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OPPORTUNITY: Launch Your Career with ESA’s Junior Professional Programme

he European Space Agency (ESA) invite early-career professionals to apply for its Junior Professional Programme (JPP)—a unique opportunity to become part of Europe’s future in space. Designed for talented individuals with a Master’s degree and two to three years of professional experien…

The European Space Agency

May 28, 2025

space research technologies

Latvia Calls for Strengthening EU Cooperation in the Field of Science and Space Security
On May 23, 2025, Latvian representatives participated in a meeting of the European Union (EU) Competitiveness Council in Brussels. During the meeting, important issues regarding the development of science, innovation, and space technologies in Europe were discussed, emphasising their importance for…

Ministry of Education and Science

May 27, 2025

research public health

RSU researchers are looking for a way to find out about osteoporosis risk from a dentist
Perhaps in the not-so-distant future, dentists will be able to not only improve oral health, but also simply learn an important indicator – the risk of osteoporosis, thus creating an opportunity to detect this disease, which is often called a silent disease, in time. This could happen thanks to a j…

Linda Rozenbaha, RSU

May 26, 2025

research higher education

The power of collaboration in sustainable road construction: RTU and Swiss partners' joint project LACHMAT begins implementation
An ambitious international cooperation project LACHMAT, which is being implemented within the framework of the Swiss-Latvian research program "Applied Research", was officially opened in the "The Moon" hall of the Science and Innovation Centre of Riga Technical University (RTU). The project combine…

The Latvian Council of Science

May 26, 2025

research science communication

FRESHWAVE – light signal from the packaging
A scientist who can solve the current needs of an entrepreneur and speaks in a language he understands is becoming increasingly in demand these days. It is not for nothing that Doctor of Chemistry, OSI Researcher Acting and UL Associate Professor Artis Kinēns just received the Commercialization Rea…

Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis

May 23, 2025

competition research

RTU invites applications for the Pauls Valdens Memorial Medal by June 6
The Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology (FST) of Riga Technical University (RTU) announces a competition and invites applicants to apply for the commemorative medal of the outstanding chemist of Latvian origin, Pauls Valdens (1863–1957) by 12:00 on June 6. Internationally recognised s…

Riga Technical University

May 23, 2025

science public health

Fermented dairy products – a diverse health and nutritional resource
Fermented dairy products are not just a popular everyday food product – they occupy a leading position in the functional food market and play an important role in the prevention of both acute and chronic diseases. A study is being conducted at the Latvian University of Biosciences and Technology (L…

Latvian University of Biosciences and Technology

May 22, 2025

research science communication CERN

What do a physicist and a new mother have in common?
If we start with the simplest, it should be recalled that Riga Technical University (RTU) is not only an institution of higher education, but also a centre of scientific activity. And here we come to the tradition of the information environment to talk more about specific discoveries, rather than t…

RTU, Māris Zanders

May 22, 2025