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Microplastic pollution becomes a topical issue in Liepāja

Microplastics are one of the most dangerous and also one of the most common types of pollution worldwide. On World Environment Day, everyone had the opportunity on the Liepāja beach to assess how much microplastic is currently present on the seashore and to learn how it can be collected. Equip…

TV Kurzeme

June 8, 2026

public health research

Pilot project at Eastern Hospital improves treatment of colorectal, endometrial, and gastric cancer

Precise cancer diagnostics and targeted treatment today are based on tumour biology, which is enabled by molecular diagnostics, and this is also possible in Latvia. At a completely new level and on a broad scale, the possibilities of molecular diagnostics were tested by doctors at Riga Eastern Clin…

Laura Dzērve

June 5, 2026

public health research

New diagnostics at Stradiņš Hospital enables early detection of hidden heart diseases

At Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital, within the pilot project “FFRct diagnostic method for patients after peripheral vascular revascularization”, it has been possible to detect clinically significant coronary artery disease in a timely manner even in patients without pronounced symptoms …

LSM.lv Ziņu redakcija

June 5, 2026

public health

A salivary enzyme may help predict an increased risk of harmful fats

Overweight and related metabolic disorders are now one of the global public health challenges. Visceral fat is particularly dangerous – the fat that accumulates around internal organs and increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, as well as cardiovascular disease. Until now, the assessment of ove…

Gita Erta, RSU

June 4, 2026

entrepreneurship science policy

Latvian Investment and Development Agency and the European Investment Bank (EIB): Latvia has strong start-up potential

The European Investment Bank (EIB), in cooperation with the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) and the international professional services company PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), has presented initial conclusions on the financing ecosystem for Latvian start-ups and scale-ups, while al…

LIAA

June 4, 2026

public health

Antibiotics in children in Latvia are used cautiously, but not always appropriately

Rapid diagnostics and targeted physician education can help to further reduce inappropriate use of antibiotics more effectively. The author of the doctoral research study “Prescribing Patterns of Antibacterial Therapy for Children with Acute Infections in Primary Care in Latvia and the Impact of Mu…

Zane Līkopa, RSU

June 3, 2026

technologies science

Agreement reached to develop unmanned systems and dual‑use technologies in Latvia

To create an environment where unmanned systems, autonomous technologies, and other innovative solutions can be tested under real conditions, while at the same time promoting cooperation between companies, research organisations, academia, and international partners, the “Baltic Forces Hub” will be…

Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte

June 3, 2026

technologies social sciences

First Open Model for Latvian Handwritten Text Recognition Created at the University of Latvia

The first open text recognition model for Latvian handwriting has been created on the Transkribus platform. Developed for the research and digitisation of Latvian handwritten manuscripts, the model will be useful to anyone working with 19th-century Latvian handwritten materials. The model was …

Latvijas Universitāte

June 2, 2026

research natural sciences

How to replicate on Earth a process that occurs in the Sun? Researchers are working on future nuclear fusion technologies

Nuclear fusion is a process in which a large amount of energy is released when light atomic nuclei merge. This process also takes place inside the Sun. Although nuclear fusion is not yet used for commercial energy production, scientists around the world are working on its development, as in the fut…

Matīss Sondars (LU Eksakto zinātņu un tehnoloģiju fakultātes Ķīmiskās fizikas institūta pētnieks)

June 2, 2026