to visit the NICA Complex at VBLHEP at JINR.

The JINR Publishing Department released a book “Garry V. Efimov: celebrating 90th anniversary” compiled by BLTP JINR Chief Researcher Mikhail Ivanov and JINR Chief Scientific Secretary Sergey Nedelko. The book presents the research activities of Garry Efimov and memories of his relatives, friends, colleagues, and students.

The Ministry of Investments and Innovations of the Moscow Region annually holds a competition to provide the most sought-after young scientists and specialists with state support in purchase or construction of housing. The list of this year’s winners from the Institute is presented on the JINR website.

Administrative and scientific personnel from research and educational organizations of Vietnam and countries of Southeast Asia are invited to participate in the 25th JEMS Programme (JINR Expertise for Member States and Partner Countries), scheduled for 9–20 September 2024. Find out more on the event’s page.

On 24–25 June, JINR hosted the 59th meeting of the Programme Advisory Committee for Condensed Matter Physics. Please enjoy a video about the event featuring FLNP JINR Deputy Director Bagdaulet Mukhametuly and FLNP JINR Department Head Viktor Bodnarchuk.

The middle of summer is traditionally the time when JINR and Dubna host a lot of guests, many of whom stay at the Dubna Hotel. And 21 year ago, in the hot July of 2003, the Institute began experiments on the synthesis of moscovium, the element with an atomic number 115.

We offer you to watch a video review of highlights from the life of the Institute.

A new issue of the JINR Weekly Newspaper #25 has been published. Please note that you can read an English version on the JINR Newspaper’s website.

On 29 June, a stage of the 2024 Iver Swim competitions took place. Archimedes Swimming Pool coach Maria Alikina took the second place in the 2km race, and an FLNP JINR employee Alexey Altynov won the 4km event. Congratulations to the athletes!

Conferences

• 1 – 5 July. 74th International Conference on Nuclear Physics “Nucleus-2024: Fundamental problems and applications”. JINR, Dubna
• 1 – 5 July. 2nd coordination workshop on swift and multicharged ions in radiation material science. Irkutsk, Russia
• 1 – 18 July. 36th Summer International Computer School (ICS-2024). Dubna, Russia
• 4 – 5 July. Meeting of Working Group on Financial Issues under CP JINR Chairperson. Saint Petersburg, Russia
• 8 – 12 July. Scientific School for Physics Teachers at JINR. JINR, Dubna
• 8 – 12 July. International Conference on Hadron Structure and Fundamental Interactions (HSFI-2024). Gatchina, Russia
• 10 – 17 July. 24th International Scientific Baikal Summer School on Physics of Elementary Particles and Astrophysics. Bolshye Koty, Irkutsk Region, Russia

Seminars

• 4 July, 10:00 AM. VBLHEP. “On the issue of estimating displacements of Nuclotron quadrupole lenses” by Alexander Fillipov
• 8 July, 11:00 AM. BLTP Journal Club. “Primordial black holes can only explain a fraction of dark matter: LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA” by Chitta Ranjan Das
• 10 July, 11:00 AM. DLNP. “From COMPASS to AMBER: “From the spin crisis to the mystery of hadronic masses” by Oleg Denisov

Culture

• 19 June — 14 July. Daily from 1:00 to 7:00 PM (except Monday). JINR Cultural Centre “Mir”. Exhibition of wood carving and painting
• 4 July, 7:00 PM. JINR Universal Public Library. Summer Reading List book club
• 5 July, 6:00 PM. JINR Universal Public Library. English speaking club