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Combating microplastics
Added: 28 Oct 2024
Microscopy techniques are used to identify and characterise microplastics, but each has limitations…
Get with the program
Added: 28 Oct 2024
Valuable research by non-native English speakers gets missed, suggests Adrian Wallwork, because of …
Creators vow lightweight material will be a booster for space travel
Added: 27 Oct 2024
Academics in British and Indian universities claim they have developed a revolutionary material for…
Finnish university on the circular economy CACE
Added: 20 Oct 2024
Applications are invited for a recently debuted Master’s programme in circular economy chemistry an…
Lab Innovations exhibitors to share on-stand expertise
Added: 13 Oct 2024
More than 4,000 attendees are expected to produce its largest-ever turnout for this year’s Lab Inno…
Cool roofs could have saved c250 heatwave deaths, claims UCL/Exeter study
Added: 1 Oct 2024
Nearly 250 lives could have been prevented during London’s record 2018 hot summer if the capital ha…
Combatting microplastics with microscopy
Added: 30 Sep 2024
Microscopy techniques are used to identify and characterise microplastics, but each has limitations…
Europe to mark lab science’s key role again with dedicated day
Added: 30 Sep 2024
European Laboratory Day returns on 5 November to focus on the contribution of laboratory medicine p…
Universities launch programme to boost UK space sector graduate opportunities
Added: 22 Sep 2024
Three south of England-based universities have launched a project to provide hands-on industry expe…
Aston AIME celebrates launch with collaborative science
Added: 22 Sep 2024
The new Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence has hosted its official academic launch at Aston Un…
AFRC achieves another testing gold
Added: 1 Sep 2024
The University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) has attained yet another me…
Machine learning provides workout for new polymers
Added: 25 Aug 2024
Materials scientists in Japan have adapted machine learning to predict the mechanical properties of…
Environmental sample extraction – improve quality and throughput
Added: 13 Aug 2024
Prior to analysis, the extraction of environmental samples such as soils requires solvent extractio…
The evolution of CRISPR cell line technology
Added: 6 Aug 2024
CRISPR technology’s initial applications were primarily focused on targeted genome editing, but its…
Shafted by progress
Added: 29 Jul 2024
There was little chance of Archimedes losing his screw; things are very different today, reflects M…
PrISMa creators aim to bridge net zero innovation’s valley of death
Added: 22 Jul 2024
It’s the phrase that encapsulates the perennial challenge of transitioning a successful laboratory …
Smart clothes are the new cutting edge of physio tech
Added: 7 Jul 2024
Smart phones and watches may have met their match from a surprising source when it comes to trackin…
New chemosensor offers chance for battery free remote lactic testing
Added: 24 Jun 2024
Lactic acid testing for healthcare and in professional sports could be rendered cheaper and more ef…
Seaweed-to-packaging spinout scoops £4million-plus private investment
Added: 9 Jun 2024
Bath university spinout Kelpi has secured £4.35 million in funding from a slew of City firms to lau…
Biobased building materials may be less sustainable than concrete, study suggests
Added: 3 Jun 2024
Mycelium composites made from fungi and agricultural residue, can have a bigger environmental impac…
