Insights

Life Sciences, Earth & Environmental

Did you watch Clarkson’s Farm the other evening? That poor cow Pepper was culled after routine tuberculosis tests. Clarkson was furious, and the nation was up in arms, writes professor...

Biology, Comment, Vaccines

Show Preview: Insider view from the outside

June 14, 2026

The Lab Facilities Design & Development Summit Europe places the focus clearly on the built environment with a range of pertinent case studies. In its own words it is “the...

Events, lab facilities, laboratory design

Carbon alternatives: A matter of scale

June 14, 2026

carbon capture, decarbonisation, sustainable chemistry

The quest to replace fossil fuels is yet another example of the gap between lab experimentation and industrial production at scale, says David Bott. It’s well known that the single-use...

Chemistry

How the lab became a power in the boardroom

June 7, 2026

In the mining industry, science isn’t a passive instrument. Its findings drive commercial decision-making, explains Greg Rankin. With commodity prices rising across the mining sector, from gold to strategically critical...

earth sciences, Engineering, mining, Sample integrity

Clinical overhaul: the opportunities and challenges for would-be suppliers

May 25, 2026

The UK’s overhaul of clinical trial regulations is a potential boon for the medical technology industry but companies need to ensure their own digital adaptations are sufficient to provide them...

Clincial trials, Medtech, Policy, Regulatory and compliance, Suppliers

Ebola and the interplay of research incentives and finance

May 18, 2026

We all recognise this picture. It is the Ebola virus, of course. What you likely won’t realise is that it was taken 50 years ago, writes Brian J Ford. The...

Comment, Ebola virus, Infectious disease, Policy

Lab Babble: Case not proven

May 17, 2026

Efforts to pin Covid on lab error fail the fact test, says Russ Swan. What if I told you that a forensic trail of scientific investigation had shown the pandemic-causing...

infectious diseases, vaccine research, Virology

Virtual certainty

May 10, 2026

Core skills are lacking in the lab and in medical manufacturing, says Ivan Wall, but VR can play an essential role in solving the challenge. The life sciences sector is...

ATMPs, biologics, gene therapies, medicines manufacturing

Attending CHEMUK? Join us at our stand

May 8, 2026

The two day CHEMUK show at Birmingham NEC has plenty to interest lab professionals, not least an entire zone dedicated to the chemical laboratory. Laboratory News will be there for...

Chemistry

Lab shows

A time for vigilance, not panic

May 5, 2026

Cruise ships are regularly dogged by Norwalk virus (people call it norovirus now, to make it simpler to spell). The virus is adept at spreading in closed communities and crew...

Biology, Hantavirus, Infectious disease

Lab-or-a-tol-o-gy: Make time for tinkers

May 5, 2026

Research is about doing things you don’t know uncertainly, says Matthew Partridge. There is a constant pressure to be efficient. There is a low-level constant pressure to optimise our days,...

Opinion, Research Culture

Cold comfort pharm

April 26, 2026

Brexit has resulted in divergence over rules governing refrigerated equipment, says Judith Evans, who offers an overview on the legislation, regulations and compliance requirements to bear in mind. In today’s...