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Towards Faster Personalized Treatment: Riga Technical University Develops Bioink from Human Cells

To help doctors identify the most suitable medications for individual patients more quickly in the future, medicine is gradually adopting microchips into which various human cells are embedded - cells that respond to drug effects more rapidly than the entire human body. Researchers at Riga Technica…

Ilze Kuzmina, Latvian Radio News Service correspondent

July 21, 2025

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Improving Quality of Life in the Digital Age

Just as the invention of the steam engine reshaped the world in the second half of the 19th century, the rapid development of digital technologies has not only restructured many sectors of the economy and transformed the labour market, but has also fundamentally altered our everyday habits—both in …

The University of Latvia

July 21, 2025

citizen science

Rīga Stradiņš University Invites Kurzeme Residents to Participate in a Major Anthropological Study of the Latvian Population

On July 16, a team of researchers and students from Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) travelled to Kuldīga, where, in collaboration with students from the Latvian Academy of Culture and under the leadership of Professor Jānis Vētra, they will conduct an anthropological study of the Latvian population…

Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte

July 18, 2025

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Climate Change and the Future of Bees: Innovative Hive Materials and Shielding Technology to Be Developed at LSIWC

Changing climate patterns, especially unpredictable winters, pose a significant threat to bee colony survival across Europe. A study conducted by Wageningen University, commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, found that 21.2% of bee colonies did not survive…

The Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry

July 18, 2025

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University of Latvia Launches Study on Diaspora’s Potential Contribution to National Development

The Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences (FESS) at the University of Latvia (UL), in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has initiated an interdisciplinary study examining the economic contributions and investment potential of the Latvian diaspora. This is the first large-scale …

The University of Latvia

July 18, 2025

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Focus of EU Research Ministers’ Meeting - Critical Technologies and the Next Phase of Horizon Europe

On July 16–17, Jānis Paiders, State Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia, participated in the informal meeting of European Union (EU) research ministers in Copenhagen, Denmark. The ministers and officials responsible for research discussed joint European action in developing…

Ministry of Education and Science

July 18, 2025

research science communication

Scientist Maija Dambrova: "Intermediaries Between Academia and Industry are Just as Important as the Technology Itself"

The June 2025 issue of the European IP Helpdesk Bulletin features an in-depth interview with Maija Dambrova, Head of the Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Pharmacology at the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis (LIOS) and Professor at Rīga Stradiņš University. In the interview, Maija shares…

The Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis

July 17, 2025

research technologies

Research on Long-Term Deformation of 3D-Printed Polymer Structures Continues – Project TiMe3D

The University of Latvia (UL), in cooperation with Riga Technical University (RTU), continues to implement the scientific project "Investigation of the Time-Dependent Mechanical Properties of 3D-Printed Polymer Structures at Different Structural Levels" (TiMe3D). The project involves two res…

Researcher at the Institute of Materials Mechanics of the UL EZTF Dr. Olga Bulderberga

July 16, 2025

space technologies

1.2 Million Euros to Be Invested in Space Startups in Latvia

Startups in the space sector will be able to receive grants of €80,000 through the European Space Agency's business incubator in Latvia, ESA BIC Latvia, as outlined in a new agreement between the incubator and the Central Finance and Contracting Agency (CFCA) for the implementation of the project "…

Anda Asere, Labs of Latvia

July 16, 2025