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From Deteriorating Health to Refugee Flows — the Threats Posed by Climate Change Are Very Diverse

Because of climate change, we are already facing and will continue to face many problems. If we do not recognise them and act according to the situation, we may experience not only deteriorating health, but also increasing refugee flows and nervous breakdown. There are also smaller things that we d…

Elmārs Barkāns, "Likums un Taisnība"

July 17, 2026

international collaboration science

University of Latvia researchers will have the opportunity to receive a scholarship for research visits to Stanford University

The University of Latvia (UL) has reached an agreement with one of the world’s leading universities — Stanford University — on the establishment of a special research scholarship for Latvian researchers. Its aim is to give UL researchers the opportunity to spend up to three months at Stanford, carr…

Latvijas Universitāte

July 17, 2026

research public health

This Is Not Fantasy — Real Research That Could Soon Significantly Improve the Treatment of Serious Diseases

This is not a fantasy article about the medicine of the future, where all ailments in the body are fixed with a single touch of a magic tool. Let us find out what modern scientific discoveries could truly achieve in improving human health over the next decade. Some of these possibilities are alread…

Linda Rozenbaha, Rīga Stradiņš University

July 16, 2026

Lecture

Lecture by Nobel Prize Laureate Morten Meldal

21.07.2026

Plkst. 10:00

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”

26.08.2026

Plkst. 10:00

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”

15.08.2026

All day

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From Deteriorating Health to Refugee Flows — the Threats Posed by Climate Change Are Very Diverse

University of Latvia researchers will have the opportunity to receive a scholarship for research visits to Stanford University

This Is Not Fantasy — Real Research That Could Soon Significantly Improve the Treatment of Serious Diseases

Lecture by Nobel Prize Laureate Morten Meldal

In Brussels, Switzerland concludes its Eureka Presidency and Belgium takes over

Optical and Radio Variability of Active Galactic Nuclei — From Intraday Fluctuations to Long-Term Cycles

Online seminar “How Deep Tech Companies Break into CERN, ESA and EU Funding Systems”

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

A new regulation has been approved for the commercialisation of innovations created by state scientific institutions

Science Festival “The Mērsrags Apple”