research international collaboration
Baltic States Sign Semiconductor MoU to Boost Investment, Research, and Europe’s Tech Independence
Three Baltic nations – Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia – today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation between their national chip competence centres. By aligning national strategies and pooling expertise, the countries aim to accelerate innovation, expand research capac…
Techritory
October 24, 2025
opportunity collaboration research entrepreneurship
"BioPhoT" offers a new initiative for science-industry collaboration
BioPhoT, the biomedical and photonics research platform for innovative products, launches a new initiative - "BioPhoT" Industry Challenge, creating a space where science and industry meet, accessible to everyone. Here, companies have a unique opportunity to present their technological challeng…
BioPhoT
October 23, 2025
research research
Researchers Test Various Heating Materials; Brewing Waste – Drabs – Earns Praise
Researchers at Riga Technical University (RTU) are testing heating pellets made from a wide range of plants and plant residues. By the end of the year, they promise to develop a tool that will allow anyone to determine the most economical way to heat their home.
Traditionally, wood pellets a…
Ilze Kuzmina, Latvian Radio News Service correspondent
October 23, 2025
competition
The Latvian Academy of Sciences Announces the Annual Competition for the Most Significant Achievements in Science of 2025
The Latvian Academy of Sciences (LAS) announces its annual competition “The Most Significant Achievements in Science in Latvia in 2025”, which will take place for the twenty-fourth time this year.
The application consists of a public section, which must include the title of the work, the nam…
Latvian Academy of Sciences
October 22, 2025
innovation technologies international collaboration
“Techritory 2025” Opens: Focus on Societal Security and Latvia’s Global Influence
Techritory 2025 – the international forum on digital transformation and connectivity – opened today, bringing together more than 1,500 participants from around the world. This year, special attention is devoted to security issues and future technologies, focusing particularly on protecting critical…
National Information Agency LETA
October 22, 2025
experience stories of researchers social sciences diaspora
Science Is Not a Lonely Path but a Conversation with Colleagues, Society, and Oneself: The Academic Journey of Diaspora Researcher Anna Žabicka
Social anthropology plays a crucial role in understanding people, societies, cultural diversity, and habits. Anna Žabicka, a PhD candidate living abroad, is a social anthropologist specialising in the anthropology of ageing, care, kinship, death and dying, medicine, and health. The science communic…
researchLatvia
October 22, 2025
artificial intelligence research
Getting Ahead of Disinformation
To significantly strengthen the fight against disinformation and develop new, practical tools for debunking it, a four-year research initiative "Artificial Intelligence for Debunking Disinformation" (Participative Assistive AI-powered Tools for Supporting Trustworthy Online Activity of Citizens and…
The University of Latvia | Zane Eniņa
October 22, 2025
science communication
What Do Healthy Breakfasts, a Latgalian Digital Dictionary, and an Antibacterial Sink Have in Common?
The correct answer – science! Science is not something abstract; it permeates our daily lives even where we don’t notice it. For each of us, it means something slightly different. To help us understand it better, we can turn to such rescuers as the Latvian-developed "Tēzaurs" or the internationally…
The Latvian Council of Science
October 21, 2025