Discussion
Who Should Be Entrusted with Academic Ethics in Latvia?
2025-12-18
5:30 pm
Latvijas Nacionālā bibliotēka
space achievements
For the First Time, a Latvian Startup Receives Support from the NATO DIANA Innovation Programme
For the first time since the launch of the NATO Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (NATO DIANA) in 2022, a Latvian startup, "Deep Space Energy", has received programme support. The company competed in the category "Resilient Operations in Space." Deep Space Energy provides resili…
The Ministry of Defence
December 15, 2025
achievements
Andris Potrebko Becomes the First in Latvia to Earn a Doctoral Degree in Physics and Astronomy with a Specialisation in Particle Physics
Latvia now has its first newly qualified doctor, Andris Potrebko, who, while studying particle physics, carried out his doctoral research at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) and is the very first graduate of the joint doctoral programme Particle Physics and Accelerator Technolo…
Riga Technical University
December 15, 2025
science policy technologies digitalization
Latvian Council of Science Launches a New Interactive Dashboard – a Unified Tool for Data Exploration and Analysis
The Latvian Council of Science has developed and published a new interactive dashboard for the Fundamental and Applied Research Programme (FLPP). Available in the Power BI environment, the dashboard provides a comprehensive, transparent and user-friendly overview of FLPP calls and project data sinc…
Latvian Council of Science
December 12, 2025
international collaboration research
#ChooseEurope: Latvia as Part of the European Research Area
In 2025, the European Commission (EC) launched the international #ChooseEurope initiative, aimed at strengthening Europe’s visibility as an attractive research area and promoting the professional mobility of researchers. The initiative is also supported by the Ministry of Education and Science, hig…
researchLatvia | Latvian Council of Science
December 12, 2025
technologies innovation
New Technology for Nail Polish Curing Presented at Company Kinetics's Hackathon
New technologies for curing nail polish coatings, methods for testing the durability of polish materials, and testing the adhesion of new nail coatings using bovine hooves as an analog for human nails — these are the award-winning innovative ideas from students of Riga Technical University (RTU) an…
Riga Technical University
December 11, 2025
Lecture
Scientific Evening: A Pluralistic Perspective on the Concept of Creativity
2025-12-16
5:00 pm
Latvijas Universitātes Zinātņu māja
technologies
Covering Bees for the Winter — Latvian Researchers Develop Hives Resistant to Temperature Fluctuations
Researchers at the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry are studying how to protect bees during temperature fluctuations — they are installing materials inside hives that reflect heat, helping bees maintain the necessary temperature. This three-year project began this summer, and its goal is t…
Viktors Demidovs | Latvian Radio
December 11, 2025
humanities and arts research citizen science researcher
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