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Latvia University will implement a pilot project for institutional funding of higher education

With the government support received on November 19, 2024, the Ministry of Education and Science (MES) continues the implementation of the pilot project for institutional funding of higher education, beginning collaboration with the University of Latvia (UL), which will carry out the project from N…

Ministry of Education and Science

November 22, 2024

Self-Destructing Cases, Drone Coatings, and Vests – Innovations from RTU for Defense Needs

From protective coatings for drones and vests with pressure sensors, to data storage and self-destructing tools – engineers in Latvia, collaborating with the defense sector, are creating various innovations for the country’s physical and cybersecurity, as shared by researchers from Riga Technical U…

LSM.lv, "Zināmais nezināmajā"

November 21, 2024

The Skin Microbiome: The Human Body’s Largest Organ as a Home to Various Organisms

Our skin is a colony of a diverse family of organisms, which we cannot see with the naked eye but without whose presence we cannot imagine the health of the human body’s largest organ – the skin. It is home to various bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other tiny organisms. Sometimes, we unknowingly har…

Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre

November 21, 2024

The regulation on doctoral student employment and remuneration comes into force

On November 19, 2024, the Cabinet of Ministers (CM) adopted a new regulation that guarantees income and social insurance during doctoral studies. This will increase the influx of applicants, promote the enrollment of the most promising candidates, and encourage the completion of doctoral studies wi…

Ministry of Education and Science

November 21, 2024

Latvia has joined the influential ESA network of incubators

On November 13, 2024, the European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre in Latvia (ESA BIC Latvia) was officially launched at the Science and Innovation Centre of Riga Technical University (RTU). This milestone marks Latvia’s entry into the network of 32 ESA Business Incubation Centres a…

research Latvia

November 20, 2024

UL participates in a prestigious ERC synergy grant for the research of historical pandemics

The Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Latvia (UL) has become an important participant in the European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Project "EUROpest". This six-year project combines interdisciplinary methods to study historical pandemics and their impact in Europe. The Baltic…

University of Latvia

November 20, 2024

RTU and «Frankenburg Technologies» lay the foundation for the advanced missile industry in the Baltics

«At this point, a completely new industry is emerging. Those students who are already participating in the development of missile technologies and those who will participate in the future will be the foundation of the new industry,» reflects Andrejs Puķītis, rocket engineer and CTO of the company, …

Riga Technical University

November 20, 2024

In the discovery of rare diseases, the "puzzle" is put together with the help of networking among researchers worldwide

Latvian geneticists are also working on the discovery of new and rare diseases, but for this to be possible, international cooperation is crucial, as explained by Dr. Inna Iņaškina, a senior researcher at the Biomedical Research and Study Center of the University of Latvia, and Dr. Ieva Mičule, a g…

LSM.LV, "Zināmais nezināmajā"

November 19, 2024

For the first time, gene banks of Estonia and Latvia are exchanging potato variety safety collection samples

The long-term cooperation between Latvian and Estonian potato scientists has reached a new milestone. The cooperation between the scientific institutes of the two countries in the MainPotRe project, which is currently jointly implemented, has encouraged the creation of safety collections …

Institute of Agricultural Resources and Economics

November 19, 2024