Conference “50 years of cold fusion” is held in Yerevan

From November 20 to 24, 2024 the International conference “50-years of cold fusion of massive nuclei”, organised by the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research is held in Erevan (Armenia). Scientists from different parts of the world: Europe, Asia and America have gathered to participate in the conference.

September 2024 marked the 50th anniversary of the discovery of cold fusion reactions. In 1974 a new class of reactions – cold fusion reactions of massive nuclei was discovered in Dubna under the guidance of Yuri Tsolakovich Oganessian. For half a century these reactions have been used in world practice for the synthesis and study of the properties of transactinide elements. This method made it possible for JINR, Germany and Japan leading laboratories to synthesize for the first time the elements with atomic numbers from 107 to 113.