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UL Institute of Astronomy Recognized as UN-GGCE Partner

The University of Latvia’s (UL) Institute of Astronomy has been recognized as a partner of the United Nations Global Geodetic Centre of Excellence (UN-GGCE), highlighting the institute’s contributing role in supporting highly accurate observations and measurements.  For over two decades the…

researchLatvia

October 2, 2024

European Researchers’ Night in Latvia gathers more than 21,000 visitors
On September 27, the last Friday of September, the 19th European Researchers’ Night took place. A total of 35 universities, innovation centers, and research institutions in various cities of Latvia were opened to the public, attracting around 21,200 visitors. The Ministry of Education and Scie…

researchLatvia

October 1, 2024

Researcher Spotlight: Rihards Novickis
Dr. sc. ing. Rihards Novickis, Leading researcher, Robotics and Machine Perception Laboratory, Institute of Electronics and Computer Science.  Research is a creatively intuitive process and the research team is a small ensemble, each with its own instrument and role to play in creating a …

researchLatvia

October 1, 2024

Honoring the Contribution of Latvian Scientists to Nuclear Energy Research
In honor of Latvian scientists’ contributions to nuclear energy research and the 105th anniversary of the University of Latvia (UL), a lecture series titled “Taming Future Energy” and the presentation of the Energy Coin, issued by the Bank of Latvia, took place on September 26 at the UL Academic Ce…

University of Latvia

September 30, 2024

Apply for the educational trips of "AkvaLab Liepāja" in autumn
The Science and Education Innovation Center invites residents and guests of Liepāja to participate in educational trips with the unique floating science laboratory "AkvaLab Liepāja", which will take place between September 30 and October 4. These trips will give you the opportunity to witness the a…

Science and Education Innovation Center

September 27, 2024

How does exercise help fight cancer?
It is well known that regular physical exercise reduces the risk of various cancers, including breast cancer as well as helps mitigate fatigue, treatment side effects and recurrence, and improves the quality of life of cancer patients post-diagnosis. Now we better understand – how. The main goal…

Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre

September 27, 2024

"Water for Circular Economy" project competition is open
Horizon Europe Within the framework of the European Partnership Water4All, the "Water for Circular Economy" project competition has been opened. The competition welcomes project applications that correspond to one of the following competition topics: Enhancement of water circularity in ind…

Latvian Science Council

September 26, 2024