Plastics ride the wave
Expert views
Expert views
3 min
Umbrellas in trees
Hail is a fruit grower’s worst enemy! A hailstorm of just minutes can devastate an orchard. Happily, solutions are at hand and plastic is where they’re coming from. French Agricultural Plastics Commit...
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Expert views 3 min
Polymers can act as catalysts in our research
An interview with Darja Dubravcic, a Croatian researcher and biomimicry expert....
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Expert views 4 minSea2see: from plastic marine litter to recycled plastic glasses
An interview with François van den Abeele, Founder and manager of Sea2see Eyewear, a company manufacturing recycled plastic glasses from plastic marine litter....
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Expert views 3 minOleo, the sponge that cleans up oil spills
An interview with American researchers Seth Darling and Jeff Elam from the Argonne National Laboratory and co-discoverers of Oleo....
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Expert views 4 min"We are always on the look-out for the magical fibre"
An interview with Gautier Sergent, Head of R&D for North Sails, world leader in composite sails....
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Expert views 4 min"Thanks to polymers and 3D printing, tomorrow's vehicles will be ever more personalised"
An interview with Udo Sürig, communication manager at Daimler's bus and coach division....
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Expert views 4 min"Pasta: woven electronics to make smart textiles"
An interview with Johan De Baets, coordinator of the Pasta project at the Centre for Microsystems Technology (CMP) of the University of Ghent in Belgium, in association with the Imec laboratory....
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Expert views 4 minA dedicated sponsor and a recycling brigade for each type of waste
An interview with Laure Cucuron, Business Development Manager at Terracycle, an American start-up specialised in collecting hard-to-recycle materials....
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Expert views 4 minPlastics extend their reach
An interview with Thorsten Beitzel from igus, the German company, a renowned subcontractor used by machine manufacturers, which recently developed a plastic robotic arm that could be of interest to th...
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Expert views 4 minBanana Rods: an effective launch and an elegant cast!
An interview with Valentin de Ruffray, founding director of Banana Rods, a company that designs and manufactures high-end fishing rods....
