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UL Researchers Outline a Technology Transfer Model Tailored for Latvia

Interim results from a study conducted jointly by the University of Latvia (UL) Faculty of Economics and Management and the BA School of Business and Finance confirm that Latvia has significant untapped potential in science commercialisation. However, unlocking this potential requires profound gove…

LU Ekonomikas un sociālo zinātņu fakultāte

December 4, 2025

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New Food Solutions Are Born in the Innovation Lab in Vidzeme

How can new flavours be created for ice cream, beverages, or how can whey or food leftovers be transformed into yet another product? Students from Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences and abroad searched for answers to these questions together with researchers this week. Several Latvian food and …

Anna Liene Brokāne | Laura Jansone | Emvats Mosakovskis | Vidzemes TV speciāli ReTV

December 4, 2025

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Expanded Support for Researchers in Data Management – More Training and Consultations

On Tuesday, December 2, the Cabinet of Ministers supported the initiative put forward by the Ministry of Education and Science regarding support for open science and research data management in Latvia. The amendments provide for the reallocation of funds to organize more training, informational and…

Izglītības un zinātnes ministrija | researchLatvia

December 3, 2025

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Adolescent Mental Health After the Pandemic: The Contribution of Latvian Scientists to Assessing Symptoms of Mental Disorders

Adolescent mental health has become a firmly established topic in post-pandemic discussions among educators, families, the media, and healthcare professionals. Almost everyone knows a story about a young person who feels exhausted and unmotivated, no longer wants to go to school, spends most of the…

The Latvian Council of Science

December 3, 2025

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Why It's Worth Establishing a Natural Meadow

Why sow a meadow? How long does it take to grow? Doesn't it just happen on its own? As part of the Delfi Brand Studio project In Nature's Footsteps, we speak with Dr. geogr. Agnese Priede. A biologically diverse flower meadow often blooms brighter in our imagination than in the Latvian landscape…

Signe Bahšteina | Delfi Brand Studio

December 2, 2025

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Ventspils University of Applied Sciences and the University of Latvia Sign a Cooperation Agreement

On 1 December, Ventspils University of Applied Sciences (VUAS) and the University of Latvia (UL) signed a cooperation agreement to strengthen collaboration between the two institutions in the development of study processes, scientific research, innovation, and knowledge transfer. The agreement prov…

Ventspils University of Applied Sciences

December 2, 2025

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Unique CO₂ Monitoring Project in Latvia’s Peatlands

A unique project, “Development of CO₂ Cycle Monitoring in Natural and Degraded Peatlands”, has been launched, marking a significant milestone in Latvia’s progress toward science-based and transparent carbon accounting. The project aims to establish a next-generation Eddy Covariance monitoring netwo…

Inga Retiķe, Leading Researcher, Department of Environmental Science, UL FST

December 1, 2025

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BioPhoT conference demonstrates Latvia's potential to translate scientific excellence into market-ready solutions

The first BioPhoT - Latvian Innovation Launchpad conference brought together a wide range of stakeholders - almost 200 participants met to discuss science-industry collaboration, showcase the results of the first year of the platform and chart the way forward for efficient commercialisation of scie…

BioPhoT

December 1, 2025

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Spider Silk and Alzheimer’s Disease Through a Chemist’s Eyes

Chemist Kristaps Jaudzems draws his inspiration from images and test tubes. Creating a “portrait” of a molecule, figuring out how to “persuade” it to behave differently, and then testing whether it works in the real world, this is how the leading researcher at the Institute of Organic Synthesis des…

Ieva Siliņa, host of the Radio Naba program "In the Name of Science" | Ivars Austers, professor of social psychology at the University of Latvia

November 28, 2025