The Latvian Academy of Sciences (LAS) has announced winners of the annual Science Achievements’ Competition - top twelve achievements were selected from 55 eligible proposals that were submitted for evaluation.
Traditionally the achievements in science are divided in two groups – fundamental science and applied science; the achievements shortlisted for the winners’ group usually cover a wide scope of research areas – ranging from solid state physics and robotics, biomedicine, pharmacy and chemistry, engineering and agricultural sciences to literary science, philosophy, and economy.
One of the most important achievements in applied science is the work of LAS full member Juris Purāns, Dr.phys. Ilze Aulika, Dr.phys. Boriss Poļakovs, Dr.phys. Mārtiņš Zubkins, Dr.habil.phys. Smagul Karazhanov (Department for Solar Energy Materials and Technologies, Institute for Energy Technology, Norway) “Development of chromogenic materials for smart windows and zero energy buildings”.
The scientists from our institute together with researchers from Institute of Materials and Surface Engineering, Riga Technical University, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Latvia Dr.phys. Mārtiņš Vanags, Mg.sc.ing. Guntis Kuļikovskis, Mg.chem. Juris Kostjukovs, Mg.sc. Laimons Jēkabsons, LAS corresponding member Anatolijs Šarakovskis, Dr.phys. Krišjānis Šmits, Mg.phys. Līga Bikše, LAS full member Andris Šutka have developed the project “Innovative amphoteric decoupled water electrolysis – a simple concept to split water and produce H2 with high efficiency in a cheap and safe way”.
