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Humanities in the Digital Age: The Path of the National Library Researcher Anda Baklāne in Science

 Anda Baklāne, PhD, is the Head of Digital Research Services at the National Library of Latvia (NLL), a literary critic and digital humanities practitioner. Through her work on digital research projects, she develops approaches that help systematize literary corpora, interpret textual data, an…

Brigita Zutere, researchLatvia

December 10, 2025

technologies innovation

LMT Group Begins Production of the World’s Smallest Mobile Data Module

Latvian Mobile Telephone's (LMT’s) Internet of Things (IoT) engineering team has begun producing IoT Shortcut – the world’s smallest mobile data module for sensor devices, offering universal connectivity options for IoT equipment from any manufacturer worldwide. After the first tests of the …

Newspaper “Dienas Bizness”

December 10, 2025

technologies innovation

Development of Innovative Imaging Technologies for Medical Diagnostics

Scientists from the Institute of Photonics, Electronics, and Telecommunications at the Faculty of Computer Science, Information Technologies, and Electrical Engineering at Riga Technical University (RTU), in collaboration with international partners, are presenting a unique imaging system. In the f…

Riga Technical University

December 9, 2025

science communication

How to Help a Young Person who is "Not Good at Math"? A Conversation with a Student and a Researcher

We are all born with the ability to feel what mathematicians feel, but life leads us down different tracks, said Jānis Lazovskis, researcher at the University of Latvia’s Institute of Clinical and Preventive Medicine, on the “Science Matters” programme on Radio NABA. He also pointed out that many y…

Ieva Siliņa | Radio Naba program "In the name of science"

December 8, 2025

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RSU Doctoral Student of the Year 2025 Creates an AI Programme That Counts Cells Faster Than Humans

"Science excites me, that's why I'm here! Already in school, I knew I wanted to work in research. It fascinates me because it's never boring: you constantly explore new things and uncover the unknown," says Edgars Edelmers, the energetic winner of Rīga Stradiņš University's (RSU) Doctoral Student…

Linda Rozenbaha | RSU Public Relations Department

December 5, 2025

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Industry Explores RTU Researchers' Contribution to Advancing Concrete Sustainability

Scientists from the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at Riga Technical University (RTU) are conducting several significant studies to advance the development of more climate-friendly construction materials and promote the implementation of circular-economy principles within t…

Riga Technical University

December 5, 2025