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Andris Potrebko Becomes the First in Latvia to Earn a Doctoral Degree in Physics and Astronomy with a Specialisation in Particle Physics

Latvia now has its first newly qualified doctor, Andris Potrebko, who, while studying particle physics, carried out his doctoral research at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) and is the very first graduate of the joint doctoral programme Particle Physics and Accelerator Technolo…

Riga Technical University

December 15, 2025

science policy technologies digitalization

Latvian Council of Science Launches a New Interactive Dashboard – a Unified Tool for Data Exploration and Analysis

The Latvian Council of Science has developed and published a new interactive dashboard for the Fundamental and Applied Research Programme (FLPP). Available in the Power BI environment, the dashboard provides a comprehensive, transparent and user-friendly overview of FLPP calls and project data sinc…

Latvian Council of Science

December 12, 2025

international collaboration research

#ChooseEurope: Latvia as Part of the European Research Area

In 2025, the European Commission (EC) launched the international #ChooseEurope initiative, aimed at strengthening Europe’s visibility as an attractive research area and promoting the professional mobility of researchers. The initiative is also supported by the Ministry of Education and Science, hig…

researchLatvia | Latvian Council of Science

December 12, 2025

technologies innovation

New Technology for Nail Polish Curing Presented at Company Kinetics's Hackathon

New technologies for curing nail polish coatings, methods for testing the durability of polish materials, and testing the adhesion of new nail coatings using bovine hooves as an analog for human nails — these are the award-winning innovative ideas from students of Riga Technical University (RTU) an…

Riga Technical University

December 11, 2025

technologies

Covering Bees for the Winter — Latvian Researchers Develop Hives Resistant to Temperature Fluctuations

Researchers at the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry are studying how to protect bees during temperature fluctuations — they are installing materials inside hives that reflect heat, helping bees maintain the necessary temperature. This three-year project began this summer, and its goal is t…

Viktors Demidovs | Latvian Radio

December 11, 2025

humanities and arts research citizen science researcher

Humanities in the Digital Age: The Path of the National Library Researcher Anda Baklāne in Science

Anda Baklāne, PhD, is the Head of Digital Research Services at the National Library of Latvia (NLL), a literary critic and digital humanities practitioner. Through her work on digital research projects, she develops approaches that help systematize literary corpora, interpret textual data, an…

Brigita Zutere, researchLatvia

December 10, 2025

natural sciences technologies

University of Latvia Researchers Launch a Unique Study on the Future of Peat Extraction in Latvia

Latvia is a European leader in the export of peat substrates, and calculations show that the country’s peat resources are sufficient for at least the next thousand years. However, in light of the European Green Deal, there is a possibility that peat extraction in Latvia may face future restrictions…

UL Foundation

December 10, 2025

technologies innovation

LMT Group Begins Production of the World’s Smallest Mobile Data Module

Latvian Mobile Telephone's (LMT’s) Internet of Things (IoT) engineering team has begun producing IoT Shortcut – the world’s smallest mobile data module for sensor devices, offering universal connectivity options for IoT equipment from any manufacturer worldwide. After the first tests of the …

Newspaper “Dienas Bizness”

December 10, 2025

natural sciences

LSIWC has launched a project on cultivating the Trametes versicolor fruiting body under laboratory conditions

What happens when a centuries-old medicinal mushroom, known from the forest floor, is encouraged to grow in a laboratory? Is it possible to replicate a slow and complex natural process under controlled conditions — and obtain high-value bioactive compounds from it? These are the questions the Latvi…

Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry

December 9, 2025