Lecture
Lecture by Nobel Prize Laureate Morten Meldal
2026-07-21
10:00 am
Nacionālais pētniecības un inovāciju institūts, Teikas zinātniskais centrs, Aizkraukles iela 21
international collaboration
In Brussels, Switzerland concludes its Eureka Presidency and Belgium takes over
On 29 June this year, the annual event of SwissCore, the Swiss office for European research, innovation and education, “Cooperate to Innovate — What We Can Learn from the Eureka Network”, took place in Brussels, Belgium, and was also dedicated to the conclusion of the Swiss Eureka Presidency. As Sw…
Latvian Council of Science
July 16, 2026
space research
Optical and Radio Variability of Active Galactic Nuclei — From Intraday Fluctuations to Long-Term Cycles
On 7 July, at an international astrophysics seminar, Ventspils University of Applied Sciences Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre (VIRAC) researcher and University of Latvia doctoral student Vladislavs Bezrukovs presented the results of his research on the optical and radio variability o…
Ventspils Augstskola
July 15, 2026
Seminar
Online seminar “How Deep Tech Companies Break into CERN, ESA and EU Funding Systems”
2026-08-26
10:00 am
Online
Latvian physician Veronika Puiša will go to Antarctica — she will live in isolation for 9 months and study the effects of such an environment on humans
Although Latvia does not have astronauts of its own, we have strong candidates. One of them is Veronika Puiša — a physician who began her career as a general practitioner in Scotland and is currently a member of the European Space Agency’s Medical Board, an aeronautical and space medicine physician…
LSM.lv Dzīvesstila redakcija, "Zināmais nezināmajā"
July 15, 2026
science science policy
A new regulation has been approved for the commercialisation of innovations created by state scientific institutions
On Tuesday, 14 July, the Cabinet of Ministers approved a new regulation that will create a clear and modern legal framework for the transfer of scientific results to the national economy, promoting the development of innovation, cooperation with companies and more effective use of the value created…
Ministru of Education and Science/ Research Latvia
July 14, 2026
Face-to-face event
Science Festival “The Mērsrags Apple”
2026-08-15
All day
Jēgerlejas brīvdabas estrāde, Lielā iela 126, Mērsrags, Mērsraga pagasts
natural sciences public health science
Meet the young scientist — Dagnija Tupiņa
Dagnija Tupiņa is a microbiologist and researcher at the National Research and Innovation Centre (NIRI)*, where she is carrying out the postdoctoral project “Structural Characterisation of the B. burgdorferi Flagellar Collar and Motor Proteins”. Dagnija’s work is related to the development of vacci…
Latvijas Jauno zinātnieku apvienība
July 14, 2026
social sciences
How the digital environment changes our reading abilities: a UL study on reading processes on screens
Researchers from the Faculty of Exact Sciences and Technology (FEST) and the Faculty of Humanities (FH) of the University of Latvia (UL) have launched a fundamental interdisciplinary study to find out how digital devices affect reading habits, attention and text comprehension. Nowadays, texts …
Ilze Ceple, UL FEST Department of Optometry and Vision Science
July 13, 2026