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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

research research public health

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

research innovation technologies

Latvian Scientists’ Technology Enters the Product Catalogue of the World’s Leading Photonics Company Thorlabs

An innovation created by Latvian scientists has reached the global technology market – the high-speed laser pulse power sensor technology TESS (Thermoelectric Energy Sensing System), developed at the Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia (ISSP UL), has been included in the product …

Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia

November 27, 2025

achievements

Nine Baltic Women Researchers Receive the Prestigious Baltic Fellowship for Women in Science 2025

Today, on 27 November, the award ceremony for the “Baltic Fellowship for Women in Science 2025” laureates will take place at the Latvian Academy of Sciences. For the second year in a row, the academies of sciences of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, in cooperation with the UNESCO National Commission…

Latvian Academy of Sciences

November 27, 2025

research social sciences

RSU Studies the Modern Office and its Impact on Employees

Today, employers are compelled to design office spaces creatively to attract, retain, and motivate employees. The information and communication technology (ICT) sector is particularly notable in this regard. In addition to sleek, modern interiors, many offices offer café-level hot drink selections …

Rihards Ginters, RSU Master of Social Sciences in Anthropology

November 26, 2025

diaspora international collaboration

Latvia's Diaspora Scientist Database – A Resource That Unites Researchers Around the World

Many Latvian researchers living abroad maintain professional contacts with Latvia's research environment and collaborate with colleagues in related scientific fields. For this purpose, a diaspora scientist database has been created on Latvia's science communication portal researchLatvia, which brin…

researchLatvia

November 26, 2025

higher education

Latvia to Introduce New Academic Career Framework – A Step Towards Long-Term Sustainable and Competitive Science and Higher Education

On Tuesday, November 25, the government supported the conceptual report prepared by the Ministry of Education and Science on implementing a new academic career framework, which provides for four stages of academic career, regular evaluation of academic staff performance at least once every six year…

Ministry of Education and Science | researchLatvia

November 25, 2025

Latvian Academy of Culture: Interdisciplinary Research of the Cultural and Artistic Ecosystem, Public Engagement and International Cooperation

The Institute of Arts and Cultural Studies (IACS) of the Latvian Academy of Culture (LAC) is one of the most dynamic research institutions in the humanities and social sciences in Latvia, fostering an interdisciplinary approach to the study of cultural processes, the arts and the creative sector. I…

LAC Institute of Culture and Arts

November 25, 2025

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RTU and “Latvenergo” Launch an Unprecedented Business and Science Collaboration Initiative to Promote Research and Production of Green Fuels

Riga Technical University (RTU) and AS Latvenergo will implement the first industrial professorship project in Latvia. An international open competition will be held to attract a professor who, with the company’s support, will research opportunities for developing green fuels. Upon agreeing …

Riga Technical University

November 25, 2025