In today’s healthcare environment, there is an increasing focus on improving the efficiency of rehabilitation processes, given the rising number of injuries and the need to return to active life more quickly. However, personalising individual needs is often a challenge, and innovative solutions are being sought to optimise these processes.

The University of Padua has just launched the fifth edition of the Supporting TAlent in ReSearch@University of Padua – STARS@UNIPD 2025 call for proposals. This programme supports excellent 30-month research projects to be conducted in Padua, by outstanding Principal Investigators (PIs) of any age and nationality, choosing the University and one of its 32 Departments as their working base.

Vilnius University’s (VU) Life Sciences Centre (LSC) researcher, Professor Saulius Klimašauskas, has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept grant for his project Functional Cofactors for Targeted Modification of Biomolecules (CoMBi). The ERC will allocate a lump sum of €150,000 under this grant agreement.

Vilnius Tech Lithuanian Maritime Academy (LJA) is developing a completely new field of underwater robotics in the country, which will open up wide opportunities for the development of the maritime industry, energy sector, and scientific research. The core of competence development will focus on research, testing, prototyping, and operation of underwater drones.

“Microplastic particles are currently found almost everywhere – in water, food, fish, and even breast milk,” says Artūras Torkelis, a PhD student at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU). He emphasises that proper waste management is essential for reducing these risks.

Sometimes, the inspiration to create something new can lie in the old, forgotten things. This is what VILNIUS TECH Faculty of Electronics first-year electronics engineering student and our intern, Vilius Rudgalvis, discovered when he decided to revive an electric scooter that had been gathering dust for years. This vehicle has a special history – it was created in 2016 by Ricardas Lescinskas, a member of the VILNIUS TECH "LinkMenu fabrikas" team. At that time, electric scooters were just beginning to make their way into the market – there was no "Bolt" or other electric scooter-sharing services, and the scooter itself was made from used parts and hand-welded.

A project led by Vilnius University (VU) Faculty of Law lecturers Dr. Goda Strikaitė-Latušinskaja and Dr. Paulius Jurčys—where, for the first time worldwide, the lecturers’ own digital counterparts (AI knowledge twins) were integrated into the learning process—has been nominated for the prestigious “AI Lithuania” award in the “AI Innovation in Education” category.

Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuanian Sports University, Mykolas Romeris University and Vilnius College have been granted the status of Teacher Training Centre by The Lithuanian Ministry of Education, Science and Sport. The status has been granted for six years.

Although cities occupy only 3% of the Earth's land, they are home to about 3.5 billion people, or half of the world's population, which leads to them accouting for 95% of the carbon dioxide emissions from the transport sector. As the number of city residents continues to grow, so do air pollution levels, traffic congestion, and, subsequently, more wasted money and time, harm to public health, and damage to the environment. Experts unanimously agree: these problems can be addressed by developing sustainable transport.

Smartwatches are one of the most striking outcomes of the information technology revolution. Wearable devices not only help to monitor health but can also identify asymptomatic sub-clinical cases, thus preventing serious complications such as stroke.