Scientists from Riga Technical University (RTU) and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Australia have demonstrated that static electricity generated when two materials come into contact can be controlled. This discovery changes the previously prevailing view that electrostatic di…

We invite you to read literary scholar Zita Kārkla’s analysis of writer Inga Ābele’s short stories, published on the literature and philosophy portal punctummagazine.lv.  “By giving preference to atmosphere, gestures and the subtle intensity of lived experience, the world of Ābele’s stori…

Artificial intelligence has recently solved hundreds of highly complex mathematical problems. One of them – within a few hours, although scientists from around the world had worked on it for almost 30 years. Quantum computers promise to transform science. Meanwhile, autonomous weapons systems are a…

Anna Žabicka, a researcher at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Faculty of Social Sciences, has received the 2026 Frobenius Research Promotion Prize for her PhD dissertation, All Roads Lead to the Pansionāts: State Care as a Socio-Spatial Fix in an Emptying Rural Latvia. The Frobenius Research Pr…

The Latvian Council of Science has announced an open call for project proposals under the National Research Programme “Public Health”. The total funding available in the call amounts to EUR 3,487,500, and 12 research projects are planned to be funded. Project proposals must be submitted by 9 N…

On 19 October at 6:00 p.m., a new laboratory, theaiLAB, will be inaugurated at the Riga Technical University (RTU) Scientific Library, located at 5 Paula Valdena Street. The laboratory will provide students and anyone interested with an opportunity to create, explore, and refine ideas using artific…

The Latvian Council of Science (LCS) National Contact Point for Horizon Europe has prepared the Latvian Research & Innovation Partner Catalogue, which brings together information on 120 Latvian research and innovation teams, their areas of expertise, research infrastructure, and experience in i…