Letters: October 2024

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Readers celebrate an MSc course, manufacturing and multi-dimensional space

Glycolysis takes TLC

I was interested to read the article ‘Glycolysis method breaks down mixed textiles for recycling’, which brought back memories of my MSc course at the University of Bristol, UK, in 1967–8, supervised by Graham Nickless. After six months of lectures followed by exams, we then had a further six months to undertake a project and produce a thesis type report for assessment. In my case I was given 17 different samples of polyurethane as chips, sheets or foams, and my task was to determine the chemicals used for their formulation.