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Smoke trap: Latvian scientists have created a safe and ecological filter

Duration: 0:51:54

Scientists from the Riga Technical University are working on a special filter that can be used in private boiler rooms and fireplaces . Vladimir Kirsanov is one of the developers of a new technology that reduces particulate matter in smoke from private boilers by 80% while being energy efficient .

Language: Russian
Topics: TechnologyRiga Polytechnic UniversityVladimir Kirsanov

Jesuits and words from Latvian lullabies: unexpected discoveries of scientists

Duration: 0:37:38

400 years ago, when the Swedish troops occupied Riga, a large collection of publications significant for the history of Latvian culture was transported to Sweden . Today it is one of the oldest book collections in the Uppsala University Library . Reinis Norkarkls, lecturer at the University of Latvia, Master of Theology, will talk about this publication, about what scientists have learned, today in the program “The Nature of Things”

Language: Russian
Topics: 400 years agoSwedenRigaLatviaJesuitsIgnatius LoyolaTheology