At Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital, within the pilot project “FFRct diagnostic method for patients after peripheral vascular revascularization”, it has been possible to detect clinically significant coronary artery disease in a timely manner even in patients without pronounced symptoms …

Overweight and related metabolic disorders are now one of the global public health challenges. Visceral fat is particularly dangerous – the fat that accumulates around internal organs and increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, as well as cardiovascular disease. Until now, the assessment of ove…

The European Investment Bank (EIB), in cooperation with the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) and the international professional services company PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), has presented initial conclusions on the financing ecosystem for Latvian start-ups and scale-ups, while al…

Rapid diagnostics and targeted physician education can help to further reduce inappropriate use of antibiotics more effectively. The author of the doctoral research study “Prescribing Patterns of Antibacterial Therapy for Children with Acute Infections in Primary Care in Latvia and the Impact of Mu…

To create an environment where unmanned systems, autonomous technologies, and other innovative solutions can be tested under real conditions, while at the same time promoting cooperation between companies, research organisations, academia, and international partners, the “Baltic Forces Hub” will be…

The first open text recognition model for Latvian handwriting has been created on the Transkribus platform. Developed for the research and digitisation of Latvian handwritten manuscripts, the model will be useful to anyone working with 19th-century Latvian handwritten materials. The model was …

Nuclear fusion is a process in which a large amount of energy is released when light atomic nuclei merge. This process also takes place inside the Sun. Although nuclear fusion is not yet used for commercial energy production, scientists around the world are working on its development, as in the fut…