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The First Photonuclear Reaction in Türkiye Realised at Mediterranean University by TÜBA-GEBİP Member Prof. Dr. İsmail Boztosun

TÜBA-GEBİP (Outstanding Young Scientists Award Program) awardee and professor at Mediterranean University, Department of Physics Prof. Dr. İsmail Boztosun and his team realized one of the most fundamental experiments of nuclear physics: using gamma-rays to detach neutrons and photons from atomic nuclei. The photonuclear reaction experiment dating back to the 1970’s in the world, ...

Prof. Dr. Taner Demirer Makes Important Contributions to Stem Cell Research

Prof. Dr. Taner DEMİRER, Principal Member of TÜBA, made important contributions to stem cell research with two new books that he edited. One of them entitled “New Advances in Stem Cell Transplantation” published in 2012 and released in Europe, will be an important reference book for scientists working in regenerative medicine. The second book edited by Prof. Demirer, e ...

The Future of Science in Turkey Discussed at the Çankaya Table

The President of the Turkish Republic H.E. Abdullah GÜL invited the representatives of the scientific community in Turkey to the Traditional Çankaya Table at his Presidential domicile. Attending the luncheon taking place on 10 April 2013, were the Chairman of the Board of Higher Education (YÖK), Prof. D ...

IAP general assembly meeting was held in Rio De Janeiro

The triennial General Assembly meeting (27 February 2013) and the General Conference entitled “Grand Challenges for Integrated Innovations: Science for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development” of The Global Network of Science Academies (IAP) where TÜBA is a member, was held between 25-27 February 2013 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Academy President Prof. Dr. Ahmet Cevat ...

Two Members of TÜBA Elected to Academia Europaea in 2012

The election of Prof. Dr. Bilal Tanatar and Prof. Dr. Ekmel Özbay, Principal members of the Turkish Academy of Sciences, as members of Academia Europaea (The European Academy) was approved by its Council at Bergen, on 11 September 2012. Both of our members were elected for the section on “Physical and Engineering Sciences” of Academia Europaea where membership is by invitation ...