When black tea residues, hemp fibres, pine cellulose and recycled paper come together on a laboratory bench, an obvious question arises: can these everyday materials reveal something new? Driven by this kind of research curiosity, a scientific project by a student of Riga State Classical Gymnasium …

At the University of Daugavpils Agency “Latvian Institute of Hydroecology” (LIH), Dr. biol. Ingrīda Andersone, Head of the Experimental Hydrobiology Department, has worked at the Institute for 30 years, since its establishment. Most of this time has been devoted to studying underwater habitats and …

By signing a memorandum of cooperation, the largest network of health innovators in Europe, EIT Health, and the national research and innovation platform, BioPhoT, agree to promote the commercialisation of research and early-stage innovations jointly, and to foster closer integration of Latvian res…

The 29th Quantum Information Processing Conference – QIP, this year organized by the University of Latvia (UL), will be held in Riga from 24 to 30 January. QIP is the world’s leading event of the industry, annually bringing together the world’s most distinguished researchers and technology companie…

To maintain a stable electricity supply after the Baltic States disconnect from the unified power grid with Russia, a system and a prototype device have been developed at the Institute of Industrial Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Energy Systems of Riga Technical University (RTU). The syste…

On Wednesday, 22 January, during a working visit to Riga, the Director of the Secure Communications and Connectivity (CSC) and the Head of European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT) of the European Space Agency (ESA), Laurent Jaffart, met with representatives of minis…

In January 2026, the Institute of Horticulture, together with six cooperation partners, launched the implementation of a new project entitled "Innovative Products Suitable for Crisis Conditions Based on Hemp, Honey, and Berries, Using Raw Materials Sourced in Latvia and a Short Supply Chain." …