Stroke is one of the leading causes of long-term disability worldwide. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 15 million people suffer a stroke each year. Of these, 5 million die and another 5 million are left permanently disabled. It is also estimated that someone suffers a stroke every two seconds, and dies from it every six seconds.

Rising energy prices, geopolitical instability, and the challenges of climate change are increasingly prompting the question: Can we supply ourselves with energy that is both sustainable and reliable? In search of an answer, more and more attention is being directed towards the Earth’s deep heat. While geothermal energy is most associated with countries such as Iceland or Italy, few know Lithuania also has this clean, stable, and local energy source. In this respect, Lithuania is unique among the Baltic countries.

Opioids, cocaine, and nicotine are the substances that most quickly lead to addiction. Valentina Vengelienė, Professor from the Life Sciences Center of Vilnius University (VU), warns that it is best not to dabble with these substances at all, not even trying them once, even if we know we have no genetic predisposition to addiction.

In the newly released national rankings, provided by the “Reitingai” magazine, Kaunas University of Technology scored 60.34 points, leading among engineering universities for achievements in science, arts, sports, and the added value it creates for the national economy.

With the world changing faster than ever, what matters to society is not promises about the distant future but real and relevant solutions that work today. KTU’s innovation fair, Technorama 2025, invites you to create, experiment, and boldly present your innovations for positive change. The event’s prize fund is more than EUR 8,000.

Lithuania’s name is being heard among global innovation leaders — a team of researchers from Vilnius University’s Life Sciences Centre (VU LSC) has reached the finals of the prestigious European Patent Office (EPO) competition “Young Inventors Prize 2025.” Among the top ten finalists — selected from more than 450 candidates worldwide — are Lithuanians Laurynas Karpus, Vykintas Jauniškis, and Irmantas Rokaitis, co-founders of the biotech start-up Biomatter.

From 5th to 7th May, 2025, representatives of the ATHENA European University alliance gathered in Vigo, Spain, for a key coordination event hosted by the University of Vigo (UVigo). This meeting brought together institutional leaders, project coordinators, and students to evaluate progress, align on strategic priorities, and deepen ATHENA’s commitment to equality and inclusiveness across its member institutions.

On May 7th at 9:00 AM, we invite you to an open lecture at VILNIUS TECH AGAI with ESA reserve astronaut Anthea Comellini!

Scientists at Vilnius University’s Life Sciences Centre (VU LSC), together with colleagues from the Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel) and Harvard Medical School (USA), have uncovered a previously unknown type of immune signalling molecule produced by the Thoeris II defence system in bacteria — a major finding published today in Nature. The study, entitled “TIR domains produce histidine-ADPR as an immune signal in bacteria”, was led by Dr Giedrė Tamulaitienė’s research group.

Researchers from the Laser Research Centre (LRC) at the Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University (VU), in collaboration with colleagues from the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL), Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), have published an article in the prestigious journal “Light: Advanced Manufacturing”.