Polish scientists are creating world-class technologies. The problem is that they are much more often used abroad than on the Polish market. During the LASER-TECHNICA panel discussion, experts spoke plainly: Poland does not lack talent or laboratories. What it lacks is a system capable of turning good ideas into real products and large-scale orders.
International Centre for Translational Eye Research (ICTER), Institute of Physical Chemistry has been featured in the second edition of the “Horizon Europe Collaboration Opportunities with Institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences” brochure prepared by PolSCA. The publication aims to support the creation of international partnerships for Horizon Europe projects in 2026-2027.
Near-infrared light is invisible to humans. And yet, under the right conditions, the human eye can perceive it. Researchers from the International Centre for Translational Eye Research (ICTER) have now shown that the efficiency of this phenomenon depends not only on the laser pulse itself, but also on two highly specific factors: the beam diameter […]
It still works – publishing, patenting, developing technologies used across Europe. But it is increasingly clear that Polish science is operating at the limits of its capacity. Adam Kubas, Director of the Institute of Physical Chemistry PAS, says it plainly: a system that was meant to support science is now beginning to hold it back.
On May 22, 2026, we invite you to the Ursynów Science Festival. The event will take place at 9 I. Gandhi Street in Warsaw, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Admission is free.
Drug discovery still too often relies on expensive trial and error. Researchers from ICTER show there is another way – building molecules step by step and observing their behavior at atomic resolution. This approach could significantly speed up the development of new therapies while reducing side effects.
Researchers from ICTER are among the authors of the latest volume of the Handbook of Visual Optics, edited by Prof. Pablo Artal – one of the most important contemporary references on vision technology and ophthalmic diagnostics.
Polish science does not need bigger budgets alone. It needs a better system – one that does not disperse talent, overburden people, and finally begins to treat science as a collective effort rather than a sum of individual struggles for survival.
2026-05-26 
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