On 10 August, the band Organek will set off for Spitsbergen to join researchers from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń in telling the story of a place where the effects of climate change can be seen almost from one…
The guest of the latest episode is dr hab. Marta Ziegler-Borowska, Associate Professor at Nicolaus Copernicus University’s Faculty of Chemistry. Her interdisciplinary research combines chemistry, biomaterials, nanotechnology, biotechnology, and biomedicine. As she herself emphasizes, what she enjoys most is building…
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń has maintained its position among the world’s leading academic institutions, ranking among the top 1,000 universities in the Academic Ranking of World Universities. This year, the oldest global university ranking includes seven Polish higher education…
On July 23, the prestigious journal *Nature Communications* published an article titled “Emerging capitalism and sociocultural niche construction in early modern Greece,” authored by a team of researchers led by Prof. Adam Izdebski from the Institute of Advanced Studies. Prof.…
What if light could do more than illuminate—what if it could heal? In the latest episode of the Excellenceair podcast, we talk with Dr. Dorota Chełminiak-Dudkiewicz from the Faculty of Chemistry at Nicolaus Copernicus University about photodynamic therapies, the fight…
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Roland Wesołowski from the Department of Biology and Medical Biochemistry at the Faculty of Medicine, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, has been awarded a grant of 46,585 PLN in the MINIATURA 10 competition…
Nicolaus Copernicus University’s interdisciplinary research team was awarded a gold medal at the 19th International Invention and Innovation Contest INTARG 2026 for the HiSto-JET project (High Surface, High Storage Natural Gagat for Advanced Next-Generation Energy Storage). The HiSto-JET project addresses…
The Ministry of Science and Higher Education has published the results of the evaluation of research activity for the years 2022–2025. Of the 30 disciplines assessed at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, as many as five were awarded an…
Can gut bacteria help fight cancer? What exactly are postbiotics, and how do they differ from probiotics? Why do the earliest stages of life have such a profound impact on our long-term health? In the 20th episode of the Excellenceair…
Prof. Włodzisław Duch, Deputy Head of the AI4MEDICINE Priority Research Area (POB AI4MEDICINE), has been invited to serve as Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the journal of the International Academy of Artificial Intelligence Sciences (AAIS). The International Academy of Artificial Intelligence Sciences…
