All articles by Kim Hollamby – Page 3

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    Green Technologies

    Turning sugar into plastic

    2024-04-05T12:57:00Z

    Nylon and other polyamides could be mass produced from agricultural waste in the future, thanks to the efforts of scientists at Swiss technical university École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

  • The impressive thermal conductivity characteristics of nanodiamonds have been harnessed by researchers from RMIT University in Australia to create a cotton fabric capable of lowering body heat by 2-3°C.
    Soft furnishings

    Do diamonds hold the key to cooler boating clothing?

    2024-03-15T12:19:00Z

    The impressive thermal conductivity characteristics of nanodiamonds have been harnessed by researchers from RMIT University in Australia to create a cotton fabric capable of lowering body heat by 2-3°C.

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    Green Technologies

    New life for old fibres and resin

    2024-03-08T11:28:00Z

    Swiss start-up Composite Recycling is taking scrap GRP and recovering its constituents in a process that creates glass mat and oil suitable for incorporation in new composite structures

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    AI

    Driving customer support efficiency with AI

    2024-03-01T11:02:00Z

    Slovenian builder SVP Yachts was an early adopter of the ChatGPT chatbot and has moved on to use OpenAI’s Teams service to create an in-house GPT that improves after-sales service speed of response