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On 26 September, "Researchers’ Night" will Take Place Across Latvia

On 26 September, more than 30 venues across Latvia will host Researchers’ Night 2025 activities, offering an opportunity to discover science in an engaging and accessible way. This year’s theme is “Uncover the researcher gene within you!”, inviting every visitor to awaken their curiosity, explore t…

Brigita Zutere, researchLatvia

August 28, 2025

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The Science of Basketball: Knowledge Brings Victory

Basketball is a high-intensity team sport that combines complex biomechanical and physiological principles. Physical and psychological preparation, as well as monitoring training loads, are only part of the work needed for athletes to achieve success. Before significant events such as the EuroBaske…

researchLatvia

August 27, 2025

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Study Confirms: Probiotics Improve the Health and Growth Performance of Aquaculture Fish

Can probiotics help farmed fish grow healthier and faster? Within the framework of the SPPwelfare (INTERREG) project, researchers studied how probiotics, administered both through feed and bathing, affect the development of Baltic salmon (Salmo salar) fry at different life stages. The results show …

Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment "BIOR"

August 26, 2025

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The New Science Messenger For the Video Story Series "Science and Your Life"

The Latvian Science Council will launch a new video story series, "Science and Your Life," in the fall of 2025, showcasing how science enhances our everyday lives in areas such as language, health, safety, work, and well-being. In the fall of 2024, we implemented the first such campaign, and…

Latvian Science Council

August 26, 2025

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Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Research and Innovation

Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences (ViA) was founded in 1996 in Valmiera. It is a higher education and research institution with international recognition. Since 2025, its research capacity has been consolidated within the Vidzeme University Scientific Institute (ViAZI). Moreover, ViA has becom…

Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences

August 25, 2025

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Latvian Research Data Repository "DataverseLV" Launched

The national research data repository DataverseLV has been launched in Latvia – a secure and user-friendly digital platform designed for the long-term storage, sharing, and use of research data. The new tool is available to researchers from all Latvian scientific institutions, as well as Latvian-or…

The Higher Education and Science Information Technology Shared Service Centre

August 22, 2025

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Science Begins with Passion; and Passion Becomes a Profession

Anete Sapne, a PhD student at the University of Latvia (UL), passionately studies materials that could one day become a key component in optical computers – future technologies capable of processing data much faster than today’s devices. Her research field, nonlinear optics, may seem complex, yet b…

University of Latvia Communication Department

August 22, 2025

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Europe’s Largest Innovation Network Meets Latvian Innovators in Riga – EIT National Day 2025

On 8 October 2025, the EIT Community Latvia will host the EIT National Day 2025 – a high-level event bringing together representatives from European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), government, academia, and industry to discuss Latvia’s achievements and collaborative results to date, a…

Alina Dolmane, EIT Community Hub Latvia

August 21, 2025

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Latvia’s Growth Requires a Targeted Innovation and Science Commercialization Policy

Latvia’s growth depends on the country’s ability to transform its economy from labor- and resource-intensive to knowledge- and technology-based, emphasize leaders of science universities and research organizations. To achieve this, cooperation between industry and science must become closer, more c…

Riga Technical University

August 21, 2025