Climate change, water pollution, and the depletion of natural resources are just some of the complex challenges society faces today. In this context, science plays a vital role - it offers data-driven, innovative, and sustainable solutions. Ph. D. Rūta Ozola-Davidāne, Associate Tenure Professor at …

he European Space Agency (ESA) invite early-career professionals to apply for its Junior Professional Programme (JPP)—a unique opportunity to become part of Europe’s future in space. Designed for talented individuals with a Master’s degree and two to three years of professional experien…

On May 23, 2025, Latvian representatives participated in a meeting of the European Union (EU) Competitiveness Council in Brussels. During the meeting, important issues regarding the development of science, innovation, and space technologies in Europe were discussed, emphasising their importance for…

The Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry hosted the official kick-off meeting for the international R&D project BioCAN, bringing together chemicals, materials scientists, engineers and environmental scientists from seven research and industrial institutions across Europe. Over two intensiv…

Perhaps in the not-so-distant future, dentists will be able to not only improve oral health, but also simply learn an important indicator – the risk of osteoporosis, thus creating an opportunity to detect this disease, which is often called a silent disease, in time. This could happen thanks to a j…

An ambitious international cooperation project LACHMAT, which is being implemented within the framework of the Swiss-Latvian research program "Applied Research", was officially opened in the "The Moon" hall of the Science and Innovation Centre of Riga Technical University (RTU). The project combine…

A scientist who can solve the current needs of an entrepreneur and speaks in a language he understands is becoming increasingly in demand these days. It is not for nothing that Doctor of Chemistry, OSI Researcher Acting and UL Associate Professor Artis Kinēns just received the Commercialization Rea…