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Automated material analysis offers cut to cost and human error
Added: 4 Dec 2022
Researchers in Japan have developed a method to automate a mathematical procedure used to analyse X…
Dystopia calling…
Added: 14 Nov 2022
Dr Matthew Partridge has seen the 2050 future and it works, even if we no longer understand why.
…The agile response
Added: 14 Nov 2022
Sustainable lab practice allied to uncompromising quality and safety standards are vital for the op…
UK materials scientist wins prestigious Hamburg Prize
Added: 14 Nov 2022
The British scientist Nicola Spaldin has won the prestigious Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics …
View from the business end
Added: 7 Nov 2022
Tim Doggett explains the importance of sustainability for modern laboratories in terms of the wider…
Lab Awards finalists named
Added: 26 Oct 2022
Finalists have been announced for the Lab Awards – hosted by Lab Innovations in partnership with La…
How can AI advance laboratory research?
Added: 21 Oct 2022
Artificial intelligence (AI) is making waves across industries, and laboratory research may be the …
AI-enhanced chromatography aims to boost analysis accuracy and speed
Added: 30 Sep 2022
Fujitsu has signed a deal with the French firm Phytocontrol to integrate artificial intellegence to…
CCDC grants aim to inspire tomorrow’s structural chemistry pioneers
Added: 11 Sep 2022
One of the world’s leading resources for structural chemistry, Cambridge Crystallographic Data Cent…
Sulzer acquisition to scale up biopolymer production
Added: 11 Sep 2022
Industrial giant Sulzer has acquired a stake in Netherland’s-based CELLiCON with the aim of scaling…
Liquid platinum catalyst offers sustainable solution for industry
Added: 27 Aug 2022
Australian scientists say they have found a way to employ platinum as a potentially scalable indust…
Leading chemical and utility firms join RSC polymer sustainability task force
Added: 3 Jul 2022
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has announced four leading industry recruits have joined its S…
REF results hammer home the importance of UK university-business collaboration
Added: 1 Jun 2022
The results of the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF) identify ‘world-leading’ and ‘interna…
Five-letter words for research: ‘trial’ and ‘error’
Added: 31 May 2022
You now have six attempts to guess the craze that has hooked Dr Matthew Partridge as he envisages a…
How to minimise the risk of cross-contamination in laboratories
Added: 26 May 2022
Cross-contamination is a major concern for any laboratory and can lead to false and inaccurate resu…
Identifying and reducing day-to-day stress in laboratories
Added: 19 May 2022
A busy laboratory can be a stressful working environment, especially if there is a backlog of sampl…
Reducing microbiological growth in your lab
Added: 12 May 2022
Microbes are invisible to the naked eye. Every laboratory user carries a microbiome load of c.100 t…
Lab furniture design for health and hygiene
Added: 10 May 2022
Unlike cleanrooms, many laboratories aren’t ISO 14644 registered when it comes to air particle coun…
When more knowledge does not equal more complexity
Added: 9 May 2022
In a world saturated with information, Dr Diane Turner discusses how more in-depth learning about a…
Are virtual audits sustainable post-pandemic?
Added: 5 May 2022
With a mindful eye on the low environmental impact offered by virtual audits, Kate Coleman investig…