Please enjoy a New Year’s note from JINR Director Grigory Trubnikov and a short video about the magic of science. Thank you for being with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in 2025, and Happy New Year!

On 20 December, the final meeting of the JINR Science and Technology Council in 2024 was held: the STC members discussed the year’s work results and reviewed the prospects for further development of the Institute. The event concluded with a ceremony of awarding JINR employees.

The Institute’s representatives headed by Director Grigory Trubnikov participated in the 23rd meeting of the JINR-RSA JCC held at the NRF: iThemba LABS, the accelerator centre of South Africa. The agenda of the Committee meeting was devoted to strategic issues of further partnership development.

A delegation of JINR and partner Russian higher education institutions visited the universities of the Republic of South Africa to meet with the leadership of scientific faculties and specialised departments and discuss cooperation issues.

On 13 December, a group of Slovak students from Moscow universities came to Dubna to get acquainted with JINR. They visited the JINR Mir Centre and listened to lectures at MLIT, FLNP, and BLTP. Head of the MLIT Scientific Department of Computational Physics Ján Buša organized the visit.

The solenoid of the Multi-Purpose Detector at NICA was successfully cooled down to its operating temperatures of 4.5-5К, confirming the absence of “cold leaks” and demonstrating the quality of the methods and equipment for the cooling.

On 23 December, JINR received permission from the Chief Department of State Construction Supervision of the Moscow Region to commission the main JINR Dubna Distribution Substation No. 1, a strategically important facility for powering the NICA Accelerator Complex.

The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research obtained a patent for a method for manufacturing high-temperature superconducting cable joints. Congratulations to the authors Andrey Shemchuk, Maxim Ilyin, and Mikhail Novikov on receiving the state registration!

On 24 December, President of the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Dynkin visited JINR to tour the NICA Accelerator Complex at VBLHEP and make a presentation “Transformation of the world order” at a joint institute seminar.

The event took place from 16 to 18 December and was dedicated to the experience exchange and discussion of the latest achievements in condensed matter radiation physics. Along with the FLNR JINR employees, representatives of more than ten Russian scientific centres participated in the session.

The presentation of the book marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding scientist took place on 20 December at the JINR Museum of History and Science of Technology. Ivan Chuvilo’s colleagues, family, and friends shared their memories about him at the event.

The JINR International Conference Centre hosted a ceremony of awarding diplomas on conferring degrees to three doctors of sciences and six candidates of sciences. JINR congratulates the researchers and wishes them further academic achievements!

On 25 December, at the meeting of the Dubna State University Scientific Council, the titles of Distinguished and Honorary Professor were awarded to seven outstanding JINR scientists working at the university. The Institute team congratulates the honoured employees and wishes them further successes and new achievements!

106 young researchers, specialists, and highly qualified workers of the Institute will receive the AYSS JINR grant for the most significant experimental, theoretical, methodological, technical, and applied works. We congratulate the grantees and wish them success in their future activity!

On 24 December, the JINR Mir Cultural Centre hosted the opening of the Fairytales of the World exhibition organized by the JINR Quarks Artists’ Club. The artwork is made in various techniques. The canvases feature watercolour, pastel, oil, acrylic paint, gouache. Plaster, papier-mâché, decorative elements, and lighting are used in the installations.

Ski, skates, and other equipment rental is available at the stadium for all visitors. You can find information about prices on the JINR Sports Complex website. Opening hours: Mon-Fri: 12:00 PM — 9:00 PM; Sat-Sun: 10:00 AM — 9:00 PM.

The Moscow Virtuosi State Chamber Orchestra under the baton of maestro Vladimir Spivakov performed compositions by Bach, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and other world-famous composers in the Synchrophasotron Hall at VBLHEP. The soloist of the Moscow Academic Musical Theatre Elizaveta Pakhomova became the voice of the evening.

Please enjoy recordings of seminars “Low-frequency laser power stabilisation for a compact precision laser inclinometer”¹ by Yuli Klemeshov, “LINAC-200 Linear Accelerator: a new DLNP JINR basic facility for research with electron beams”² by Alexey Trifonov, and “Attosecond physics in Cherenkov radiation”³ by Dmitry Karlovets.

On 26 December, the JINR Telegram channel published a post with an archive photograph of the ceremony marking the launch of the new U-400 Heavy Ion Accelerator at FLNR at JINR taken exactly 46 years ago, on 26 December 1978.

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

A new issue of the JINR Weekly Newspaper #50 has been published. Please note that you can read an English version on the JINR Newspaper’s website.

Seminars

• 9 January, 4:00 PM. BLTP. “Astrophysics news, based on the latest conferences results” by Maria Savina

Culture

• 24 December — 19 January. Daily from 1:00 to 7:00 PM (except Monday). JINR Mir Cultural Centre. Exhibition by JINR Artists’ Club
• 4 — 31 January. Daily from 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM. JINR Universal Public Library. Art exhibition
• 5 January, 5:00 PM. JINR Mir Cultural Centre. Nutcracker ballet
• 6 January, 6:00 PM. JINR Mir Cultural Centre. New Year’s concert of Elena et les garçons
• 8 January, 4:00 PM. JINR Mir Cultural Centre. Snow World Christmas concert
• 9 January, 7:00 PM. JINR Universal Public Library. Hairpin book club
• 14 January, 7:00 PM. JINR Universal Public Library. Genealogical club’s meeting

For Kids

• 3 January, 12:00 PM, 3:00 PM. JINR Mir Cultural Centre. New Year’s performance for children