On Monday, 18 May, a meeting of ministers and high-level representatives of research and higher education from the Nordic and Baltic countries (NB8) took place in Tallinn, where regional cooperation in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, energy security, and the strategic autonomy of science wa…

The Senate of the Latvian Academy of Sciences (LAS) on 12 May 2026 has adopted a decision on the announcement of the LAS prize competition for the year 2027, thus continuing the tradition of honoring significant achievements in Latvian science and its popularization. In the competition, it is …

Lead researcher at the Thin Films Laboratory of the Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia (UL ISSP) and head of the Semiconductor Thin Film Nanotechnology Group, PhD Edgars Butanovs focuses on developing ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor coatings – materials with the potential …

By signing the cooperation memorandum, the Latvian Microelectronics Competence Centre and the LMT (Latvian Mobile Telephone) Group commit to purposefully cooperate in research and development with a focus on the creation of low-energy consumption mobile IoT (Internet of Things) connectivity chips.&…

Parliament of Latvia (Saeima) adopted the Biobanks Law in the final reading on 14 May, which establishes a unified legal framework for the operation of biobanks in Latvia, promoting the development of research and the implementation of precision medicine. The Biobanks Law has been developed to…

The European Commission has selected 70 companies within the framework of the European Innovation Council pre-acceleration call, with the aim of supporting the capacity of early-stage deep tech companies. Support has also been granted to two Latvian startups – “P-Agro Minerals” and “PrintyMed”…

On May 15 of this year, from 14:00 to 15:00, within the framework of the conference “Deep Tech Atelier 2026”, the official opening of the Swiss–Latvian digital centre in the field of smart energy will take place at the conference centre “Fantadroms” (Gustava Zemgala gatve 76, Riga). The centre has …