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What is letonite, and how can it be used to turn pollution into a valuable resource?

What has until now been considered pollution could become a valuable resource in the future. A Latvian start-up is developing a technology that will help reduce phosphorus entering the environment while at the same time providing farmers with the nutrients needed by the soil. Several years ago…

Uldis Birziņš (Latvijas Televīzija)

June 17, 2026

research digitalization

A new national research programme will be launched for the development and preservation of the Latvian language and culture in the digital environment

On Tuesday, 16 June, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the national research programme “Digital Humanities and Social Sciences”, developed by the Ministry of Education and Science. The aim of the programme is to ensure the development and preservation of Latvian culture and the Latvian language in …

Izglītības un zinātnes ministrija

June 16, 2026

technologies research

The FM&NT 2026 scientific conference in Riga brings together experts from 28 countries to discuss the future of functional materials and nanotechnologies

The 16th international conference “Functional Materials and Nanotechnologies” or FM&NT 2026 has begun in Riga. The event will take place over four days at the University of Latvia House of Science, bringing together more than 200 scientists, engineers, industry representatives and policymakers …

LU Cietvielu fizikas institūts

June 16, 2026

research

Researchers from the Latvian Academy of Culture are participating in the development of an international assessment on age restrictions for social media

Researchers from the Latvian Academy of Culture (LAC) have participated in the development of an international assessment on the potential benefits and drawbacks of age restrictions for social media. This report has been prepared within the framework of the broader Europe-wide research EU Kids Onli…

Latvijas Kultūras akadēmija

June 16, 2026

science science communication

EDI researchers present an RISC‑V processor‑based quantum sensor system at ‘RISC‑V Summit Europe 2026

From June 8 to 11, 2026, representatives of the Integrated Circuits and Systems Laboratory (ISS) of the Institute of Electronics and Computer Science (EDI), Agata Kušnina and Marks Jānis Ratniks, participated in Europe’s leading RISC‑V processor conference “RISC‑V Summit Europe 2026” in Bologna, It…

Elektronikas un datorzinātņu institūts

June 15, 2026

science communication

June Research Spotlight Jānis Ozoliņš: Exploring Populism and Identity in Contemporary Media and Culture

As a leading researcher at the Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art of the University of Latvia (UL ILFA), PhD Jānis Ozoliņš also serves on the Institute’s Scientific Council, contributes to international research organisations, and teaches at the Art Academy of Latvia as a lecturer and d…

researchLatvia

June 15, 2026

innovation

The shrinking bread business leads to a promising product with dual use

Valdis and Oņega Circeņi from Salaspils, who have experience in the bread business, noticed that with each generation the demand for traditional rye bread is declining, so they decided to look for a new, export‑oriented niche. This led to the creation of the company “Roga‑Agro” brand “Good Mood Mea…

Labs of Latvia

June 12, 2026

science communication

In Memoriam. Guntis Jānis Eniņš (18.06.1933. – 08.06.2026.)

Great tree researcher Guntis Eniņš published the book “Trees Do Not Leave Home” in 2017. However now, in the very fullness of summer, we have received the sad news that we have been “left” by Guntis Eniņš, honorary doctor of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, friend and researcher of natural monument…

Latvian Academy of Sciences

June 12, 2026

research

The 2nd International Congress of Transcultural Studies “Give and Take: Transdisciplinary Spaces of ‘Cohesive Netting’” to Take Place in Riga

The 2nd International Congress of Transcultural Studies, jointly organised by three European universities — the Latvian Academy of Culture in Riga, the University of Macerata (Università di Macerata) in Italy, and KU Leuven in Belgium — will take place in Riga from 30 June to 2 July 2026. This year…

Latvian Academy of Culture

June 11, 2026