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Expanded Support for Researchers in Data Management – More Training and Consultations
On Tuesday, December 2, the Cabinet of Ministers supported the initiative put forward by the Ministry of Education and Science regarding support for open science and research data management in Latvia. The amendments provide for the reallocation of funds to organize more training, informational and…
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Izglītības un zinātnes ministrija | researchLatvia

December 3, 2025

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Adolescent Mental Health After the Pandemic: The Contribution of Latvian Scientists to Assessing Symptoms of Mental Disorders
Adolescent mental health has become a firmly established topic in post-pandemic discussions among educators, families, the media, and healthcare professionals. Almost everyone knows a story about a young person who feels exhausted and unmotivated, no longer wants to go to school, spends most of the…
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The Latvian Council of Science

December 3, 2025

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Why It's Worth Establishing a Natural Meadow
Why sow a meadow? How long does it take to grow? Doesn't it just happen on its own? As part of the Delfi Brand Studio project In Nature's Footsteps, we speak with Dr. geogr. Agnese Priede. A biologically diverse flower meadow often blooms brighter in our imagination than in the Latvian landscape…
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Signe Bahšteina | Delfi Brand Studio

December 2, 2025

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In December, the Traveling exhibition "Research Latvia 2025" on display at the National Library of Latvia
The traveling exhibition "Research Latvia 2025" offers an opportunity to get to know 12 Latvian science personalities and their contribution to the development of society and research. From December 1 to 20, this diverse exposition created by the Ministry of Education and Science will be on display…
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researchLatvia

December 1, 2025

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Unique CO₂ Monitoring Project in Latvia’s Peatlands
A unique project, “Development of CO₂ Cycle Monitoring in Natural and Degraded Peatlands”, has been launched, marking a significant milestone in Latvia’s progress toward science-based and transparent carbon accounting. The project aims to establish a next-generation Eddy Covariance monitoring netwo…
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Inga Retiķe, Leading Researcher, Department of Environmental Science, UL FST

December 1, 2025

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Spider Silk and Alzheimer’s Disease Through a Chemist’s Eyes
Chemist Kristaps Jaudzems draws his inspiration from images and test tubes. Creating a “portrait” of a molecule, figuring out how to “persuade” it to behave differently, and then testing whether it works in the real world, this is how the leading researcher at the Institute of Organic Synthesis des…
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Ieva Siliņa, host of the Radio Naba program "In the Name of Science" | Ivars Austers, professor of social psychology at the University of Latvia

November 28, 2025

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Latvian Scientists’ Technology Enters the Product Catalogue of the World’s Leading Photonics Company Thorlabs
An innovation created by Latvian scientists has reached the global technology market – the high-speed laser pulse power sensor technology TESS (Thermoelectric Energy Sensing System), developed at the Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia (ISSP UL), has been included in the product …
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Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia

November 27, 2025