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RTU Announces Scholarship Competition for School Students and University Students, Encouraging Research into Future Construction and Road-Building Technologies
Riga Technical University (RTU) invites secondary school students, vocational education students, and bachelor’s students to participate in a scholarship competition by 30 September. School students will be eligible to receive scholarships for the development of scientific research, project, or mod…
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Riga Technical University

September 15, 2026

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The Armed Forces Are Very Interested in It. What Can the Latvia-Made “Quantum Box” That Travelled to Paris Do?
From the outside, it looks like a small, compact box that can be held in one hand, but inside it houses a quantum detector, a microwave generator, a laser, and an onboard computer. Behind its modest exterior lie more than ten years of research, quantum physics, diamond crystals, international coope…
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Ieva Lazdiņa, delfi.lv

September 14, 2026

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Fifth Call for Postdoctoral Research Applications Announced
 The Latvian Council of Science (LCS) has announced the fifth call for research applications under Measure 1.1.1.9 “Postdoctoral Research” of the European Union Cohesion Policy Programme 2021–2027. The aim of the fifth call is to strengthen Latvia’s scientific capacity and promote the pro…
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Latvijas Zinātnes padome

September 14, 2026

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Turning Research into Growth - Latvia and Switzerland to Exchange Experience
From 14 to 17 September, representatives of public administration, research institutions and industry will take part in an exchange visit to Switzerland aimed at learning from Swiss experience in the commercialisation of research results and cooperation between research and industry, while also sha…
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Ministru of Education and Science

September 11, 2026

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Researchers’ Night 2026 Invites Everyone to Discover the Nature of Science Across Latvia
Under the slogan “Discover the Nature of Science!”, “Researchers’ Night 2026” will take place across Latvia on Friday, 25 September, inviting everyone to explore science in an exciting and practical way. At more than 35 locations, visitors will be able to look inside laboratories and discover struc…
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Latvijas Zinātnes padome

September 11, 2026

natural sciences science communication

If every glacier in the world were studied, unpredictable natural disasters might be avoided. UL geologists have returned from an expedition to Greenland’s glaciers.
If every glacier in the world were studied, unpredictable natural disasters might be avoided. Research data make it possible to predict what could happen to glaciers in the future. This is what geologists from the University of Latvia (UL), who have returned from a month-long expedition to north-we…
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LTV News Service

September 10, 2026

natural sciences

A New Devonian Lungfish Species Discovered in Latvia
Researchers from the University of Latvia (UL), in collaboration with Swedish and Australian palaeontologists, have discovered and described a new, previously unknown lungfish species in Upper Devonian deposits in Kurzeme. The species has been named in honour of the Latvian deity Jumis. The researc…
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Ervīns Lukševičs, LU EZTF Professor and Leading Researcher at the Department of Geology

September 10, 2026