Face-to-face event
RSU Launches Handbook on the Security and Resilience of Academic Institutions
2024-11-28
3:00 pm
Dzirciema iela 16, Rīga
food safety
Ongoing Salmonella Outbreak in Europe Linked to Tomato Consumption
A Salmonella strathcona ST2559 outbreak is currently ongoing in the European Union/EEA and the United Kingdom (UK). From January 1, 2023, to November 5, 2024, 232 cases of Salmonella strathcona ST2559 have been identified in 16 EU/EEA countries: Austria (33), Croatia (3), Czech Republic (10), Denma…
BIOR
November 27, 2024
Latvia’s Peat Industry Moves Towards Sustainability and International Cooperation
On 26 November, the Cabinet of Ministers approved new regulations for the establishment of a scientific research platform and a center of excellence focusing on innovative solutions in peat extraction and processing. The project, with a total funding of 5.98 million euros, will provide significant …
Ministry of Education and Science
November 27, 2024
Grand Opening of the New Clinical Study Base at Stradiņš Hospital
On November 21, the University of Latvia (UL) ceremoniously opened its new clinical study base at Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital (PSCUH). This facility will provide modern study and research spaces for students and faculty members of UL's Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences (FMLS). O…
University of Latvia
November 26, 2024
Hybrid event
RTU to Implement Latvian-Swiss Project for the Development of Advanced Concrete and Asphalt Materials and Technologies
2024-11-27
4:00 pm
Ķīpsalas iela 6A, Rīga
Study: The Latvian Housing Credit Market Needs a Significant Development Breakthrough
The Latvian housing credit market needs a significant growth breakthrough to become more open, dynamic, diverse, and borrower-friendly – this is the conclusion of the Baltic Financial Centre (BFC) in its first study, a new independent think tank under the auspices of the Riga Business School at Rig…
Riga Technical University
November 22, 2024
Latvia University will implement a pilot project for institutional funding of higher education
With the government support received on November 19, 2024, the Ministry of Education and Science (MES) continues the implementation of the pilot project for institutional funding of higher education, beginning collaboration with the University of Latvia (UL), which will carry out the project from N…
Ministry of Education and Science
November 22, 2024
Self-Destructing Cases, Drone Coatings, and Vests – Innovations from RTU for Defense Needs
From protective coatings for drones and vests with pressure sensors, to data storage and self-destructing tools – engineers in Latvia, collaborating with the defense sector, are creating various innovations for the country’s physical and cybersecurity, as shared by researchers from Riga Technical U…
LSM.lv, "Zināmais nezināmajā"
November 21, 2024
The Skin Microbiome: The Human Body’s Largest Organ as a Home to Various Organisms
Our skin is a colony of a diverse family of organisms, which we cannot see with the naked eye but without whose presence we cannot imagine the health of the human body’s largest organ – the skin. It is home to various bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other tiny organisms. Sometimes, we unknowingly har…
Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre
November 21, 2024