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Latvia’s Relief – a Vast Ice Age Archive. What Are University of Latvia Scientists Studying in It?

Although glaciers are now retreating mainly in mountainous and polar regions, the most rapid disappearance of glaciers in the territory of Latvia occurred at the end of the last Ice Age. Latvia’s present-day relief is like a vast Ice Age archive, preserving evidence of how the Scandinavian Ice Shee…

Kristaps Lamsters (Latvijas Universitātes Eksakto zinātņu un tehnoloģiju fakultātes Ģeoloģijas nodaļas asociētais profesors un vadošais pētnieks)

July 28, 2026

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The Traveling Exhibition “Research Latvia 2026” on display at The Institute of Agricultural Resources and Economics and at The Ogre Central Library

The travelling exhibition “Research Latvia 2026”, created by the Ministry of Education and Science, offers a unique opportunity to discover 12 outstanding Latvian scientists and their contributions to the development of society and research. In May, the travelling exhibition and the science calenda…

researchLatvia

July 27, 2026

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RSU researcher Anna Žabicka defends her dissertation at the University of Vienna following several years of research and eight months of living in a residential care home

What really happens in a residential care home? What is everyday life like for people in a place that society often views only through stereotypes? To find answers to these questions, social anthropologist and researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Anna Žabic…

Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte

July 27, 2026

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RTU, together with the company “Kinetics Nail Systems”, is launching a new initiative – industrial scholarships for bachelor’s and master’s students

Riga Technical University (RTU) and the company “Kinetics Nail Systems” are launching a new initiative – a scholarship programme for bachelor’s and master’s students in the “Materials Engineering” and “Materials Science and Nanotechnology” study programmes at RTU’s Faculty of Natural Sciences and T…

Riga Technical University

July 24, 2026

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A new climate education project will help Latvian schools, municipalities, and society better understand the risks of climate change

The University of Latvia (UL), in cooperation with the Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre (LEGMC), has begun implementing the European Commission-funded climate education project “H-Extremes-LV: From Classroom to Community, Adapting to Hydrometeorological Extremes in Latvia”. Its a…

Latvijas Universitāte

July 24, 2026

space

From Ventspils University of Applied Sciences to the European Space Agency

The opportunity to work at the European Space Agency (ESA) seems like a dream come true to many. For Ventspils University of Applied Sciences student Mārtiņš Leimants, this opportunity became a reality when, a year ago, he began a one-year internship at the European Space Agency’s ESTEC technology …

Ventspils Augstskola

July 23, 2026

natural sciences

Professor: At least 10% of our waste currently consists of items that have never been used

A large share of waste consists of items that have never been used — mostly from “Shein” and other fast-shopping retailers. Among them, the amount of textile waste is an enormous problem, and it continues to grow every year as fast fashion consumption increases, said Inga Dāboliņa, Head of the Pers…

LSM.lv Dzīvesstila redakcija, "Zināmais nezināmajā"

July 23, 2026

science

In memoriam. Zigrīda Apala (02.10.1936.–19.07.2026.)

Zigrīda Apala belongs to the now legendary generation of archaeologists of the 1960s–1980s, who were destined to carry out extensive and significant archaeological excavations. Zigrīda Mieriņa entered Latvian archaeology in 1958, when she was employed as a laboratory assistant in the Archaeolo…

Latvian Academy of Sciences

July 22, 2026