On Tuesday, October 7, the government approved Latvia’s plan to sign the international framework known as the Artemis Accords on Peaceful and Sustainable Space Exploration. The accords establish fundamental principles for how countries collaborate in space exploration and technologic…

Latvia’s research and innovation community is preparing for the next stage of development within the European Research Area. A seminar held in Riga brought together representatives from universities, research institutions, the private sector, and public administration to discuss how Latvia can full…

On 6 October, the second call for Research and Innovation Projects (PIPs) of the Research Platform on Biomedicine and Photonics for Innovative Products ("BioPhoT") was launched. This call for proposals has an indicative amount of €4,826,110 available for researchers to implement innovative solution…

Riga hosted the first international conference in the Baltic Sea region, Big Data from Space 2025 (BiDS2025), one of the most important European space data and technology events held every two years. This was the seventh conference, which this year brought together more than 520 participants from 4…

This autumn, the Astronomical Tower of the University of Latvia (UL) begins its 40th season of astronomical demonstrations, promising special celestial observations with the most powerful telescope in the tower’s history. The new telescope will allow visitors to observe fainter celestial objects an…

Nine research teams from Riga Technical University (RTU) have received €1.8 million from the national research program “Biomedical and Photonics Research Platform for the Development of Innovative Products” (BioPhoT). Within one year, they will transform scientific results and technologies into pra…

The travelling exhibition “Research Latvia 2025” invites visitors to discover 12 outstanding Latvian researchers and their contribution to the development of society and science. Highlighting the role of universities in advancing research activities, this diverse exhibition – created by the Ministr…

Nowadays, tumours often develop spontaneously due to environmental influences, though genetics can also provide predisposition. It is not that cells are "prone to going crazy," but instead that we have evolved an effective error correction mechanism. However, suppose small mistakes appear in this m…