Number 2 (251) 2024

Alexey Litvin
Crush Strategy
It is the first material of the journal “Science and Innovation” and the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus joint
project, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from the Nazi invaders “Liberation. Chronicle of events,” which is intended to restore, month after month, the main milestones on the path to victory, and is related to the events of January–February 1944.

Andrey Kuzmin
The importance of nuclear energy in the modern world
The current state of nuclear energy in the world and in the Republic of Belarus is analyzed, and forecasts for the further development of the industry are given.

Denis Mukha, Valentina Tsilibina
The role of nuclear energy in the economy at the present stage
The authors considered the role of nuclear energy in ensuring the national energy security and determined the prospects and areas for introducing the “green square” concept in domestic conditions.

Alexander Mikhalevich, Tatyana Zorina, Alexander Grebenkov, Sergey Aleksandrovich
Nuclear energy on the way to sustainable low-carbon development of the Republic of Belarus
It is shown how widespread development of the electric power industry based on low-carbon nuclear energy, renewable sources and energy
storage systems will contribute to achieving carbon neutrality of the national economy in the near future.

Andrey Kuzmin, Svyatoslav Sikorin
Scientific support of the Belarusian NPP: results and prospects
The authors described the work of the Joint Institute for Power and Nuclear Research – Sosny of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, aimed at preparing and implementing scientific and technical proposals for optimizing technological processes that increase nuclear, radiation and environmental safety, physical protection, as well as the efficiency of nuclear energy facilities.

Andrey Chorny
On the role of thermal-hydraulic calculations
There are presented the research results of lean mixtures of hydrogen with air ignition processes study for the purposes of ensuring the safety of the Belarusian NPP.

Yulia Kisel, Pavel Krivosheev
Study of lean mixtures of hydrogen with air ignition for the purposes of ensuring the safety of the Belarusian NPP
There are presented the research results of lean mixtures of hydrogen with air ignition processes study for the purposes of ensuring the safety of the Belarusian NPP.

Mikhail Korzhik, Alexander Lobko, Sergey Maksimenko, Vitaly Mechinsky
Ionizing radiation detectors
Based on the experience of the BSU Institute of Nuclear Problems in the development of nuclear physics measuring and dosimetric equipment and, in particular, detector elements for various purposes, the impact of these works on diagnostics and therapy in medicine, transport safety, hydrocarbon exploration and non-proliferation of fissile materials, nondestructive testing was shown.

Svetlana Sytova
National nuclear knowledge management system
The article substantiates the need and ways of creating a national nuclear knowledge management system in the Republic of Belarus.

Iryna Yemelyanovich
A proactive framework for managing new technologies
Based on the OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Outlook 2023 report, the author analyzes a set of criteria and tools for the rational formation of new developments taking into account the values of society.

Alexander Rusakovich, Vitaly Chabatul, Svetlana Makrak, Dmitry Bashko
Technological sovereignty: areas of the Union State agro-industrial complex development
The authors considered the legal acts of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus regulating the technological independence of the agro-industrial complex, and determined conceptual directions for ensuring the technological sovereignty of the agroindustrial complex of the Union State.

Yulia Vasilishina
Driver for innovation
The international network of technology and innovation support centers is a project of the World Intellectual Property Organization, which Belarus joined in 2016. Currently, 30 centers have been created in our country. We have asked their leaders and NCIP experts about what they are needed for and how useful they are.

Margarita Vodeiko, Daria Tsublenok
Update of water bodies in the Neman river basin
The article is devoted to the results of the inventory of 3 377 surface water bodies in the Neman River basin.

Zhanna Komarova, Tatiana Zhdanovich, Natalia Minakova
Pillars of Belarusian science
The author considers the commemorative practices of perpetuating the memory of academic researchers whose names have become the common property of the Belarusian people.