TVN24, Nature
A team A A team of Polish scientists have discovered traces of the earliest four-limbed animal in southern Poland.

Current research and development funding reforms are likely to transform Poland into a country that attracts foreign research workers, according to Professor Barbara Kudrycka, Polish minister of science and higher learning.

A World Centre for Partial Deafness Treatment will soon emerge in Kajetany near Warsaw. It will be completed at a cost of PLN123 million. Two thirds of the expense will be covered by the EU.

The University of Science and Technology in Krakow also known under its Polish acronym AGH has become a member of the T.I.M.E network which gathers the best European higher learning institutions which educate industrial managers.

A World Centre for Partial Deafness Treatment is to bel set up in Kajetany near Warsaw. Its first part is to be ready by mid 2011.

Poland is a country with great academic potential, yet the rate of translating scientific projects into business enterprises is among the lowest in the world. Poland is now on a quest to build a knowledge-based economy, as outlined in national and regional economic development strategies. Bringing research and business together is crucial.

The next wave of advancements in the health sector will come from innovation which is focused on improving efficiency in patient care. That creates a superb opportunity for innovation based start ups and spin outs from Polish and British universities.

A new chemical element created by an international team of scientists has been officially called Copernicium in honour of the Polish astronomer Nicolas Copernicus.

President of the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency Sławomir Majman and Rector of the Warsaw School of Economics, Prof. Adam Budnikowski signed a partnership agreement on promoting Polish science.