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The latest addition to the contemporary museum landscape, the Art and Design Atomium Museum in Brussels brings together a unique collection of exhibits perfectly illustrating the link between material...

Over the years, street furniture has become an identifiable calling card for cities wishing to provide their citizens with harmonised and practical living spaces. Urban planners and designers continue...

First associated with the purely medical side of sex, the plastics industry has nevertheless been able to keep up with changes in social mores without sacrificing health-related requirements....

Step-by-step, quietly, plastics have, in recent years, made their entry into the world of logistics. Specifically, supply chain specialists currently do not hesitate to qualify them as being relevant ...

Chance, sometimes contributes to scientific research. There are many discoveries that may not have been without the random element of chance. The history of plastics is rife with little tales of rando...

Design is an intellectual and creative process that aims to create an object that is halfway between art and technology. It is characterised by its ability to reinvent itself in each era according to ...

In defence industries, where metal has held a prominent place for several millennia, the emergence and diversification of polymers have been responsible for major innovations over the last century....

Soldiers, policemen and firemen have, without a doubt, some of the most risky occupations. For these professionals, protection is often a matter of life and death. In this area, the best protection ne...

A truly global event, if ever there was one, the Tour is broadcast on television in 170 countries and is watched by over one billion people throughout the world. Needless to say that being a team's of...