On November 1, Scientific Director of the Dubna-based Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia Yuri Oganesyan delivered a lecture to students of the Russian-Armenian University on the discovery of superheavy elements of the periodic table.

 

The academician spoke about the historical development of chemistry as a science and the discovery of a new chemical element named after him. According to the scientist, initially he was looking for new artificial elements and then discovered element number 118 of the periodic table. 

 

It should be noted that academician Yuri Oganesyan was awarded the Honorary Order of the Russian-Armenian University and the title of Honorary Doctor of RAU for his widely recognized contribution to the development of natural science, for fundamental studies of the interaction of complex nuclei and experimental confirmation of the hypothesis of the existence of "islands of stability" of superheavy elements, as well as for the discovery of four new heavy elements of the periodic table, including element N 118, the pioneer explorer "Oganesson" (Og).

 

Academician Oganesyan became the first laureate of the UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev International Prize in the Basic Sciences in 2021. Yuri Oganesyan is a specialist in the field of experimental physics of the atomic nucleus, research on nuclear reactions, synthesis and research on the properties of new elements of the periodic table, physics and technology of charged particle accelerators, and the use of accelerated heavy ions in nanotechnologies. He is the author and co-author of more than 460 scientific papers.

 

 

 

Translated by Praksya Ayvazyan,
I year Master’s Student in Translation & Interpretation, RAU