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Lab Innovations 2023: sustainable solvent selection
Added: 9 Oct 2023
While much discussion around sustainability has focused on the energy efficiency of instruments and…

Attoseconds, quantum dots and mRNA secure Nobel science prizes
Added: 5 Oct 2023
Two researchers hailed by judges for their contributions to the “unprecedented” rate of vaccine dev…

Top brands and rising stars lead Lab Awards 2023 shortlist
Added: 25 Sep 2023
Many of the best known brands and names in the laboratory sector, together with rising stars, are o…

Relief from scientific community greets Horizon Europe deal
Added: 8 Sep 2023
UK readmission to Horizon Europe and the Copernicus programme has been greeted with widespread reli…

100 Technicians share Hauksbee Award honours
Added: 4 Sep 2023
One hundred technicians working in a range of sectors and campaigning to raise their profession’s p…

Van Leeuwenhoek's rich legacy endures three centuries on
Added: 24 Aug 2023
He may have been a late starter in the field with which his name is indelibly associated but Antony…

Tax crackdown heralds new R&D relief headaches
Added: 13 Aug 2023
Science research and development tax relief applications will now face an extra hurdle thanks to ne…

Plunging research output holds back UK revival claims report
Added: 6 Aug 2023
The UK’s research infrastructure and funding system must be radically overhauled in order to improv…

IET football tournament’s out of this world
Added: 3 Aug 2023
Moon Rovers 2: Lunar United 3. While it sounds like Fantasy Football, it could be one day as feasib…

Look beyond the Horizon
Added: 3 Aug 2023
While many scientists are keen to see the UK back in the Horizon Europe programme, Professor Brian …

Scottish researchers seek to turn plastic waste into pharmaceuticals
Added: 30 Jul 2023
A new project led by Scottish researchers is aiming to revolutionise the pharmaceutical industry by…

NPL and STFC collaborate on small satellite calibration facility
Added: 29 Jul 2023
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is partnering with the Science and Technology Facilities Cou…

Hyper-space
Added: 16 Jul 2023
There’s a temptation in space science to bill every act of participation as a success, whatever the…

Lab Innovations 2023 opens for visitor registration
Added: 10 Jul 2023
Lab Innovations has officially opened visitor registration for its upcoming event on November 1 and…

Algorithmic advance opens door for predicting Net Zero-friendly material structures
Added: 9 Jul 2023
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have claimed a significant advance in the development of …

Sponsored Feature: Global leader LTE Scientific celebrates 75 years of excellence
Added: 7 Jul 2023
LTE Scientific, a global leader in the design, manufacture, and supply of laboratory, scientific an…

Time to get VOCal
Added: 3 Jul 2023
We rightly pay attention to CO₂ and methane, says Chang Foo, but more consideration is needed of th…

STFC’s £90 million investment makes a material difference
Added: 25 Jun 2023
A £90 million investment programme for one of the country’s largest scale national laboratories has…

Breakthrough recognition for science publishing’s invisible co-reviewers
Added: 25 Jun 2023
One of the science world’s leading publishers is taking a stand on behalf of hundreds of young rese…

Lucky 13 for expanded Lab Awards 2023
Added: 11 Jun 2023
One of the leading events to honour laboratory science, The Lab Awards, returns to Lab Innovations …