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A 300-year-old pigment against radioactive caesium – solutions by University of Latvia scientists
For more than 300 years, Prussian blue has been known as a vivid pigment in art, used by such world-famous painters as Vincent van Gogh, but today this compound has entered an entirely different field of research. University of Latvia (UL) research associate and doctoral student Uģis Eismonts is st…
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Radio SWH TV in cooperation with "Rietumu Banka" and the University of Latvia Foundation

September 18, 2026

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Why Are Wild Bees Important for Agriculture Too? A New Season of “Latvia in Science” Has Begun
Around 300 bee species are found in Latvia, but only one of them – the European honey bee – is widely known to people because it is associated with beehives and honey production. The remaining species are wild bees, and relatively little is still known about their distribution and ecological needs…
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Radio SWH TV in cooperation with "Rietumu Bank" and the University of Latvia Foundation

September 17, 2026

natural sciences

“Plastic Pirates” Invite Young People to Get Involved in Researching Waste Pollution in Latvia’s Waters
This autumn, schools, extracurricular education institutions, and youth groups across Latvia are invited to take part in the international citizen science campaign “Plastic Pirates” (“Plastic Pirates – Go Europe!”). Participants aged 12 and over can follow a standardised research methodology to sur…
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Latvijas Hidroekoloģijas institūts

September 17, 2026

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Professor Ranked Among the World’s Top 2% Most-Cited Scientists Visits LSIWC to Research Sustainable Construction Materials from Food Waste
 Professor Carol Sze Ki Lin from the City University of Hong Kong (CityU HK) is currently visiting the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry (LSIWC) for a two-month research stay. Professor Lin, who has been ranked among the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists in the fields of biotechnolo…
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Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry

September 16, 2026

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RTU Announces Scholarship Competition for School Students and University Students, Encouraging Research into Future Construction and Road-Building Technologies
Riga Technical University (RTU) invites secondary school students, vocational education students, and bachelor’s students to participate in a scholarship competition by 30 September. School students will be eligible to receive scholarships for the development of scientific research, project, or mod…
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Riga Technical University

September 15, 2026

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The Armed Forces Are Very Interested in It. What Can the Latvia-Made “Quantum Box” That Travelled to Paris Do?
From the outside, it looks like a small, compact box that can be held in one hand, but inside it houses a quantum detector, a microwave generator, a laser, and an onboard computer. Behind its modest exterior lie more than ten years of research, quantum physics, diamond crystals, international coope…
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Ieva Lazdiņa, delfi.lv

September 14, 2026