Recent developments in new polymers, advanced polymer materials and cutting-edge technologies noted by world science and with an expected effect on issues that are important to society have been presented by the Institute of Polymers of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Intelligent polymers and polymeric materials reacting to temperature and environmental changes, application in membrane technology or as optical moisture sensors, fibrous implants compatible with human stem cells and new wound dressings, development of new materials based on natural products (such as propolis, curcumin, etc.) or carriers of antitumor drug substances are just some of the topics presented by scientists in the campaign. […]