All Physics
US space science's $3 million lift-off for school STEM booster
Added: 3 Apr 2023
NASA has allocated more than $3 million (£2.42 million) to a number of higher education colleges ac…
Let’s talk about sex, maybe
Added: 30 Mar 2023
As the Natural History Museum hosts the first European display of Patagotitan, Brian J Ford revisit…
Colouring our view
Added: 20 Mar 2023
The work of spectroscopy’s early pioneers continues to influence us today, says Brian J Ford, and i…
Investing in futures
Added: 5 Mar 2023
It’s not only students who need to take placements seriously. Lab managers too must adopt a long-te…
Northern Ireland deal appears to boost UK’s Horizon Europe hopes
Added: 1 Mar 2023
Prime minister Rishi Sunak’s achievement of an agreed new Northern Ireland protocol with his Europe…
Weighing: the environmental impact
Added: 10 Feb 2023
Labs are used to taking account of the effect of their processes on the environment but on a smalle…
Scientific nesting places
Added: 6 Feb 2023
If the day job leaves little space to stay abreast of happenings in the lab world, Twitter does hav…
Aston claims genome breakthrough with computer modelling
Added: 22 Jan 2023
Aston University claims to have achieved the first reconstruction of a virus with its complete geno…
Measuring up for modern times
Added: 16 Jan 2023
The latest iteration of the International System of Units has been a long time coming, explains Ric…
Image integrity in academic papers
Added: 28 Nov 2022
Academic papers are the most important medium for introducing results to the scientific community, …
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…
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 …
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…
Meet the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy
Added: 23 May 2022
Scientists have captured humanity’s first look at the supermassive black hole, called Sagittarius A…
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…