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Researcher Spotlight: Gints Kučinskis

Dr. phys. Gints Kučinskis, Leading researcher and Head of the Laboratory of Materials for Energy Harvesting and Storage, University of Latvia (UL) Institute of Solid State Physics (ISSP). The bigger the goal, the more meaningful the path to it. But to get there, you have to be part of the move…

research Latvia

November 1, 2024

Latvian universities develop smart socks to help reduce injury risk for athletes

Innovative socks designed to reduce injury risk for athletes have been developed by three Latvian universities. Although these socks could be used by a much wider audience in the future, this year’s project, valued at 300,000 euros, focuses on young football players in Latvia, who face a high risk …

Viktors Demidovs, lsm.lv

November 1, 2024

European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre to Open in Latvia on 13 November

On November 13, 2024, at 4:00 pm, the European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre in Latvia (ESA BIC Latvia) will be inaugurated at the Science and Innovation Centre of Riga Technical University (RTU). Luca del Monte, the Head of ESA’s Commercialisation Department, will also attend the launch …

ESA BIC Latvia

October 31, 2024

October Issue of the Newspaper " Zinātnes Vēstnesis "

The October issue of the newspaper " Zinātnes Vēstnesis," published by the Latvian Academy of Sciences (LAS), the Latvian Council of Science, and the Latvian Scientists' Union, is now available. In this issue, you can read the following articles in Latvian: A conversation with LAS academician Oj…

Latvian Academy of Sciences

October 31, 2024

The study explains the difference between urban rooftop and rural vegetables

By growing vegetables on a roof in Riga, researchers are trying to find out whether food grown in the city is as good as food grown in the countryside. The final results will be in the spring, when the guidelines developed by the researchers for urban gardening, including the best agrotechnological…

Institute of Agricultural Resources and Economics

October 30, 2024

Quantum-Secure Transmission – Technology for Future Data Protection

Quantum communication technologies are not a distant future or science fiction. They are already working on technologies with multiple implemented projects worldwide, including in Latvia. In this context, it is crucial to prepare communication systems for the so-called Q-day – the moment when quant…

Author: Jurģis Poriņš, Board Member of Electronic Communications Office of Latvia (VAS ES), Professor at Riga Technical University

October 29, 2024

Sustainable solutions in pig feeding: insect and worm protein

In pig feeding, new solutions are constantly being sought, focusing on alternative protein sources such as insect and worm proteins, which could become a sustainable and effective option. Thus, in October 2024, researchers from the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies (LBTU) began th…

Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies

October 28, 2024